News published on Federal Newswire in August 2011

News from August 2011


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


“Fowl Play” Investigation Dismantles Georgia Cocaine Ring

News Release: COLUMBIA, SC. - United States Attorney Bill N. Nettles and John S. Comer, Acting Special Agent in (SAC) of the DEA Atlanta Field Division, announced today that Earl Daniels, 31, of Allendale, faces a mandatory-minimum sentence of life in prison as a result of a federal jury’s verdict finding that Daniels...


Job-Killing Uncertainty in the Overregulated Obama Economy

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released Job-Killing Uncertainty in the Obama Economy, a new video in which CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder - an AmericanJobCreators.com participant - underscores a major reason why job creators aren’t hiring in the Obama Economy: ...


Allendale Man Convicted For Participating In Large-Scale Drug Conspiracy Operating Around Allendale, Hampton, And Barnwell

News Release: COLUMBIA, SC. - United States Attorney Bill N. Nettles and John S. Comer, Acting Special Agent in (SAC) of the DEA Atlanta Field Division, announced today that Earl Daniels, 31, of Allendale, faces a mandatory-minimum sentence of life in prison as a result of a federal jury’s verdict finding that Daniels...


Prescribed Burn August 2011

News Release: Fire crews will begin ignition of the Sunset Campground Prescribed Fire (Rx) on Wednesday morning, Aug. 17, 2011 in Bryce Canyon National Park (NP) and adjoining lands of the Dixie National Forest (NF). The 1,106 acre prescribed fire will occur over a period of several days. The burn is located on...


News Release: Born to Ananias and Eleanor Dare on August 18th, 1587, Virginia Dare was the first child born to English parents in the New World.Since 1937, her birthday has been remembered and celebrated annually on Roanoke Island.At this year's Virginia Dare's Birthday Celebration on Aug. 18, activities will be taking place on the grounds at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and at The Elizabethan Gardens.


News Release: BEAUMONT, TX - A 65-year-old Coldspring, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking crimes in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.


News Release: ANDERSONVILLE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, home of the National Prisoner of War Museum, seeks applicants for an annual grant program which will provide financial assistance to support original research and writing leading to interpretive works on the history of American Prisoners of War. These research grants are made possible through the generosity of the Andersonville Trust.


Parks Curator, Nancy Russell, Recognized for Excellence

News Release: Thanks to the 2010 recipients of the Appleman-Judd-Lewis Awards for Excellence in Cultural Resource Stewardship and Management, the conservation of five Florida parks’ museum collections has improved, disadvantaged youths have received an introduction to historic preservation, and visitors to the Chesapeake...


News Release: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area (NRA) park officials today announced the release of the Expansion and Redesign of the Oak Bottom Campground Environmental Assessment (EA) for public review. To assist the National Park Service with this project, the public is invited to provide comments during the...


News Release: (WASHINGTON)-Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) continued pressuring National Labor Relations Board Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon in a letter sent today to comply with a subpoena for information regarding the agency’s action against the Boeing Company. Chairman Issa told Solomon his failure to comply with an August 7 subpoena was a violation of law and a direct act of obstruction of Congress.


News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - A Worcester, Mass., couple was sentenced today to 87 months in federal prison for traveling to Newark, N.J., to obtain approximately 17 kilos of cocaine that they planned to distribute in their home state, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.


News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The body of a man recovered from below Lookout Studio on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as that of 28 year-old Ryan Thomas Cunningham of Gridley, California.