News from August 2011
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: The staff and volunteers at Fort Stanwix National Monument invite families to join in the "Backyard Club" program on Sunday, August 21 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Fort Stanwix National Monument's Willett Center.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: Few visitors to the Outer Banks realize that 150 years ago these same islands were Civil War battlefields. The barrier islands of the North Carolina coast and the adjacent Pamlico and Albemarle sounds were the gateway to the rest of the state. Whoever could control these barrier islands and sounds could control North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Canada- Colombia Free Trade Agreement entered into force. In response, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: A Simi Valley man pleaded guilty today to a federal narcotics charge of distributing heroin and cocaine that resulted in death, while admitting in court that he distributed drugs that killed two people and nearly killed two others who overdosed.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: Zion National Park is seeking public input on the National Park Service’s proposed plan to upgrade an irrigation system and diversion structure within Zion National Park, Utah. The.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2011
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Acting Superintendent Randy King and Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Highway Division officials announce that Phase 1 of the planned rehabilitation of Stevens Canyon Road was awarded to MidMountain Contractors, Inc. of Kirkland, WA for $2,322,367.90 with...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As Congress moves forward on legislation to reauthorize the federal Pipeline Safety Act, Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) sent a letter to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) inquiring about what controls the agency has put in place to ensure that...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Donald Johnson, a former managing director of the NASDAQ Stock Market, was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for engaging in insider trading on multiple occasions based on material, non-public information he obtained in his capacity as a NASDAQ executive. Johnson was also ordered to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Phillip A. Hamilton, a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates, was sentenced today to 114 months in prison after he was previously convicted of soliciting employees of Old Dominion University (ODU) for a paid position in exchange for introducing a budget amendment to fund the position, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former owner and operator of a Florida-based airline fuel supply service company and a former owner and operator of an Indiana-based flight management services company pleaded guilty today to participating in separate schemes to defraud Ryan International Airlines, a charter airline company ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court has permanently barred a woman and her suburban Chicago business from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. In the civil injunction order, issued by Judge William J. Hibbler of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former Rochester, Ill., firefighter was sentenced today to 30 years in prison and lifetime supervised release for child exploitation charges, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Central District of Illinois James A. Lewis.
By Fed Newswire | Aug 12, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday issued an interim final rule establishing regulations for savings and loan holding companies (SLHCs). The rule will take effect once it is published in the Federal Register, which is expected soon.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 12, 2011
News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales data for July 2011. Retail sales increased 0.5 percent, similar to private-sector expectations, and sales in May and June were revised upward, each by 0.2 percent. Motor vehicle sales increased 0.5 percent in July, and sales at gasoline stations jumped 1.6 percent. Sales excluding those at motor vehicle and parts dealers and gasoline stations also rose 0.5 percent.
By USDA Wire | Aug 12, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Aug 12, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Aug. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 12, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Aug 12, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 12, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Aug 12, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
