News from December 2011
By Commerce News Now | Dec 23, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: December 23rd, 2011. WASHINGTON, D.C.: Today, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act and the Disaster Relief bill, completing the FY 2012 appropriations process. House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Norm Dicks made the following statement: "The Appropriations Committee has...
By State Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: Washington DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement in response to Taiwan being named an official candidate for the State Department’s Visa Waiver Program (VWP)...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: Marin County CA - The National Park Service, in cooperation with the Golden Gate Bridge Highway and Transportation District, announces that the Environmental Assessment/Initial Study (EA/IS) for proposed improvements to the Alexander Avenue/Danes Drive intersection opened Dec. 23, 2011 for a 30-day public comment period.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: Colorado National Monument will Reopen. The Upper Section of Rim Rock Drive. at 2:00 p.m. Today. Friday, December 23 at 2:00 p.m., Colorado National Monument will reopen the upper section of Rim Rock Drive from DS Road to Independence Monument Overlook to all traffic. Earlier today, the Upper Section...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Nigeria during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and one of the authors of bipartisan postal reform legislation, today issued the following statement regarding the Postal Regulatory Commission’s advisory opinion on the U.S. Postal Service’s plan to close almost 3700 post offices and other retail facilities. The Postal Service is required to ask the PRC for a non binding opinion on nationwide service changes.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: December 23rd, 2011. WASHINGTON, D.C.: Today, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act and the Disaster Relief bill, completing the FY 2012 appropriations process. House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Norm Dicks made the following statement: "The Appropriations Committee has...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2011
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Join the celebration at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore honoring the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. from 1-3 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012 at the Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education. Enjoy a program about national parks that tell Dr. King's story, and participate in a community service project outside the center.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: Original Release Date: Dec. 22, 2011 For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano on Monday toured operations and received briefings at DHS facilities in the National Capital Region. The Secretary ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "I want to thank Alan Bersin for his distinguished leadership over the past two years as the CBP Commissioner. During his tenure, CBP has taken historic steps to secure our borders while facilitating legal travel and trade. Commissioner ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former grant administrator and her daughter pleaded guilty yesterday to stealing more than $150,000 in federal grant funds awarded to a non-profit corporation in the U.S. territory of American Samoa, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Deutsche Börse AG to direct its subsidiary International Securities Exchange Holdings Inc. (ISE) to sell its 31.5 percent stake in Direct Edge Holdings LLC and agree to other restrictions in order for Deutsche Börse to proceed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: CHICAGO — The United States today obtained an agreed permanent injunction against a Chicago food processing firm, Triple A Services Inc., and three of its executives after filing a federal lawsuit alleging that Triple A’s ready-to-eat sandwiches and produce were not being prepared in compliance with ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former agent for Innospec Inc., a U.S. company, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine for his participation in a conspiracy to defraud the United Nations Oil for Food Program (OFFP) and to bribe former Iraqi government officials in connection with the sale of a chemical additive used in the refining of leaded fuel, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The principal and co-owner of Integra Capital Management LLC, a North Carolina company, pleaded guilty today for his role in a commodities trading investment scheme that allegedly raised more than $3.2 million, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Anne M. Tompkins of the Western District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former Major in the U.S. Army National Guard who was deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, was sentenced to 60 months in prison for receiving bribes from military contractors in exchange for fraudulently verifying the receipt of concrete bunkers and barriers that were never received, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two members of the Pittsburgh Crips criminal enterprise were sentenced yesterday in federal court to 154 and 120 months in prison, respectively, on charges of conspiring to conduct a racketeering enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton of the Western District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: BOSTON – A Springfield, Mass., man was sentenced to prison today in federal court for civil rights charges stemming from the arson of a predominantly African-American church in retaliation for the election of Barack Obama as the first African-American president of the United States, announced the Department ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 22, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Bank of Hampton Roads (PDF), Norfolk, Virginia, successor by merger with Gateway Bank and Trust, Elizabeth City, North Carolina Order of assessment of civil money penalty in the amount of $33,600, dated Dec. 13, 2011.
