News from December 2011
By DOT News Wire | Dec 16, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, introduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, a bill to protect students from ineffective and dangerous seclusion and restraint practices in schools.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement regarding news that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has terminated Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff's Office 287(g) agreement and has restricted its access to the Secure Communities program in response to a recent Department of Justice report that found discriminatory policing practices at Maricopa County.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 205,232 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: Today, Ed Shepard, the Oregon/Washington Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State Director, announced the selection of Brendan Cain as the District Manager for BLM's office in Burns, Oregon. Cain currently works at the Oregon State Office in Portland, as the Branch Chief for Rangeland Resources, Recreation...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: THE PRESERVE is an exhibition, which unites the minds of selected artists who have participated in the Big Cypress National Preserve's Artist-In-Residence program. The works featured in this winter collection represent 15 different approaches from artists working in a variety of disciplines, all originating from unique personal experiences.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding the homeland security provisions in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 (H.R. 3671)...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - Dec. 16, 2011. Ed Cummins, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. Military Kids Digital Storytelling A Success. Military kids from across Arizona spent Saturday, Dec. 10, creating podcasts to tell their own stories linking resiliency and other life skills...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: A new West Pinnacles Visitor Contact Station at Pinnacles National Monument is slated for completion just after the new year, replacing the existing flood prone Chaparral Ranger Station. The state-of-the-art contact station is one of 800 National Park Service projects receiving funding through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Approximately 150 local construction jobs were created as a result of ARRA stimulus funding.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: GREENBELT, MD -. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Stanley Needleman, 69, of Pikesville, Maryland, to a year and a day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release for tax evasion and structuring financial transactions to avoid reporting large cash receipts and deposits. Needleman...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following statement on the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) conditional approval of Shell’s exploration plan for Alaska’s Chukchi Sea, which requires Shell to stop drilling 38 days before ice forms around the drill site. BOEM has set Sept. 24 as the final day Shell can drill in the Chukchi next year.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: Washington DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the Ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the extension of a provision known as the “Lautenberg Amendment," to make it easier for victims of religious persecution in certain countries toseek refuge in the United States. The extension was included in the Omnibus bill to fund the government though Sept. 30, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC -The President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank today called for much more aggressive action to address the nation’s housing crisis, including a targeted program to reduce the principal of certain mortgages in order to bolster the nation’s economic recovery and serve the long-term interests of U.S. taxpayers.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce are taking action to improve the nation’s workforce investment system. Rep. Howard “Buck" McKeon (R-CA) spearheaded this effort with the introduction of the Workforce Investment Improvement Act (H.R. 2295). The legislation removes federal obstacles to important services so job seekers can receive the training and skills necessary to achieve their employment goals.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Department of Public Safety, along with other local, state and federal public safety agencies, hosted a Public Safety Media Day on Friday, Dec. 16 at the Indiana Convention Center. This event was held to demonstrate the hard work these agencies have put forth to coordinate, plan and prepare for major events.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, announce the extradition of Mario Ponce Rodriguez from Honduras. Ponce Rodriguez, a Guatemalan national, has been...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The Trail of Time, located on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, recently won an Interpretive Media Award from the National Association for Interpretation (NAI).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that a federal grand jury in Fresno returned an indictment today charging Sergio Hector Aguilar, 45, and Oscar Arellano Iniego, 54, both of Bakersfield, of conspiring...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, delivered the following statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in opposition to the cuts to first responders in the Conference Report for H.R. 2055, which funds most federal government operations for the remainder of FY2012...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today unveiled language included in the 2012 Interior spending bill that blocks federal land management agencies from creating new wilderness areas without first getting Congressional approval.
