News from December 2011
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: KLINGERSTOWN, Pa. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recognized the employees and management of Papetti's Hygrade Egg Products Inc. for demonstrating excellence in the company's safety and health program. The Papetti's Klingerstown plant has been designated as a "star" site, the highest honor in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today announced that two additional witnesses will be present at tomorrow’s hearing on the ongoing leadership crisis at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ. - Doug Coleman, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the DEA’s Phoenix Field Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Ann Birmingham Scheel announced that a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 130-count indictment against Angelo Chirban M.D., 62, and Marilyn Chirban, 60, of Queen Creek, Arizona, ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: Public Comments on Project Accepted through Feb. 3, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: TUCSON, AZ. - On Dec. 12, Evelio Cervantes-Conde, 39, a Cuban immigrant lawfully residing in the United States, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Raner Collins to 151 months in prison for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Five Kilograms of Cocaine and Attempt to Possess Five Kilograms of Cocaine. He was convicted of both counts in his indictment by a federal jury on May 27, 2011, after a two week-long trial.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: On December 8, 2011 the Historic Camden House in Whiskeytown NRA was broken into, with numerous items stolen from the interior of the home and its outlying buildings. Whiskeytown Rangers responded to a theft that occurred sometime in the early morning with suspects breaking into the houses exterior buildings...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA) today highlighted a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing that 2.5 million young adults have gained health insurance coverage thanks to health...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - A 23-count indictment was returned and four informations were unsealed today charging a total of eight defendants, including Philadelphia physician Dr. Kermit B. Gosnell and members of his former staff, in a drug conspiracy case. Gosnell is charged with illegally prescribing highly-addictive...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: December signals the beginning of a quieter time in the park with fewer visitors and increased opportunities for solitude. Due to decreased visitation, some services will be reduced or ended for the winter season, announced Superintendent Jock Whitworth.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Wednesday adopted legislation to bar members of Congress from profiting on information they obtain as part of the job and that is not readily available to the public.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: Washington DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign AffairsCommittee, applauded the decision by the Dutch parliament to drop consideration of proposed legislation that would prohibit ritual slaughter. Earlier this week, Rep. Berman joined Congressional International Religious...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: Holiday Hours at Andersonville National Historic Site.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation today released the Draft Environmental Assessment and Proposed Finding of No Significant Impact (Draft EA/Proposed FONSI) for the replacement of water control gates at the Mendota Dam on the San Joaquin River near the town of Mendota. The Mendota Dam is owned and operated by...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: BUFFALO, NY. - Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) Wilbert L. Plummer and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced yesterday that 26 people have been arrested and charged in 26 separate Criminal Complaints with possession with intent to distribute and distribution of crack cocaine or cocaine.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: BOISE, ID. -- - Francisco Cardona-Rodriguez, 38, of Rio Grande City, Texas, was sentenced in federal court Dec. 12, 2011 to 37 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to manufacture/distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants. Cardona-Rodriguez was also ordered to forfeit assets. He pled guilty to the charge on Oct. 3, 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: On Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 Park Rangers at Monocacy National Battlefield discovered a 12-point whitetail deer dead on the Thomas Farm section of the battlefield. It is believed that the deer was killed illegally sometime around the week of December 4, 2011. Rangers discovered the deer while patrolling a section of the park that is accessible to visitors.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: Renewable energy development will play a key role in improving and expanding desalination water projects throughout the United States, according to participants in the 56th Annual New Mexico Water Conference.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) today joined Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) in issuing the following joint statement in response to China’s announcement that it would impose new duties on U.S. auto exports...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: Republicans on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce are taking action to improve the nation’s workforce investment system. Last week, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) introduced the Streamlining Workforce Development Programs Act (H.R. 3610). The legislation strengthens job training support for workers by consolidating redundant programs, increasing accountability, and reducing administrative inefficiencies.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the announcement yesterday that the U.S. Postal Service will delay the closing or consolidation of mail facilities until May 15, 2012...
