News from February 2011
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service welcomes sculptor David Purcell as the new Artist-in-Residence at Zion National Park. Mr. Purcell, from Baltimore, Maryland, will spend a month using topographical maps, observations, drawings, and photographs to create a series of sculptures inspired by the landforms of Zion National Park.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today heard directly from stakeholders affected by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) controversial regulatory agenda during an examination of the Energy Tax Prevention...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today heard directly from stakeholders affected by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) controversial regulatory agenda during an examination of the Energy Tax Prevention...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today heard directly from stakeholders affected by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) controversial regulatory agenda during an examination of the Energy Tax Prevention...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
Release: Raleigh, NC, February 9, 2011 - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today visited North Carolina State University (NCSU) to announce a grant to develop an obesity prevention program that increases access to healthy food and safe places for physical activity. The announcement was delivered as part of the first anniversary of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC- Ranking Member, Norm Dicks gave the following statement in response to the list of cuts released by the Republican Majority.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), Democratic leader of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today fought to defend critical Federal funding that helps link rural communities to our Nation’s aviation system. Speaking at a Subcommittee on Aviation hearing on...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI), issued the following statement as prepared for delivery at a hearing today on the Administration’s trade policy agenda...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson issued the following reaction to the President’s State of the Union...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
News Release: U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk testified before the House Ways and Means Committee today on the Administration’s trade agenda...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) issued the following statement in reaction to a Florida federal judge ruling the Democrats’ health care law’s requirement that nearly every American purchase government-sanctioned health...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "It is with great sadness that I learned yesterday that Mr. David Hillman, a retired U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer with more than 30 years of federal service, was killed in a suicide bombing at the Inland Customs Warehouse in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C. - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today met with the Homeland Security Advisory Committee (HSAC) - an independent, bipartisan advisory board of leaders from state and local government, first responder communities, the private sector and academia - to discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ongoing initiatives and key priorities in 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A settlement agreement with the Carson City School District in Nevada has been reached to ensure that all English Language Learner (ELL) students receive sufficient services as required by federal law, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Five individuals and a Nashville, Tenn., firearms manufacturer have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges relating to international firearms and trafficking violations of the Arms Export Control Act (AECA), announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – An executive of a U.S. distributor has agreed to plead guilty and serve jail time for his participation in a global conspiracy to fix the prices of aftermarket auto lights, the Department of Justice announced today. This is the first charge in the department’s ongoing investigation into ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Iheanyi Frank Chinasa, 39, of Gaithersburg, Md., was convicted yesterday by a federal jury in Richmond, Va., of multiple fraud charges and obstruction of an official proceeding related to his participation in a scheme to defraud Cisco Systems Inc., announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — Two Iowa ready-mix concrete executives were sentenced to serve jail time and pay criminal fines for their participation in separate conspiracies to fix prices and rig bids for sales of ready-mix concrete, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: BankVest, Inc., Castle Rock, Colorado (53 KB PDF) Written Agreement dated Feb. 2, 2011 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions
By Fed Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: On February 7, 2011, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $5 billion in 28-day term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. Following are the results of the auction: TDF Auction ID: A16 Competitive Amount Offered: $5,000,000,000 Competitive Amount Tendered: $12,615,010,000 Competitive Amount ...
