News from February 2011
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: Yosemite National Park Instituting Permits Seven Days Per Week in 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: Today, at a press conference ahead of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution hearing on H.R. 3, the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act," House Judiciary Democrats staunchly rejected Republicans’ characterization of the bill as a federal funding measure. In their remarks, Judiciary Democrats, ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Late yesterday, Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate to discuss his ongoing investigation into the for-profit education sector and the cynical and misleading tactics used to enroll students in for-profit schools.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: The Drug Enforcement (DEA) is dedicated to promoting an inclusive work environment where the individual differences between us are understood, respected, and valued.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- Ranking Member Norm Dicks gave the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee Organizational meeting for the 112th Congress where it considered subcommittee allocations, committee rules and other committee business.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have come up with a way to detect pathogenic Escherichia coli and Salmonella bacteria in waterways at lower levels than any previous method. Similar methods have been developed to detect pathogenic E. coli in meat products, but the approach by the scientists with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) represents a first for waterways.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
Release: San Francisco, CA, February 8, 2011 - USDA Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today joined San Francisco Board of Education President Hydra Mendoza in a tour of E.R. Taylor Elementary School to see how the school exemplifies First Lady Obama's Let's Move! initiative...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2011 Murkowski Introduces Legislation to Train Alaskans for Gas line Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Alaska Gas Line Worker Training Center Modification bill was introduced today by Alaska’s U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich. The legislation would make a minor ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) rose on the House Floor in opposition to H.R. 514 which would extend, until December 8, 2011, the three expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act. H.R. 514 is being considered today for House passage, without any hearings, markups, nor the opportunity for amendments that would have allowed for necessary bipartisan reform measures to be enacted.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 8, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 8, 2011 Sen. Murkowski Asks for Parks Highway Right-of-Way for Gas Line WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Denali National Park and Preserve Natural Gas Pipeline Act was reintroduced today by Alaska’s U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Mark Begich. The legislation would authorize a right-of-way ...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2011
News Release: NORFOLK, VA - Unveiling a coordinated strategic plan to accelerate the development of offshore wind energy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced major steps forward in support of offshore wind energy in the United States, including new funding opportunities...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2011
News Release: Fire management staff at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve will burn piles of woody debris from Feb. 14, 2011 through Feb. 25, 2011. The piles are located at the Wrangell-St. Elias Park and Preserve headquarters near the parking area, administrative buildings, visitor center, and...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 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 Turkish State Minister Hayati Yazici to discuss increasing collaboration between the United States and Turkey to combat terrorism and other transnational crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Baton Rouge, La., today convicted a former research scientist of stealing trade secrets from Dow Chemical Company and selling them to companies in the People’s Republic of China, as well as committing perjury, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court in Denver has permanently barred Curtis L. Morris of Elizabeth, Colo., from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order, entered by Chief U.S. District Judge Wiley Y. Daniel, approves a magistrate judge’s decision that found that Morris, who operates a business called Numbers & Beyond, prepares federal tax returns claiming large, fraudulent tax refunds.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 7, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at CII Luncheon, New Delhi, India The Confederation of Indian Industry has worked extensively with The Department of Commerce over the years, and it’s a pleasure to be back in bustling New Delhi to talk to you.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 7, 2011
News Release: CommerceConnect business assistance initiative in Chicago is one of 16 to launch this year Following the launch of its Michigan office last September, the U.S. Commerce Department’s CommerceConnect is expanding into the Chicago region – one of 16 regions where the service is being launched this year.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 7, 2011
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke met today with Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma. The discussion focused on increasing the kind of mutually beneficial trade that provides win-win opportunities for both countries. Secretary Locke and Minister Sharma met during President Obama’s November visit to India.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 7, 2011
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced the 30 members of the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee. The Committee advises Locke on expanding U.S. civil nuclear export opportunities that keep this vital sector globally competitive.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 7, 2011
News Release: HARTFORD, Conn. — The U.S. Department of Labor has recovered a total of $934,551 in overtime back wages for 479 employees of UnitedHealthcare and $104,280 in civil money penalties after an investigation by the department's Wage and Hour Division determined that the employees had been incorrectly classified as exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act and consequently denied compensation for all hours worked.
