News from February 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Responding to press reports that the Obama Administration is considering hitting small business with more tax hikes, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today called on the White House to take these tax increases off the table that threaten to “destroy the economic recovery our nation deserves.".
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, announced that, following a lengthy investigation, Alejandro Fletes-Lopez, 28, of Acampo, and 12 others were indicted Thursday on charges of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: NOGALES, AZ. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Phoenix Field Division, Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and U.S. Attorney, District of Arizona, Dennis Burke today announced that authorities have broken up a marijuana smuggling operation along the United States-Mexico border allegedly responsible for trafficking tons of illegal drugs into the country, according to a case unsealed on Thursday.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Responding to an investigative article published today by The New York Times on the high incidence of radioactive materials and other contaminants in the wastes produced from natural gas extraction, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, immediately questioned the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its oversight of these extractive practices.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: STAMFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Glen Thomas, also known as “G," 38, of Orchard Street, Stamford, was sentenced today by Chief United...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: The Mineral switchbacks and the White Rim loop road are under repair and will be re-opened late this month. Thereafter, additional road maintenance and repair will continue through the spring season along the White Rim road in Canyonlands National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) met today with the presidents of two major Colombian labor union federations and the Prosecutor General of Colombia to discuss labor rights issues and Colombia’s efforts to prosecute violence against union leaders. Yesterday, Baucus...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: Chickasaw National Recreation Area began a series of prescribed fires on February 18th to reduce eastern red cedar in the park. If conditions are favorable, fire managers may continue burning through April 1st. The burns will occur near the Point, Travertine Nature Center, Five Lakes, and Upper Guy Sandy areas of the park.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: Hawaii growers can now export more fruits and vegetables to the U.S. mainland, thanks to technology advanced by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and cooperators.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 165,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: New York, NY -The National Park Service (NPS) will hold a special month-long program focusing on the women of America, one era at a time, at 10:30 a.m. every Wednesday in March at Federal Hall National Memorial. This free Women's History Month series will delve into the roles of women, including jobs and social position, through costumed interpretation by NPS Ranger Vivian Davis.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: Harkers Island - Acting Superintendent Mike Tranel announced that Cape Lookout National Seashore will hold a public meeting to present the draft Passenger Ferry Departure Site Environmental Assessment / Assessment of Effect (EA/AoE). This document presents the preferred alternative for a departure site for ferry service primarily to Shackleford Banks and also to the Cape Lookout Lighthouse area of South Core Banks, North Carolina.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is teaming up with Willow Garage, a Silicon Valley robotics research and design firm, to launch an international "perception challenge" to drive improvements in sensing and perception technologies for next-generation robots.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: On Tuesday, March 1 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled “Education Regulations: Weighing the Burden on Schools and Students." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: Our $14.5 trillion federal debt is one of the biggest challenges facing our nation and one that Congress must address as an urgent priority. I was disappointed when the President recently proposed a budget for October 2011 through September 2012 that does far too little to rein in federal spending and...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 25, 2011
News Release: 11-08. Grand Teton National Park rangers enlisted the help of a Teton County Search and Rescue helicopter to evacuate an injured backcountry skier who was caught in an avalanche in the park on Thursday afternoon, February 24. Mark Gardner, age 41, of Teton Village, Wyoming triggered...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (MD-07), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today wrote to Chairman Darrell Issa, expressing concern with three unilateral subpoenas issued abruptly over the past eight days without adequate consultation with Committee Members.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: Today, Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, issued a report, “America on the Brink," detailing the impact of the GOP budget proposals as well as the impact of a possible government shutdown on justice and judiciary related areas.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: Wheat growers in the Southwest have a better idea about how to adjust to climate change in the decades ahead, thanks to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Arizona.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 24, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Khalid Ali-M Aldawsari, 20, a citizen of Saudi Arabia and resident of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested late yesterday by FBI agents in Texas on a federal charge of attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction in connection with his alleged purchase of chemicals and equipment necessary to make an improvised explosive device (IED) and his research of potential U.S. targets.
