News from February 2011
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and other EPW Committee members released the following statement in response to a proposed bill released today by Senator James Inhofe (R-OK) in the Senate and Representatives Fred Upton (R-MI) and Ed Whitfield (R-KY) in the House that would undermine our protections from carbon pollution under the Clean Air Act...
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC -- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement today after attending a ceremony at the White House at which President Obama signed the instrument of ratification for the New START Treaty.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park officials have announced that Park visitors and local travelers may now sign-up to receive status updates about the Park’s most frequently used roads via text message or the Internet. In the past, travelers had to place phone calls to the Park to determine the status of the roads which can change frequently with changing weather.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Opening Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a pair of letters to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius seeking information about how the agency has spent taxpayer dollars provided in the stimulus and under last year’s controversial health care law. The inquiries, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky), Chairman of the Energy and Power Subcommittee, and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued a joint statement...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 440,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement today in response to the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) decision to set a national drinking water standard for perchlorate. Perchlorate is a toxic component ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Come and weave a birch bark basket! With the aide of John Zasada, you will prepare the bark for weaving and make a basket in the old Scandinavian/Russian style. Baskets are diagonally woven and the entire basket is several layers thick. The class will be held at the Rainy Lake Visitor Center on Saturday...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today announced his senior staff selections for the minority office.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington- Tom Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce President, and Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO, will appear before the Environment and Public Works Committee on Wednesday, February 16 at 10 a.m. to speak out on the need for Congress to act on a new transportation bill.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a pair of letters to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius seeking information about how the agency has spent taxpayer dollars provided in the stimulus and under last year’s controversial health care law. The inquiries, ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) today announced the Committee will meet on Thursday at 2:00 P.M. for the next hearing in a series on the growing retirement security crisis. The hearing will focus on what can be done to help Americans save more for retirement and make better decisions about their retirement savings.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service today announced the temporary closing of the visitor center at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site from Monday, February 7 through Friday, Feb. 11, 2011 to accommodate the installation of a fire suppression system in the historic house. The grounds and comfort station will be open during this time.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Milad Jafari, 36, a citizen and resident of Iran has been indicted for illegally exporting and attempting to export specialized metals from the United States through companies in Turkey to several entities in Iran, including some entities that have been sanctioned for involvement in ballistic missile activities.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - CareSource, CareSource Management Group Co. and CareSource USA Holding Co. have agreed to pay the United States and the state of Ohio $26 million to resolve allegations that they caused Medicaid to make payments for assessments and case managements they failed to provide to children and adults, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - An indictment unsealed today in Detroit charges stock broker Gregg M. Berger of New York for his role in a wide-ranging fraud scheme to illegally pump-and-dump thinly-traded Chinese and Israeli stocks, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan Barbara L. McQuade.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Colleen R. LaRose, aka “Jihad Jane,” 47, pleaded guilty today to all counts of a superseding indictment charging her with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, conspiracy to kill in a foreign country, making false statements and attempted identity theft. LaRose faces maximum potential sentence of life in prison and a $1 million fine when she is sentenced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Labor announced today the launch of a nationwide Human Trafficking Enhanced Enforcement Initiative designed to streamline federal criminal investigations and prosecutions of human trafficking offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ngozi T. Pole, 40, a former office manager in the U.S. Senate, was convicted today of five counts of wire fraud and one count of theft of government property, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and James W. McJunkin, Assistant Director in Charge ...
