News from January 2011
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the U.S.-Colombia and U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreements (FTA) in light of the President’s comments on the subject during his State of the Union address. Baucus is headed to Colombia the week of February 20 to meet with senior government officials to discuss key economic and trade issues including the pending U.S.-Colombia FTA. From Chairman Baucus...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, announced today that she introduced several pieces of legislation aimed at protecting children and families from dangerous toxins in drinking water, addressing potential increases of a disease within a community, and ensuring that buildings across the nation reduce pollution and are more energy efficient.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer, Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, introduced legislation (S. 79) with Senator Dianne Feinstein (both D-CA) that would establish a deadline for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set an enforceable drinking water safeguard for hexavalent ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore has recently begun a daunting project: to remove Scotch broom (Cytisus scoparius) from the Seashore in the next four years. This invasive plant has been in the park for over 35 years and threatens native habitats, including several rare plants and threatened and endangered wildlife. This species also changes soil chemistry, which alters plants that can grow nearby. By removing this plant, we open up room for native species to repopulate.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: Hupa Basketmaker to Lead Workshops at Satwiwa Culture Center.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: PROPANE BOTTLE RECYCLER FOR BRYCE CANYON.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: STATEMENT OF SENATOR BARABARA BOXER Full Committee Hearing on "Transportation's Role in Supporting Our Economy and Job Creation" Jan. 26, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Welcome everyone to the first hearing of the Environment and Public Works Committee for the 112th Congress. Economic recovery ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: LONDON, KY. - On Jan. 25, 2011, an Indiana man was sentenced to life in prison in U.S. District Court for his role in one of the largest cocaine trafficking case ever prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of Kentucky. Emire Dadanovic, 29, of Indianapolis led an international...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: Washington D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) delivered the following statement today at a full Committee hearing on health care reform and its impact on the economy...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), Chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today concluded a hearing titled “The Views of the Administration on Regulatory Reform." Mr. Cass Sunstein, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, testified.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Noshir S. Gowadia, 66, of Maui, Hawaii, was sentenced late yesterday to 32 years in prison for communicating classified national defense information to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), illegally exporting military technical data, as well as money laundering, filing false tax returns and other offenses.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Richard A. Muto of Buffalo, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the administration of the internal revenue laws, the Justice Department announced today. A federal grand jury in Buffalo returned an indictment against Muto in December 2005.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2011
News Release: CINCINNATI – Robert C. Welti, a resident of Ripley, Ohio, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, the Justice Department announced. Welti previously pleaded guilty to one count of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue Code.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – “Today’s sentencing of Ahmed Ghailani shows yet again the strength of the American justice system in holding terrorists accountable for their actions. Ghailani will now rightly serve the rest of his life in prison for his role in the attacks against American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that left 224 dead, including twelve Americans.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former senior employee of a U.S. military contractor was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge David Hittner in Houston to 37 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to pay $360,000 in bribes to U.S. Army contracting officials stationed at a U.S. military base in Kuwait, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - N.I. Teijin Shoji Co. Ltd., aka N.I. Teisho of Japan, and an American subsidiary, N.I. Teijin Shoji (USA) Inc., have agreed to pay the United States $1.5 million to resolve potential claims under the False Claims Act in connection with the companies’ importation and sale of defective Zylon fiber which was used as the key ballistic material in bulletproof vests, the Justice Department announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 25, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Community Central Bank Corporation (61 KB PDF), Mount Clemens, Michigan Written Agreement dated Jan. 19, 2011 Elgin Bancshares, Inc. (62 KB PDF), Elgin, Illinois Written Agreement dated Jan. 19, 2011 Rocky Mountain Capital and Rocky Mountain Bank (166 KB PDF), both of Wilson, Wyoming Written Agreement dated Jan. 20, 2011 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions
By Commerce News Now | Jan 25, 2011
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at NIST Roundtable on Government Engagement in Standards Setting Thank you Pat and good morning everyone. I want to thank all of you for being here. I also want to thank those who have joined us via the web.
