News from January 2011
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Since its first funding opportunity announcement in April 2009, ARPA-E has received scores of promising ideas for the next generation of energy technologies. This response has been thrilling, because it means that the potential for disruptive American energy innovation has only begun...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in response to recent media reports that a deadly terror attack was narrowly avoided at a Martin Luther King Day parade in Spokane, WA, Monday, when three alert citizens noticed an unattended backpack that contained a sophisticated explosive device...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: PORTER, IN: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has a serious need to obtain housing for the coming summer for the park's seasonal work force of park rangers, interpreters, maintenance workers, and research aids, according to Superintendent Constantine Dillon.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack today announced the appointment of 14 members to the Plant Variety Protection Board.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: BELTSVILLE, Md., - The U.S. Department of Agriculture 's National Agricultural Library (NAL) has released the 2011 edition of the on-line NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (NALT), which adds 3,441 new terms and 321 definitions.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: Media Contact: Liz Friedlander. 202-225-1564, U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., made the following statement today after the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved E15 for use in model year 2001-2006 vehicles. “This is a significant step for the future...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: BOISE - - Leonardo Villasenor-Cesar, 23, was sentenced on January 20th, 2011 to fifteen years in federal prison in connection with a marijuana grow located on U.S. Forest Service public lands. Villasenor-Cesar pled guilty last November to drug manufacturing and firearms possession charges.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: EL PASO, TX - Joseph M. Arabit, Special Agent in Charge of the El Paso Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), and John Murphy, United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, announced Judge Frank Montalvo sentenced 32-year-old Julio Cesar Burciaga of El Paso, to 14 years in federal prison followed by eight years of supervised release.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing entitled The Views of the Administration on Regulatory Reform. Chairman Fred Upton and Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: OTSEGO, NY. - Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) John P. Gilbride, Otsego County Sheriff Richard J. Devlin, Jr and Otsego County District Attorney John M. Muehl announce the arrest of three individuals following a joint investigation between the DEA and OCSO.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing entitled The Views of the Administration on Regulatory Reform. Chairman Fred Upton and Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: SEATTLE, WASH - Jacob Harley Shook, 30, of Seattle, Washington was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 15 years in prison and five years of supervised release for two counts of pharmacy robbery, one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and one count of brandishing a firearm...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in Room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, the Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations will hold a hearing entitled The Views of the Administration on Regulatory Reform. Chairman Fred Upton and Subcommittee...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ninety-one members and associates of seven organized crime families of La Cosa Nostra (LCN), including the New England LCN family, all five New York-based families and the New Jersey-based Decavalcante family have been charged with federal crimes in 16indictments returned in four judicial districts, announced Attorney General Eric Holder. Another 36defendants also have been charged for their roles in alleged associated criminal activity.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON –The Department of Justice today announced that it is accepting applications from American Indian and Alaska Native tribal communities for funding to improve public safety in Indian country. The funds are available through the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Coordinated Tribal Assistance Solicitation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Two owners of a Houston health care company pleaded guilty today in connection with an alleged $5.2 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – St. Jude Medical Inc. of St. Paul, Minn., has agreed to pay the United States $16 million to resolve allegations that the company used post-market studies and a registry to pay kickbacks to induce physicians to implant the company’s pacemakers and defibrillators, the Justice Department announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 20, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: Intervest Bancshares Corporation, New York, New York Written Agreement dated Jan. 14, 2011 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions
By Labor Gazette | Jan 20, 2011
News Release: Lead Enterprises Inc. issued 32 citations, more than $307,000 in penalties FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to Lead Enterprises Inc. in Miami, Fla., alleging that the company knowingly neglected to protect employees from lead exposure. The company is being cited with 32 safety and health violations, and $307,200 in total proposed penalties.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 20, 2011
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 15, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 404,000, a decrease of 37,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 441,000. The 4-week moving average was 411,750, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's revised average of 415,750.
