News from June 2011
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, June 2, 2011 - First Lady Michelle Obama and Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today unveiled the federal government’s new food icon, MyPlate, to serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices. MyPlate is a new generation icon with the intent to prompt consumers to...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today joined the House Democratic Caucus in a meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House on the federal debt. Rahall discussed with the President the importance of investing in America’s transportation infrastructure to create jobs and keep our economy moving throughout the 21st century.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA. - Hlateef Darlington, 28, of Whitehall, PA, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison, by U.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond, on charges related to drug trafficking, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger. Darlington pleaded guilty on Oct. 28, 2010 to conspiracy...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved bipartisan legislation to increase the production of American-made energy by eliminating unnecessary federal red tape that stalls exploration and stands in the way of job creation. The bill is part of the GOP’s American Energy Initiative, which aims to increase American energy production, create jobs, and create a more secure energy future.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today examined the recent high-profile data breaches at Sony and Epsilon. These cyber crimes compromised the accounts and personal information of millions of Americans.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved bipartisan legislation to increase the production of American-made energy by eliminating unnecessary federal red tape that stalls exploration and stands in the way of job creation. The bill is part of the GOP’s American Energy Initiative, which aims to increase American energy production, create jobs, and create a more secure energy future.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today examined the recent high-profile data breaches at Sony and Epsilon. These cyber crimes compromised the accounts and personal information of millions of Americans.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved bipartisan legislation to increase the production of American-made energy by eliminating unnecessary federal red tape that stalls exploration and stands in the way of job creation. The bill is part of the GOP’s American Energy Initiative, which aims to increase American energy production, create jobs, and create a more secure energy future.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
News Release: MILWAUKEE, WI. - United States Attorney James L. Santelle, DEA Special Agent in Charge Jack Riley, Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, and Milwaukee Police Department Chief Edward Flynn, announced today that 24 defendants were charged in federal court with various drug-trafficking and illegal...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) today expressed serious concerns with the Department of Education's final gainful employment regulation.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today examined the recent high-profile data breaches at Sony and Epsilon. These cyber crimes compromised the accounts and personal information of millions of Americans.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 1, 2011
News Release: Annual Bird Walk and Breakfast to be Held in.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 1, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) introduced the necessary legislation that allows the U.S. House of Representatives to reject a so-called clean increase in the nation’s debt limit. The legislation, which Chairman Camp strongly opposes and is expected to be voted on as early as next week, would increase the debt limit by $2.4 trillion - the amount necessary under the President’s budget to get through the end of 2012.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 1, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 HUNTINGTON, W. Va.—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Huntington, W. Va., to deliver remarks highlighting the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ongoing counterterrorism and homeland security efforts at the opening of the West Virginia Homeland Security Summit.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today in federal court to charges of conspiring to conduct a racketeering enterprise related to his membership in a Pittsburgh Crips criminal enterprise, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton of the Western District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Laura Barel of Lauderhill, Fla., has been charged with one count of filing a false claim and two counts of aiding and abetting the filing of a false claim, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The federal complaint against Barel was unsealed on May 24. In a related case, a federal grand jury returned an indictment on May 25, 2011, charging Philip Butcher, formerly of Rogers, Ark., with two counts of filing false claims.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that Matthew Nestor and William Moyer were sentenced today for falsifying information related to the investigation into the beating death of Luis Ramirez. Ramirez died on July 14, 2008, as a result of injuries he suffered after being attacked by four high ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — A Florida physician was sentenced today to four years in prison for his role in a fraud scheme involving lobbying and fund raising for political candidates and organizations, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-- The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the Alexandria Country Day School in Alexandria, La., to resolve allegations that the school denied a six-year-old girl with Type I diabetes admission to the school after her parents requested that the school supervise her ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed a civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado against Kenneth and JoAnn Scott for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (FACE Act).
