News from March 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: A new National Research Council (NRC) report presents a 20-year road map that outlines steps for increasing U.S. resilience to earthquakes, including a major earthquake that could strike heavily populated areas.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow. March 30, 2011. Good morning. The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry will now come to order. We are here today to discuss an issue affecting all Americans, especially farmers and middle-class families across America - the high, volatile price of gasoline ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, on a bi-partisan vote of 225-195, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 471, the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act. Today’s passage of the SOAR Act was another key step in the restoration of the popular, cost-effective, and successful D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senate colleagues wrote to President Obama and Vice President Biden to urge the administration to develop a budget that will enable the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain environmental ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: On April 8, 2011, the scientific community will celebrate the centennial of the discovery of superconductivity-the ability of certain materials to conduct electricity without resistance when cooled below a specific temperature. Quantum voltage standards are among the successful practical applications...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: All Aboard! Seeking Volunteers Who Like People to Ride the Train.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 30, 2011 - At today’s Full Committee hearing with Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael Bromwich, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following remarks on the Department of the Interior’s report...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Albert Einstein once said: “Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler.".
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In advance of President Obama’s speech today on U.S. energy policy, his Department of Interior has issued a new report chiding U.S. oil and gas companies for our lack of domestic production. The report attempts to blame U.S. companies and job creators for undeveloped leases while stubbornly...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In advance of President Obama’s speech today on U.S. energy policy, his Department of Interior has issued a new report chiding U.S. oil and gas companies for our lack of domestic production. The report attempts to blame U.S. companies and job creators for undeveloped leases while stubbornly...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Providence. In celebration of National Park Week (April 16-24), the staff at Roger Williams National Memorial and John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor will be hosting Rhode Island National Parks Day on Saturday, April 16, 2011 from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at 282 North Main...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 The following is a joint statement on behalf of the United States and the European Union: On March 28, 2011, the European Union and the United States opened negotiations on an agreement to protect personal information exchanged ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2011
News Release: The following is a joint statement on behalf of the United States and the European Union: On Mar. 28, 2011, the European Union and the United States opened negotiations on an agreement to protect personal information exchanged in the context of fighting crime and terrorism. The negotiations will build ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON— A Los Angeles woman has pleaded guilty to using fraudulent medical clinics and the stolen identities of physicians to defraud Medicare of more than $6.2 million, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Orange County, Va., man pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia to child pornography charges that originated in three different districts.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal court has permanently barred John Lewis, Artels James and Perry Wright from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction order was entered by U.S. Judge Virginia Emerson Hopkins for the Northern District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Brandon Miller, 23, of Omaha, Neb., was sentenced today to 102 monthsin prison and a lifetime of supervised release after pleading guilty to engaging in a child exploitation enterprise announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania David J. Hickton, and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge John Kelleghan.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Mohammad Jafar Nikbakht, aka Freydoon Nikbakht, pleaded guilty to tax evasion before U.S. District Court Judge John A. Houston in San Diego, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. According to the indictment and other documents filed with the court, Nikbakht ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has reached a settlement with Inova Health System to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in the provision of medical services. The agreement, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act, resolves ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chemist and his son were arrested in Maryland today in connection with an alleged $2.27 million insider trading scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein; ...
