News published on Federal Newswire in March 2011

News from March 2011


News Release: The Chamizal National Memorial announces public information meetings on its plan to limit alcoholic beverages.


National Parks Week 2011

News Release: Springfield, MA. Saturday April 16 - Sunday, April 24, 2011. Bring yourself, your family and your friends to experience "a basket full of mysteries." Objects and photographs direct young people through the Museum exhibits or on an outdoors quest to reveal the secrets of the college buildings. Children...


SENATORS SEEK ACCURATE, EFFECTIVE COUNTERTERRORISM TRAINING

News Release: Dear Secretary Napolitano and Attorney General Holder...


News Release: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), in cooperation with the National Park Service (NPS), is in the process of developing an Air Tour Management Plan (ATMP) and associated Environmental Assessment (EA) for Mount Rainier National Park (Mount Rainier), pursuant to the National Parks Air Tour Management Act of 2000 (NPATMA).


News Release: Washington, DC - Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, announced the Committee’s first Farm Bill field hearing will be held on April 9 at Michigan State University in East Lansing, Mich. The hearing, “Opportunities for Growth: ...


Park Volunteers Rescue Rare Turtles

News Release: Hawai'i Volcanoes' Hawksbill Turtle Recovery Project marked its 21st anniversary with a stellar nesting season.


Hartford Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Role In Narcotics Trafficking Ring

News Release: HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that WILLIAM JUSINO, 37, of Van Block Avenue, Hartford, was sentenced yesterday, March 28, by United States...


News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on four produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).


News Release: The Bureau of Land Management and the Colorado Department of Natural Resources have signed an agreement designed to assist geothermal energy development on state and federal lands and mineral holdings.The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will allow more efficient and effective leasing, permitting and...


News Release: Opening Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer


News Release: Ranchers in the central Great Plains may be using some of their winter downtime in the future to rehearse the upcoming production season, all from the warmth of their homes, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) soil scientists.


News Release: Washington, DC - Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today said as new rules are written for the swaps market, she’s committed to using her position to make sure the rules protect against crises like the market meltdown that ...


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Los Angeles—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined AEG President and CEO Timothy J. Leiweke at the company's STAPLES Center to announce the expansion of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) "If You ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court has permanently barred Gerald A. Poynter II of Kansas City, Mo., from preparing federal tax returns for others and from promoting a fraudulent tax scam, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON – A former owner of an Illinois-based technology company has pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the federal E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced today. Tyrone Pipkin was originally charged in U.S. District Court in New Orleans on Nov. 18, 2010, for his role in the conspiracy to defraud the E-Rate program.


News Release: WASHINGTON – Paul Schwartz, 49, of Lathrop, Calif., was sentenced today to sevenyears in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy to distribute and receive child pornography, 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.


Agencies announce consideration of risk retention notice of proposed rulemaking

News Release: The staffs of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (together, the agencies) announced that the ...


Federal Reserve launches interactive web-based guide to the Flow of Funds Accounts

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday launched a new interactive web-based guide to the Flow of Funds Accounts. The tools and descriptions in the guide will help users explore the structure and content of the quarterly Flow of Funds statistical release and the Integrated Macroeconomic Accounts for the United States.


News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released data on personal income and outlays for February 2011. Personal income increased 0.3 percent in February, nearly consistent with private-sector forecasts of a 0.4-percent increase. Wages and salaries rose a favorable 0.3 percent. ...


MSHA announces results of February impact inspections

News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 166 citations and orders during special impact inspections conducted at seven coal mines and one dimension stone quarry last month. The seven coal mines were issued 127 citations and four orders; the quarry operation was issued 27 citations and eight orders.