News from March 2011
By Commerce News Now | Mar 14, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 14, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 14, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) issued the following statement regarding the National Football League’s lockout and the special broadcast television antitrust exemption enjoyed by professional football...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2011 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park Lyceum Series Continues.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD. - U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg sentenced Eric Griffin, 31, of Baltimore, Maryland, today to more than 12 years in prison, followed by three years of supervisedrelease, for possession with intent to distribute heroin.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Management practices at the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have been recognized by one of the world’s leading professional organizations for chemical engineers.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 14, 2011 - As prices at the pump climb towards the $4 mark, the Obama Administration has turned its SPIN machine to HIGH in an effort to deflect mounting public anger over the high cost of gasoline. The Administration is spinning numbers on U.S. oil and natural gas production...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: CAMDEN, N.J. - John G. McCabe, Jr., the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced that a Ventnor, N.J., man was sentenced today to 77 months in federal prison for traveling to Florida on multiple occasions to illegally obtain oxycodone for distribution.
By State Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, along with Senator Mark Udall (D-Colo.), today reintroduced legislation to drive job creation and increase America’s global competiveness by helping immigrant entrepreneurs secure visas to the United States. Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) plans to introduce companion legislation in the House.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today released the following statement about President Barack Obama’s call for Congress to Reform No Child Left Behind...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: Explore, Preserve, Protect and Be Active!.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: Washington - John Brewer, Administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) today announced that FAS is seeking additional proposals for the Micronutrient-Fortified Food Aid Products Pilot (MFFAPP) Program administered under the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition (McGovern-Dole) Program. Up to $9 million is available this fiscal year.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A former Cameron County sheriff's deputy was sentenced on Monday to four years and nine months in prison for smuggling weapons into Mexico in exchange for money, announced U.S. Attorney Jose Angel Moreno, Southern District of Texas. The investigation was conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in coordination with the FBI and Cameron County Sheriff's Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: BOSTON, MA. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and The Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont stated that it has settled potential claims against Alban J. Coghlan, M.D., a psychiatrist who at the time in question...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2011 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the letter from a number of Senate Republicans threatening to hold up the Obama Administration’s trade nominees until the pending Colombia and Panama free trade agreements are submitted to Congress. From Chairman Baucus...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2011
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2011 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
