News from May 2011
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee recently learned that the Obama administration, despite being required by law, has failed to account for over $1.3 trillion dollars in federal spending. The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of...
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) kicked off Senate consideration of the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (FTA) today, touting the $2.5 billion boost to the U.S. economy the implementation of the agreement will bring and the significant progress on labor rights...
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (HEALTH) Act, H.R. 5, by a vote of 30 to 20.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A secret executive order drafted by the Obama administration came under fire from government watchdogs during a recent House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on White House transparency. The order, which was recently leaked, circumvents Congress and...
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved the Help Efficient, Accessible, Low Cost, Timely Health Care (HEALTH) Act, H.R. 5, by a vote of 30 to 20.
By DOE Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A secret executive order drafted by the Obama administration came under fire from government watchdogs during a recent House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on White House transparency. The order, which was recently leaked, circumvents Congress and...
By EPA Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A secret executive order drafted by the Obama administration came under fire from government watchdogs during a recent House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee hearing on White House transparency. The order, which was recently leaked, circumvents Congress and...
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: President John F. Kennedy once said: “Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies.".
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: CINCINNATI, OH - A United States District Court jury convicted Dr. Paul H. Volkman of illegally prescribing and dispensing millions of pain pills outside the scope of a legitimate medical practice which resulted in the deaths of four people between 2003 and 2005. He faces at least 20 years in prison.
By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: Physicist Jun Ye, a Fellow of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and a Fellow of JILA, a joint institute of NIST and the University of Colorado Boulder, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences. Election to the academy is one of the highest honors that can be given to a U.S. scientist or engineer. New members are elected by current members in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Shell Oil Company and other Shell affiliates have agreed to pay the United States $2.2 million to resolve claims that the companies violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal leases, the Justice Department announced today. Shell Oil Company is the U.S.-based subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, a multinational oil company, and is a leading producer of oil and natural gas.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice filed a civil antitrust lawsuit today challenging George’s Inc.’s acquisition of Tyson Foods’ Harrisonburg, Va., chicken processing complex. The department said that based on the information gathered thus far, the acquisition eliminates substantial competition between the two companies for the procurement of services of chicken growers in the Shenandoah Valley area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to recent natural disasters in several states, and subsequent relief efforts, the National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) is reminding the public to be aware of and report any instances of alleged fraudulent activity related to relief operations and funding for victims.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — A former president of an Illinois refuse disposal container repair company was sentenced today for his role in a conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with bids on a contract for the repair of refuse carts for the city of Chicago, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Jimmie Duane Ross was indicted by a federal grand jury in Knoxville, Tenn., for five counts of tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The April 5, 2011, indictment was unsealed today, May 10, 2011, following Ross’s arrest.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Miami today convicted Sirtaj “Tosh” Mathauda on 12 felony counts related to a fraudulent business opportunity scheme, the Justice Department announced. The jury convicted Mathauda of conspiracy, nine counts of mail fraud and two counts of wire fraud.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Arkansas men pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Little Rock, Ark., to charges related to their involvement in the firebombing of the house of an interracial couple, the Justice Department announced.
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Unique, handcrafted awards honoring the service and dedication of U.S. Department of Labor employees following the Upper Big Branch mining disaster in West Virginia last year were created by students from the Westover Job Corps Center in Chicopee, Mass.
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON Malcolm-Jamal Warren, a student at the Guthrie Job Corps Center in Guthrie, Okla., created a unique picture that depicts the beauty of the Gulf Coast, which has been used as part of an award honoring the service and dedication of U.S. Department of Labor employees during the aftermath of the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
