News from May 2011
By DOE Gazette | May 5, 2011
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: Today, Reps. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.), Mike Capuano (D-Mass.) and Sens. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) released a GAO report confirming reports that mortgage servicers had been fraudulently signing or notarizing affidavits allowing the completion of foreclosures without any personal knowledge of the cases, a process more commonly referred to as "robo-signing."
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and sea turtle nesting closures may...
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it is seeking comments on a proposed rule to change the boundaries of all the districts and add two importer seats to the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that Mark Parker, 38, of Vallejo, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Morrison C. England, Jr. to 30 years in federal prison, a $25,000 fine, and a supervised release term of 10 years. On March 4, 2009, a jury found Parker guilty on all three counts of crack cocaine trafficking.
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve is seeking applications from visual artists and writers for the 2012 Artist-in-Residence Program. This will be the first season with an open call to writers to submit for a residency. The program is in its eleventh year at Denali, and many of the works created by artists-in-residence...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: MIDLAND, TX -- - DEA Special Agent in Charge Joseph A. Arabit and United States Attorney John E. Murphy announced the arrest and federal grand jury indictment against 49-year-old Charles Robert Deatherage in connection with the death of 22year-old Midland man in May of last year.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings delivered the following statementon the House floor in support of H.R. 1230, the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act. This bill will create thousands of jobs, generate millions in revenue and lower gasoline...
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: SEATTLE, WA - Three men, who were extradited from Colombia following an undercover investigation led by the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), were convicted of drug trafficking and money laundering charges in Seattle following a two week jury trial. The investigation involved a multi-ton cocaine drug trafficking...
By State Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) chaired a hearing to examine the United States’ engagement with Pakistan, how the killing of Osama bin Laden will impact this relationship, and the implications of our policy with Pakistan on our upcoming troop withdrawal and transition in Afghanistan.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: Dear Chairman Chaffetz: Our hearing today continued a long tradition of bipartisan Committee oversight of transition delays affecting our injured service members returning from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. As we heard from the witnesses, significant challenges continue to plague the Integrated...
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing the native Hawaiian culture with the community and visitors throughout May. Programs are free, but Park entrance fees may apply. Mark your calendars for these three upcoming events.
By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: Familiar blueberries and their lesser-known wild relatives are safeguarded by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and curators at America's official blueberry genebank. The plants, collected from throughout the United States and more than two dozen foreign countries, are growing at the USDA Agricultural Research Service National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis, Ore.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today unveiled S. 904, the Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Services (JOBS) Act of 2011. Companion legislation (H.R. 1745) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Ways and Means Committee Chairman...
By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: Officials at Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the National Weather Service have determined that a severe EF 4 tornado swept across the northwestern corner of the Park last Wednesday causing extensive damage to seven park trails. The popular Abrams Falls Trail remains impassable due to numerous...
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 2011 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1230, the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act, with a bipartisan vote of 266 to 149. Introduced by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, H.R. 1230 requires the Secretary of the Interior to conduct oil and natural gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore Virginia that have been delayed or cancelled by the Obama Administration.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: DENVER, CO. - The United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) today announced the overwhelmingly successful results of the second national prescription drug “Take-Back" campaign in the states of Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. The American public turned in more than 22,000 lbs. of prescription drugs for safe and proper disposal in those states. According to Denver Division of the DEA, the results of their four-state region “Take-Back" efforts are as follows...
By EPA Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives approved bipartisan legislation to stop the politically appointed leaders of the EPA from unilaterally imposing costly and complex greenhouse gas regulations under the Clean Air Act. Members of Congress from both parties stood up to the EPA because these controversial regulations threaten to destroy jobs and further increase the price at the pump.
By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) praised today’s House passage of the Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act, H.R. 1230, legislation requiring the Secretary of the Interior to conduct offshore oil and gas lease sales that have been stymied by the Obama Administration.
By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Human Resources Subcommittee Ranking Member Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) issued the following statements today in response to Chairman Camp’s plan to overhaul the unemployment insurance program...
