News from November 2011
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed recommendations in a new GAO report regarding the Department of Energy’s nuclear fuel cycle research and development efforts. Upton requested the report with Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) and former Congressman Rick Boucher (D-VA). GAO’s review found that DOE should enhance its planning and its collaboration with industry and other countries in pursing such research and development.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 3309) by a vote of 14 to 9, and the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting...

By EPA Newswire | Nov 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today approved the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act of 2011 (H.R. 3309) by a vote of 14 to 9, and the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting...

By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee has scheduled a hearing on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, on “The Solyndra Failure: Views from DOE Secretary Chu." The hearing will take place at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building, and will...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 STOCKHOLM - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Stockholm, Sweden to meet with international partners, and underscore the Department's ongoing commitment to collaborating with our international partners to address cybersecurity as well as combat violent extremism and transnational crime and terrorism.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Belal Amin Alsaidi, 30, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty today to trafficking in counterfeit goods, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Terry Spicer, a former Alabama state legislator, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama to a one-count criminal information charging him with federal program bribery for accepting cash and other things of value from a businessman and his lobbyist in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Charges of copyright infringement were unsealed today in federal court in Philadelphia against a Pennsylvania man for allegedly infringing on copyright protected broadcasts of hockey games, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2011
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Marsha Elmore of Wetumpka, Ala., the owner of a tax preparation business called Community Tax, pleaded guilty today to charges related to her use of stolen identities to fraudulently obtain tax refunds, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Elmore ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury sitting in Muskogee, Okla., returned an indictment today charging former Bryan County, Okla., Sheriff’s Lieutenant Kevin Bennett Holt, 48, of Achille, Okla., with federal civil rights violations and related acts of obstruction of justice, the Justice Department announced.

By Fed Newswire | Nov 15, 2011
News Release: On Nov. 14, 2011, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $5 billion in 28-day term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. Following are the results of the auction: TDF Auction ID: A21 Competitive Amount Offered: $5,000,000,000 Competitive Amount Tendered: $11,093,740,000 Competitive Amount ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 15, 2011
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department today announced that Brad Carroll has joined the agency as Press Secretary. In this position, he will be the primary spokesperson for the department. Former Press Secretary Parita Shah has been promoted to Deputy Director of Public Affairs.

By Labor Gazette | Nov 15, 2011
News Release: Decision supports February ruling by Office of Administrative Law Judges WASHINGTON — The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled that United Space Alliance LLC must supply the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs with compensation information requested for a review of the company's Cape Canaveral, Fla., facility. The ruling upholds a Feb. 28 decision by the department's Office of Administrative Law Judges.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 15, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Nov 15, 2011
The US State Department published a two page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Nov 15, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Nov 15, 2011
The US State Department published a three page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 15, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 15, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 15, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.