News from November 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: WESTON, FL. - During the third Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative on Oct. 29, 2011, Floridians turned in approximately 10,205 (4 ½ tons) of unwanted or expired prescription drugs. DEA’s Miami Field Division partnered with its state and local counterparts...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: A maintenance dredging project for the Sailors Haven Marina entrance channel in Fire Island National Seashore began on Nov. 3, and is expected to be completed by mid-December 2011. The dredged material from this channel will be used for a bayside shoreline stabilization research project to help protect...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., November 4, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the October jobs report was released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: Today, Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) joined Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), Congressional Black Caucus Chair Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-Mo.), Congressional Hispanic Caucus Chair Charlie Gonzalez (D-Texas), Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus Judy Chu (D-Calif.), and House Administration ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) last evening served subpoenas to White House Chief of Staff William Daley and Vice President Joe Biden’s Chief of Staff Bruce Reed for documents related to the $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee. The issuance of the subpoenas...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for October...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: Dr. Todd Braje will describe the intensive commercial abalone fishery that Chinese fishermen established beginning in the 1850s during the November "From Shore to Sea" lecture.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) last evening served subpoenas to White House Chief of Staff William Daley and Vice President Joe Biden’s Chief of Staff Bruce Reed for documents related to the $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee. The issuance of the subpoenas...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Committee, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee, and Senator David Vitter (R-LA), Ranking Member ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Anthony D. Williams, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration San Francisco Field Division, announced today that Northern California and Central Valley residents turned in 15,587 pounds of medicine - more than 7.5 tons - as part of the DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: SAN JUAN, PR. - The Drug Enforcement (DEA) Caribbean Division collected approximately 992 pounds of prescription drugs in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands during the DEA National Take Back Day Initiative announced Javier F. Peña, Special Agent in Charge of the Caribbean Division.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) last evening served subpoenas to White House Chief of Staff William Daley and Vice President Joe Biden’s Chief of Staff Bruce Reed for documents related to the $535 million Solyndra loan guarantee. The issuance of the subpoenas...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment on a draft directive and standard for Lease of Power Privilege at Reclamation facilities. The revised directive and standard will make the process more responsive to project sponsors and more consistent throughout Reclamation, increasing its effectiveness.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The National Park Service is advising visitors to expect delays and exercise caution on park roads on Nov. 5 due to the International Triathlon Union World Championship event. About 1,200 cyclists are participating.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Democrats have launched the eCall to Extend Unemployment Insurance, a web site where Americans looking for work can share their stories and join the effort to extend federal unemployment insurance programs through 2012. The Emergency Unemployment Compensation and Extended...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, called on Congress to pass S. 1786, the Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011 that includes bipartisan recommendations from the President’s Council on...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 3, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW YORK—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to New York to receive the Fred V. Morrone 9/11 Memorial Award at the fifth annual Security Week, hosted by the InterPort Police and the Security Industry Association in partnership with the Police Forum, Security Industry Association and the ISC solutions Technology Exhibition.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - James E. Moss and Avada L. Jenkins were found guilty today of tax crimes relating to “Flash Tax,” a Montgomery, Ala., tax preparation business owned by Moss, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. U.S. District Court Judge for the Middle District of Alabama Mark E. Fuller presided over the jury trial of Moss and Jenkins for conspiring to defraud the United States and for aiding and assisting the preparation of false tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2011
News Release: PORTLAND, ORE. – Lowe’s, a national hardware store chain, has agreed to settle the Justice Department’s claims alleging that the company violated the Uniform Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) when it terminated the employment of Matthew King, a U.S. Army Guard member and Iraq War ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 3, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A co-founder of NinjaVideo.net, a website that provided millions of users with the ability to illegally download infringing copies of copyright-protected movies and television programs in high-quality formats, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit copyright infringement.
