News from October 2011
By State Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s committee briefing entitled “Why Taiwan Matters, Part II"...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), today held a hearing to explore ways to modernize the nation’s job-training system to better meet the needs of employers and workers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England, and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that four former pharmacy technicians were arrested today on federal charges stemming from their alleged...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., October 4, 2011 - House Natural Resource Committee Chairman Doc Hastings announced today that Thursday’s Full Committee oversight hearing on the final report of the BOEMRE/U.S. Coast Guard Joint Investigation Team (JIT) has been rescheduled and confirmed for Thursday, October 13th.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.-The U.S. departments of Commerce and Homeland Security (DHS) today discussed with other federal agencies and private-sector leaders in the information technology industry the need to create a voluntary industry code of conduct to address the detection and mitigation of botnets. Botnets are collections of computers that are secretly infected with malware and then remotely controlled by spammers, hackers or criminals.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced that Rafael Veras, operating out of Bronx, N.Y., has satisfied the $21,328.15 reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). As of the issuance of the reparation order, Rafael Veras was listed as the sole proprietor of the business.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement regarding the announcement from Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John S. Pistole that the agency will be implementing a pilot program for a risk-based pre-screening security initiative called PreCheck...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: (Thousand Oaks, CA) One of the last remaining male mountain lions in an important wildlife study was found dead in the Southern California mountains recently. The animal, named P-15 in a National Park Service (NPS) research study was discovered on Sept. 11, 2011 and officials say it did not die of natural causes.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service Outer Banks Group, in partnership with the First Colony Foundation and Friends of the Outer Banks History Center, announces the opening of a new exhibit, "Beneath the Sands: Past and Present Archaeology at Fort Raleigh" on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 at Fort Raleigh National Historic...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A man whose body was found next to his car at the Cape Royal Trailhead on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as Donald Haney of Cherokee Village, Arkansas.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Dear Acting Director DeMarco: On Feb. 25, 2011, I launched a major investigation into abuses and illegal activities by mortgage servicing companies, including wrongful foreclosures, deficient recordkeeping, inflated fees, and fraud in lending. As part of this investigation, I wrote to the Inspector...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: A vaccine that protects cattle against East Coast fever, a destructive disease in eastern and central Africa, is being developed by scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Kenya.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, October 5 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “Workplace Safety: Ensuring a Responsible Regulatory Environment." The hearing will take place in room 2261 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke about the importance of exploring the full potential of America’s unconventional natural gas resources at today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Porter, Indiana: The National Park Service would like to remind hunters that while hunting season has started in Indiana, no hunting of any kind is permitted within Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. This prohibition applies regardless of land ownership, to any property within the boundaries of the national lakeshore. It is the hunters' responsibility to ensure that they are not hunting within park boundaries.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the exposure of a massive bribery and kickback scam involving a military contractor and employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today called for a hearing in the Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over Alaska Native Corporations, of which the company in question is a subsidiary.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine the government’s role in addressing cybersecurity challenges.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine the government’s role in addressing cybersecurity challenges.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution. Previously, the Committee’s Subcommittee on the Constitution held a hearing on H. J. Res 1, a balanced budget amendment, which the Full Committee subsequently reported. During the hearing, the majority’s ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2011
News Release: No Regrets? Hindsight is Always 20/20? It Went Through the Regular Review Process, and People Felt Like this Was a Good Bet?
