News from October 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2011
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Vito S. Guarino, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Philadelphia Division of the United States Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced to its national and community partners, throughout Pennsylvania and Delaware, the opportunity for the public to prevent prescription drug abuse by disposing of their expired, unused, and unwanted medications on Saturday October 29 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2011
News Release: Dear Secretary Clinton and Secretary Panetta...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2011
News Release: Park fire staff is preparing to implement two prescribed burn projects in Lassen Volcanic National Park. Should weather permit, they would be scheduled between October 25 and November 12. The 410-acre Summertown Burn Unit is located in the northwest section of the park just northeast of Manzanita Lake.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) are urging Energy Secretary Steven Chu to make DOE officials available for transcribed interviews under oath as part of the committee’s ongoing Solyndra...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) are urging Energy Secretary Steven Chu to make DOE officials available for transcribed interviews under oath as part of the committee’s ongoing Solyndra...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the decision by the U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the Clinton-era Roadless Area Conservation Rule that protects 49 million acres of forest, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over forest policy, issued the following statement...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 20, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman, 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 of the Subcommittee, announced that they will markup a two-year surface transportation bill on Wednesday, November 9 at 10:00 a.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado has ordered that Jo Ann Scott be permanently enjoined from using force, threat of force or physically obstructing any person because that person is or has been obtaining or providing reproductive health services. In addition, Scott will ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner and president of a Miami-area halfway house company pleaded guilty today for her role in a kickback scheme that funneled patients to a fraudulent mental health provider, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), and its related company, the American Sleep Institute (ASI), announced the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Edk Kenit, 28, and Choimina Lukas, 30, a Micronesian couple living in Longview, Wash., were sentenced today for their roles in a scheme to compel the labor of an 18-year-old woman, also from Micronesia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Baytown, Texas, man was sentenced today to life in prison for his role in a homicide that took place in Atascosa County, Texas, in May 2008, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman for the Western District of Texas.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 19, 2011
News Release: Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank Remarks at League of Wisconsin Municipalities, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Good morning, everyone. I really appreciate you all being here.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 19, 2011
News Release: Blank also toured Palermo’s Pizza with Mayor Barrett and met with local business leaders as part of White House Business Council outreach effort Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank traveled to Milwaukee today to deliver the keynote address at the 113th League of Wisconsin Municipalities Annual ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2011
News Release: MINDEN, Neb. – he U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited America's Fiberglass Animals for eight repeat and seven serious violations of safety and health standards found during an inspection at the company's manufacturing facility in Minden, which was conducted ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2011
News Release: BROOKSHIRE, Texas – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited M-Power Chemicals LC in Brookshire for 14 serious and two other-than-serious violations, including exposing employees to respiratory and combustible dust hazards. Proposed penalties total $54,600.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2011
News Release: Miners, mine operators urged to "knock out" winter hazards ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration has launched its annual "Winter Alert" campaign to call attention to the dangers caused by cold weather. Statistics show that coal-mine explosions occur most often during the colder months, October through March.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 19, 2011
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance will co-host a free health law compliance assistance seminar from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, Oct. 25, and Wednesday, Oct. 26. The event will be held at the Scarritt–Bennett Center, located at 1008 S. 19th Ave., Nashville, Tenn. 37212.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 19, 2011
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 19, 2011
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 19, 2011
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
