News from October 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA - An 18-month task force investigation this morning resulted in the arrest of 23 individuals - mostly gang members - who are named in a federal drug trafficking indictment that alleges they participated in a methamphetamine distribution organization that operated in Whittier and surrounding communities.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said today that while the economy continues to recover, we need to find efficient ways to boost charitable giving and help nonprofits continue their work. At a hearing convened today, Baucus highlighted the important role nonprofits play during times of economic hardship and highlighted their significance in our economy, employing ten percent of the U.S. workforce.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Superintendent Andy Ferguson welcomes visitors to the Lehman Caves Visitor Center Thursday Oct. 27, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the park’s establishment in 1986. During the all-day open house there will be special displays. Light refreshments will be served at 10:00 a.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining the effectiveness of tax incentives for charitable giving...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Walnut Canyon National Monument Celebrates Reptile Awareness Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Federal Law Enforcement to Hold Prescription Drug Abuse Summit Responding to the Prescription Drug Abuse Crisis
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, examined our preparedness for a biological incident during their 10th hearing in a yearlong “Ten Years After 9/11" series.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: WHAT: State of the Bay: Past, Present and Future -- Revisited is an all-day event featuring research by top scientists in the preservation and restoration of Jamaica Bay in New York Harbor. A tentative agenda may be found.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that United States District Judge John A. Mendez sentenced Dana Scott McIntire, 53, of Stockton, to 25 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine for distributing and possessing pseudoephedrine knowing it would be used for manufacturing methamphetamine.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Fire managers from Rocky Mountain National Park plan to take advantage of any upcoming winter weather conditions to burn piles of slash from several forest thinning and hazard tree mitigation projects. Exclusion of fire for the past century has resulted in unnatural forest conditions in some areas, with...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Highland, CA, Oct. 18, 2011 - Today, the House Subcommittee on Water and Power held a field oversight hearing in Highland, California on, “Questionable Fish Science and Environmental Lawsuits: Jobs and Water Supplies at Risk in the Inland Empire." Chairman Tom McClintock (CA-4), and Reps. Jerry Lewis...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Fire management staff at Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve will burn piles of debris consisting of trees and brush from, Oct. 22, 2011 through Oct. 31, 2011. Burning of piles could occur anytime during the above dates. The pile burn location is at the Wrangell-St. Elias Park and Preserve Headquarters. Smoke may be visible from the Richardson Highway.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, responded to an announcement by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) that it has instructed Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to begin “transitioning away" from their use of designated foreclosure attorney networks to a system under which “mortgage servicers select qualified law firms that meet certain minimum, uniform criteria."
By State Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement on the release of Israeli Army Sergeant-Major Gilad Shalit.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Henry David Thoreau wrote, “Goodness is the only investment that never fails.".
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation announce today the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will be held on Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011, at 5:00 p.m. (EST), on the Ellipse in Washington, D.C. Tickets for the event will be awarded via an online lottery system, providing the general public a chance to obtain free tickets to the ceremony.
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Full Committee Hearing "A Review of the 2011 Floods and the Condition of the Nation's Flood Control Systems" Oct. 18, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Today's hearing will examine how our Nation's flood control systems responded to the flooding events of ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Yosemite National Park Fire Managers are planning a prescribed fire in the southern portion of the park near Bishop Creek and Rail Creek along the Wawona Road, on Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. The original burn date was scheduled for Friday, Sept. 30, 2011, but was canceled due to rainy and snowy conditions...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Theodore Roosevelt's Sagamore Hill home will undergo a $6.2 million rehabilitation beginning in spring 2012. The three year project will give the home a comprehensive interior and exterior rehabilitation of its architectural and structural elements, from its roof to the foundation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2011
News Release: Environmental Education Leader Names New Director of Yosemite National Park and Vice President of Operations.
