News from October 2011
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: Public Encouraged to Help Develop Alternatives for the Plan.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: Olympic National Park road crews will remove a large rock that is obstructing the ditch near Milepost 11.5 of Hurricane Ridge Road.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: Dear Senator Murray and Representative Hensarling...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The president of a used auto dealership in Providence pled guilty on Thursday in U.S. District Court in Providence to money laundering. Domingo A. Lopez, 50, of Warwick, was arrested in November 2010 following a Drug Enforcement (DEA) investigation into the sale of vehicles from Espaillat Motors Inc.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: Plan to go a little batty and have a lot of fun when attending a special free evening program at Mill Creek Campground Amphitheater on Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Redwood National and State Parks rangers will be presenting a campfire program on those mysterious and fascinating acrobats of the night-bats-followed by a 30-minute night walk to discover other wonders of the night.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: DETROIT, MI - Michael Madu, 41, of West Bloomfield, Michigan, was charged in a Superseding Indictment unsealed today for conspiring to distribute controlled substances including Opana, Vicodin, and Xanax. The Indictment also charged Madu with money laundering in connection with the purchase of two luxury vehicles and the purchase of a residence in West Bloomfield, Michigan.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after the Obama Administration announced it will not move forward with the long-term care insurance program, known as the CLASS Act, because they did not see a "viable path forward"...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor has announced that Lorri Gray-Lee will succeed Karl Wirkus as the Pacific Northwest Regional Director when he retires at the end of December. In January, Gray-Lee will move to the Pacific Northwest Region after serving the last four years as the Lower Colorado Region Regional Director.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) and Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) have asked the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to remit documents and information concerning its recent decision to restrict workers’ right to ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The United States for decades has led the global medical device industry, providing life-saving and life-improving devices to patients and employing more than two million people in device-related jobs. However, the Food and Drug Administration’s unpredictable, inconsistent, and non-transparent...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The United States for decades has led the global medical device industry, providing life-saving and life-improving devices to patients and employing more than two million people in device-related jobs. However, the Food and Drug Administration’s unpredictable, inconsistent, and non-transparent...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, VA. - Twelve individuals have been indicted as members of a Virginia-based international drug trafficking organization that has utilized a distribution network to smuggle cocaine from Mexico to northern Virginia. This indictment was the latest in an ongoing investigation that has previously led to the conviction of 41 individuals.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a common-sense new approach to regulation today that will improve environmental protections while protecting jobs and access to affordable electricity. H.R. 2273, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, provides for the safe management and disposal of coal ash in a way that preserves jobs and encourages recycling. The legislation passed the House with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 267 to 144.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The United States for decades has led the global medical device industry, providing life-saving and life-improving devices to patients and employing more than two million people in device-related jobs. However, the Food and Drug Administration’s unpredictable, inconsistent, and non-transparent...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, a group of Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee submitted recommendations to the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (Joint Committee) for consideration. Under the Budget Control Act, congressional committees can submit recommendations to the Joint Committee by Oct. 14, 2011. The Finance Committee has jurisdiction over all tax policy, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, pensions, welfare and international trade.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a common-sense new approach to regulation today that will improve environmental protections while protecting jobs and access to affordable electricity. H.R. 2273, the Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act, provides for the safe management and disposal of coal ash in a way that preserves jobs and encourages recycling. The legislation passed the House with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 267 to 144.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: Hawaiʻi National Park, HI - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park hosts its third annual Digital Mountain youth film festival on Sat., Oct. 29 at 6 p.m. This year's theme is "It's My Trail," and the public is encouraged to attend, and to vote for their favorite film in advance.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that United States District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill sentenced Julio Ramirez Pérez, 33, an undocumented alien from Oaxaca, Mexico, to five years in prison to be followed by five years of supervised release, for possessing several firearms in connection with a marijuana cultivation operation in a vineyard in Madera.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee today heard startling testimony and released illuminating new documents regarding the unfolding Solyndra investigation. Officials from the Department of the Treasury were called to testify about that agency’s belief that...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 14, 2011
News Release: DENVER, CO. - Four Denver men were charged based on a Criminal Complaint for the distribution and possession with intent to distribute 1,000 or more marijuana plants, United States Attorney John Walsh and Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Special Agent in Charge Kevin Merrill announced today. The...
