News from October 2011
By EPA Newswire | Oct 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today welcomed strong bipartisan support in the U.S. House of Representatives for the Protect Life Act, H.R. 358. The bill, authored by Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), was approved by the House by a vote of 251-172. The...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2011
News Release: Contact: John Harlan Warren, NPS, 718-354-4608.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: HARTFORD, 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 Terence McNichol, also known as “Peanut," 37, of Bridgeport, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Robert N. Chatigny in Hartford to 115 months of imprisonment, followed by four years of supervised release, for his role in a narcotics trafficking ring.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a statement in response to a subpoena issued by Chairman Darrell E. Issa to the Department of Justice for tens of thousands of pages of documents.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States (BLM-ES), held an event to celebrate Hispanic contributions to our country and the legacy of farmworker leader and Latino hero, Cesar E. Chavez.The Oct. 12 event supported President Obama and Secretary Salazar's shared...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Stop.Think.Connect.™ campaign today announced a new partnership with the YWCA, which serves nearly 2.6 million women and girls across the country, to expand its effort ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid, 47, a resident of Leesburg, Va., has been charged for his alleged role in a conspiracy to collect video and audio recordings and other information about individuals in the United States and Syria who were protesting the government of Syria and to provide these materials to Syrian intelligence agencies in order to silence, intimidate and potentially harm the protestors.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former FBI special agent and his wife were charged in an indictment unsealed yesterday for their roles in an alleged $1.3 million investment fraud scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today issued the following statement on the guilty plea by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab in the Eastern District of Michigan: “Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab pleaded guilty today to all counts of an eight-count criminal indictment charging him for his role in the attempted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Pelican Refining Company LLC, pleaded guilty today to felony violations of the Clean Air Act and to obstruction of justice charges in federal court in Lafayette, La., announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — Three individuals were charged in an indictment returned today by a federal grand jury in Utah for their alleged roles in a bribery and fraud scheme involving federal procurement contracts, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney David B. Barlow for the District of Utah.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner and operator of a Houston durable medical equipment (DME) company was sentenced yesterday in Houston federal court to 33 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By Fed Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on September 20-21, 2011.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: Acting Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank Remarks at University of Toledo, Clean and Alternative Energy Incubator, Toledo, Ohio Good morning everyone, and thank you for joining us today.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: Blank also meets with local business leaders as part of White House Business Council outreach effort Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank today toured the University of Toledo Clean and Alternative Energy Business Incubator, a program that supports collaboration between clean energy companies ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank issued the statement below following Congressional passage of trade agreements with Korea, Colombia and Panama. The agreement with Korea is estimated to boost U.S. goods exports to that country by more than $10 billion, supporting 70,000 American jobs, while the Colombia and Panama agreements will immediately eliminate trade barriers for more than 80 percent of merchandise exports to those countries.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: PITTSBURGH — The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a lawsuit against Sterling Printing and its president, John Louis Roberts, as well as Mara Scanlon Roberts, chief executive officer of M.R. Graphics LLC, for violating the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by failing to remit worker contributions to a 401(k) plan serving the employees of both Pittsburgh companies.
By State News Post | Oct 12, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 12, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 12, 2011
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
