News from October 2011
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Obama administration's announcement that the Crenshaw/LAX project is one of 14 infrastructure projects across the country that has been selected to receive accelerated reviews.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech at the Heritage Foundation today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, outlined the impact of the partisan health law on the economy and the nation’s health care system a year and a half after it was enacted.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: Last week, at an event sponsored by Christian Science Monitor, you announced that the Department of the Interior plans to issue rules regarding hydraulic fracturing on federal lands, within a “month or so." In your comments, you also reiterated your belief in transparency and full...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Kalamazoo Gazette. Democrats and Republicans are working toward bipartisan legislation on pipeline safety. By Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and John Dingell (D-MI). Oct. 11, 2011. With the many challenges facing our nation, Americans are looking for bipartisan leadership in Washington. That is especially true...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Kalamazoo Gazette. Democrats and Republicans are working toward bipartisan legislation on pipeline safety. By Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and John Dingell (D-MI). Oct. 11, 2011. With the many challenges facing our nation, Americans are looking for bipartisan leadership in Washington. That is especially true...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2011
News Release: Kalamazoo Gazette. Democrats and Republicans are working toward bipartisan legislation on pipeline safety. By Reps. Fred Upton (R-MI) and John Dingell (D-MI). Oct. 11, 2011. With the many challenges facing our nation, Americans are looking for bipartisan leadership in Washington. That is especially true...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2011
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ―Petrified Forest National Park will be starting winter hours on Oct. 23, 2010. The park will open at 8:00 a.m. and close at 5:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time(MST) daily. The Painted Desert Visitor Center and the Rainbow Forest Museum hours will be the same as the park hours. The...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 10, 2011
News Release: After a careful museum restoration, a portion of the Mason Monterey furniture collection at the Oregon Caves Chateau is returning home. This is no staid museum collection behind glass, however. These beautiful pieces will decorate the Chateau lobby and are there for you to enjoy "hands on.".
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder responding to his letter of October 7. The text of Chairman Issa’s letter to Attorney General Holder is below...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder responding to his letter of October 7. The text of Chairman Issa’s letter to Attorney General Holder is below...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2011
News Release: Happy Birthday, Fort Pulaski National Monument!.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 YPSILANTI, Mich.—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt at the Michigan Cyber Summit 2011 to discuss the importance of cybersecurity and the partnerships ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 The Goal is the First Deliverable under Presidential Policy Directive (PPD) 8 WASHINGTON – Today, the Department of Homeland Security announced the release of the country's first-ever National Preparedness Goal. The goal is the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Jeng “Jay” Shih, 54, a U.S. citizen, and his Queens, N.Y., company, Sunrise Technologies and Trading Corporation, pleaded guilty today in the District of Columbia to conspiracy to illegally export U.S.-origin computers from the United States to Iran through the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced a settlement today with Lorain County, Ohio, to protect the rights of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rican voters under Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act. Today’s agreement is intended to resolve concerns that limited-English proficient Puerto Rican voters were being denied their full voting rights because the county failed to provide language assistance as required by law.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Donny Eugene Mower, 38, of Madera, Calif., pleaded guilty in federal court today to one count of arson, one count of damaging religious property and one count of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act, which makes it a federal crime to damage the property of a reproductive health services facility. These charges stem from Mower’s lighting a fire inside a Planned Parenthood clinic and throwing a brick at a mosque in Madera.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Ryland Group Inc., one of the nation’s largest homebuilders, will pay a civil penalty of $625,000 to resolve alleged Clean Water Act violations at its construction sites, including sites located in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Former Hickman County Deputy Sheriff Kenneth H. Smith, 43, was sentenced today by Chief U.S. District Judge Todd J. Campbell to 24 months in prison for civil rights and false statement charges, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Martin Tasis was sentenced today to 10 years in prison for his leading role in a $9.1 million Detroit-area Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Tasis was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Arthur Tarnow in ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the September 2011 Employment Situation report released today: "Our nation's labor market posted growth in the month of September. Nonfarm payroll employment added 137,000 private sector jobs, exceeding expectations, and ...
