News from October 2011
By EPA Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined every member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in once again calling on the Secretary of Energy to turn over information on the financial condition of each loan guarantee funded with stimulus dollars in...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service will be accepting applications for Commercial Use Authorizations (CUA) from individuals or businesses wishing to offer visitor services in Dry Tortugas National Park for the two year period starting Jan. 1, 2012 and ending Dec. 31, 2013.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) joined every member of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations in once again calling on the Secretary of Energy to turn over information on the financial condition of each loan guarantee funded with stimulus dollars in...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings, Housing Stabilization Task Force Co-Chair Congressman Dennis Cardoza, and other Members will hold a meeting with Edward DeMarco, Acting Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to discuss how the agency plans to implement President Obama’s proposal to help responsible homeowners to refinance their mortgages at historically low rates.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement after President Obama transmitted to Congress the trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park is hosting a brown-bag lecture on Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 12- 1pm at the Community Building in West Glacier. The public is invited to join Dr. John Weaver share information from his recent report, Conservation Value of Roadless Areas for Vulnerable Fish and Wildlife Species in the Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Montana.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that on Thursday, a federal grand jury in Fresno returned a four-count indictment against Eudaldo Garcia-Salas, 56, and Jose Cisneros-Garcia, 52, both of Modesto, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to New Haven, Conn. to visit Yale University and deliver remarks to faculty and students at a town hall meeting, hosted by the Jackson Institute of Global Affairs—highlighting the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to ensure our nation’s safety and security through international partnerships.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Timothy Lee York, a 35 year-old, self-proclaimed member of the United Aryan Brotherhood, pleaded guilty to violently assaulting a Jewish inmate at a federal correctional facility in Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Oracle Corp. and Oracle America Inc. have agreed to pay $199.5 million plus interest for failing to meet their contractual obligations to the General Services Administration (GSA), the Justice Department announced today. This is the largest False Claims Act settlement that the GSA has ever ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former Columbus County, N.C., Sherriff’s Office sergeant pleaded guilty today in federal court in Greenville, N.C., to a civil rights charge related to the assault of a detainee, the Justice Department announced. Danny Ray Duncan, 63, pleaded guilty to willfully depriving a pretrial detainee ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Springfield, Mass., man pleaded guilty today to receiving and possessing child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Michael Makalou, 40, a State Department employee, was indicted by a federal grand jury on one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the proposal by Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul S.A., Port Alegre, Brazil, to establish a branch in Miami, Florida.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: GAINESVILLE, Ga. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Candler Concrete Products Inc. for 19 safety and health violations following an inspection of the company's Gainesville plant, which was initiated under OSHA's Site-Specific Targeting Program for industries with high occupational injury and illness rates. Proposed penalties total $120,370.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 6, 2011
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Oct. 1, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 401,000, an increase of 6,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 395,000. The 4-week moving average was 414,000, a decrease of 4,000 from the previous week's revised average of 418,000.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 6, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 6, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page rule on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
