News from September 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: MANHATTAN, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration Wilbert L. Plummer and United States Attorney Preet Bharara for the Southern District of New York, announced that Yarlei Bañol-Ramos, a former guerilla for the 57th Front of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams, and Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims announced that Marquis Allen Meca, 27, of New Bedford, Mass., and Ruddys A. Pimentel, 29, of Roslindale, Mass., pleaded guilty today to conspiring to manufacture, distribute, and possess with intent to distribute marijuana grown in Fresno under the guise of being “medicinal."
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, September 21 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing entitled, “Education Reforms: Ensuring the Education System is Accountable to Parents and Communities." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement after President Obama put forward his deficit reduction proposal...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Yesterday at approximately 1:00 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center, located within Grand Canyon National Park, received a call from a private river runner via satellite phone reporting a fatality on the Colorado River near Lava Falls.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: Sacramento, CA, Sept. 19, 2011 - Today, the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a field hearing in Sacramento, California entitled, “Restoring Public Access to the Public’s Lands: Issues Impacting Multiple-use on Our National Forests." Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP), and Representative George Miller (CA-7), Ranking Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, today issued the following statement after the Department of Labor announced that it will be re-proposing its rule clarifying who is a fiduciary with respect to retirement plans...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: Traffic Delays Scheduled for ¼ Mile Section Along Upper Rim Rock Drive in Colorado National Monument Wednesday, Sept. 21 - Friday, Sept. 23.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Christopher Vassalluzzo, D.O., 47, of New Hope, PA, was sentenced today to 34 months in prison for a conspiracy that illegally distributed millions of prescription controlled substance diet drugs. Vassalluzzo and others operated an office at 3000 Holme Avenue in Northeast Philadelphia...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- Today, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., announced they would move forward H.R. 2309, the Issa-Ross Postal Reform Act of 2011, at a subcommittee business meeting Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. Subcommittee Chairman Ross will introduce an amendment to H.R. 2309 that includes...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site will host an outdoor photography workshop from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Central Time on Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. Novices and experts are welcome to attend and should meet at the visitor center to participate in this free event.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today unveiled legislation to simplify and make permanent the Research and Development (R&D) Tax Credit, boosting innovative American industries and sparking economic and job growth here at...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced an extension for public comments to proposed changes to the Export Credit Guarantee (GSM-102) Program that would clarify program operations and enhance program access for all participants, including smaller U.S. exporters. Comments will now be accepted through Oct. 26.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Ven-Co Produce Inc. (Ven-Co), alleging the company failed to make full payment promptly to 26 sellers in the total amount of $1,559,892.79. The company, operating from Bronx, N.Y., purchased the produce during the period of January 2009 through June 2010.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: Region 5 News Release: 11-1331-CHI. Sept. 19, 2011. Contact: Scott Allen Rhonda Burke. Phone: 312-353-6976 312-353-4807. Email: allen.scott@dol.gov burke.rhonda@dol.gov. LA CROSSE, Wis. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited City Brewing Co. LLC for 16 serious...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: When wireworms feast on potatoes, the results aren't pretty: The spuds' surfaces are left punctured, pitted and unappealing. For the past few years, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues have sought a solution in the form of spuds with genetic resistance to the worms, with special attention focused on two wild potatoes from Chile and Bolivia: Solanum berthaultii and S. etuberosum.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement on the President’s proposal to raise taxes by $1.5 trillion...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: VIENNA, AUSTRIA - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu addressed the International Atomic Energy Agency's General Conference today in Vienna. Opening with a message from President Barack Obama, Secretary Chu highlighted the importance of safety and security in the nuclear industry in light of the tragic...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 19, 2011
News Release: In 1934, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt said, “No country, however rich, can afford the waste of its human resources. Demoralization caused by vast unemployment is our greatest extravagance.".
