News from September 2011
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 16, 2011
News Release: MIAMI, FL. - The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) traveling museum exhibit, Target America: Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause, has arrived in Tampa. Installed at the Museum of Science and (MOSI), the 10,000-square-foot exhibit opens today and runs through Sept. 3, 2012. Target America explores the science behind illegal drug addiction and the myriad costs of illegal drugs-to individuals, American society, and the world.
By State Newswire | Sep 16, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement today in response to recent reports the Obama Administration has decided to not sell new F-16 fighter jets to the government of Taiwan, and instead will only provide upgrades to current equipment.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of House Republicans focused on improving the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory process are holding a first-of-its kind Jobs and Innovation Forum, with a focus on medical devices, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at 2 p.m. ET. Medical device innovators will demo their...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2011
News Release: On the evening of Thursday August 4th, 70 friends, partners and National Park Service officials celebrated the return of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) Founding President Liz Putnam and an SCA trail crew to the site this summer.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2011
News Release: Porter IN: The National Park Service has released the draft Porter Brickyard Trail Environmental Assessment for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore and is seeking public comment.Each unit of the national park system is driven by federal enabling legislation and this assessment is needed to ensure the Porter...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2011
News Release: Aztec Ruins National Monument has a job opening right now!.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of House Republicans focused on improving the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory process are holding a first-of-its kind Jobs and Innovation Forum, with a focus on medical devices, on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2011, at 2 p.m. ET. Medical device innovators will demo their...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2011
News Release: Haleakalā National Park Offers Fee Free Day Sept. 24, 2011.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives today approved a key component of the House Republican Plan for America's Job Creators. Introduced by Representative Tim Scott (R-SC), the Protecting Jobs from Government Interference Act (H.R. 2587)prevents the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) from dictating where a private business can create jobs. H.R. 2587 received bipartisan support in a vote of 238 to 186.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: TEMPLE BAR, Ariz. - The National Park Service will be temporarily closing approved road (AR) 134 to through traffic Sept. 20-21 at the park boundary. AR 134 also known as Temple Bar Back Road provides access to the White Hills near Temple Bar. Park staff will be installing cattle guards at these points. Visitors who use AR 134 to travel between Temple Bar and Pearce Ferry Road should use alternate routes. The closure will not affect Gregg's Hideout Road (AR 136).
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Congaree National Park Superintendent Tracy Swartout has announced a change to the hours at the Harry Hampton Visitor Center, effective October 1.The Visitor Center will be open 9:00 am-5:00 pm, 7 days per week from October 1-March 31 each year.As the spring turns to summer, the Visitor Center will be...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today welcomed members of the Committee established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 (UNSCR 1540) at the National Targeting Center-Passenger (NTC-P) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal court in Beaumont, Texas, has permanently barred two men from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme involving bogus tax credits for the production of methane gas from landfills, the Justice Department announced today. Ronald Fontenot and Anthony Burrell consented to the civil injunction order against them without admitting wrongdoing. The order was signed by Judge Marcia A. Crone of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — Bridgestone Corporation has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $28 million criminal fine for its role in conspiracies to rig bids and to make corrupt payments to foreign government officials in Latin America related to the sale of marine hose and other industrial products manufactured by ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — Bridgestone Corporation has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $28 million criminal fine for its role in conspiracies to rig bids and to make corrupt payments to foreign government officials in Latin America related to the sale of marine hose and other industrial products manufactured by ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Mobile, Ala., real estate investors and one real estate investment company have agreed to plead guilty today for their roles in a conspiracy to rig bids for the purchase of real estate at public foreclosure auctions in southern Alabama, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Melissa Edwards was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Brian A. Jackson to 30 months in prison based on her plea of guilty to one count of wilfully aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false income tax return, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Donald Turner (aka Donald Wood), formerly of Littleton, Colo., was found guilty of conspiring to defraud the United States by a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in Erie, Pa., the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The Honorable Maurice B. Cohill, Senior District Judge, presided over the case.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two former New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officers were sentenced today in relation to the beating death of Raymond Robair and subsequent cover-up, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Former Indianapolis and Marion County, Ind., City-County Councilman Lincoln Plowman was convicted today by a federal jury of attempted extortion and soliciting a bribe, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer for the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Hogsett of the Southern District of Indiana.
