News from September 2011
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: ATLANTA - Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area (CRNRA) today announced that it has accepted a 22-acre land donation from The Trust for Public Land (TPL) to expand the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. The land, worth $1.45 million and located at the foot of the historic Rogers Bridge in Johns Creek, protects more than 850 feet of the Chattahoochee and will be the future anchor for National Park Service (NPS) trails and green space.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Pete Sessions this year introduced Social Security privatization legislation (HR 2109) that would “severely compromise" our ability to pay benefits to current seniors, according to the Social Security Chief Actuary. Which makes it particularly ironic that in his reaction to the American Jobs Act he would express worry about being able to pay for Social Security.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) praised a report released today by Health and Human Services (HHS) projecting significant premium declines for seniors with Medicare Advantage plans for the second year in a row. As a chief architect of the Affordable Care Act, Baucus...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today held a hearing to discuss the European Union’s privacy and data collection regulations and the impact they have had on the global Internet economy.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement regarding the Senate vote today on H.R. 2887, which extends the existing surface transportation authorization bill, SAFETEA-LU, for six months...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced that today a federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment charging Thansoune Volarat, 31; Phonephithack Volarat, 33; and Adam Khamvongsay, 25, all of Fresno, with conspiring to cultivate marijuana and conspiring to distribute marijuana and possess it with the intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - After a week of soaking rains, fire crews on the North and South Rims of Grand Canyon National Park will be burning piles of woody debris over the next thirty days as weather allows.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator John Thune (R-SD), a Member of the Committee, today introduced a bipartisan bill that will spur new agricultural research, leveraging private dollars to create ...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, chaired by Rep. Mary Bono Mack (R-CA), today held a hearing to discuss the European Union’s privacy and data collection regulations and the impact they have had on the global Internet economy.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), who is also a member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, made the following statement on Thursday evening in response to President Obama’s address before a Joint Session of Congress...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: IGNACIO, Colo.– The Department of Justice today announced grants to nearly 150 American Indian and Alaskan Native nations providing $118.4 million to enhance law enforcement practices, and sustain crime prevention and intervention efforts in eight purpose areas: public safety and community policing; ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – DeWayne Johnson, 33, of Natchez, Miss., and a former Natchez Police Department officer, was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison by U.S. District Court Judge David Bramlette for crimes related to the theft and subsequent unlawful use of credit cards that belonged to a person in the custody of Johnson while he was on duty, the Department of Justice announced. Johnson was also sentenced to serve two years supervised release.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Alchico Grant, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., pleaded guilty to his role in two tax fraud and identity theft conspiracies, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. In addition to pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government with respect to claims, Grant pleaded guilty to two counts of theft of government money, property or records, one count of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - David Marion Ryder, a civilian who provided false information about the police-involved shooting on the Danziger Bridge in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, was sentenced today to eight months in prison, the Justice Department announced. Ryder was also sentenced to eight months of home detention ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON– A Detroit federal jury today returned a guilty verdict against Elsayed Kazem “Tom” Safiedine and Mary Fawaz, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – William H. Nurick was convicted of one count of attempted evasion of payment of individual income taxes for the tax year 1995 following a jury trial before U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer in Los Angeles, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – April Rampton, formerly a resident of Heber City, Utah, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City with 15 counts of presenting false claims to the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: RALEIGH, N.C. – Dylan Boyd , aka “Mohammed,” pleaded guilty today in federal court in New Bern, N.C., to one count of aiding and abetting a conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, announced Lisa Monaco, Assistant Attorney General for National Security; Thomas G. Walker, U.S. Attorney for ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: On Monday, Sept. 19, 2011, the Federal Reserve will offer $5 billion in 28-day term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. As noted in the Federal Reserve Board's September 8, 2010 release, this offering is part of ongoing small-value operations designed to provide eligible institutions with ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 14, 2011
News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales data for August 2011. Retail sales were virtually unchanged in August and slightly lower than private-sector expectations of a 0.2-percent increase. Motor vehicle sales in August decreased 0.3 percent, partly due to lingering inventory ...
