News from September 2011
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today called attention to the more than $10 billion in Department of Energy loan guarantees yet to be finalized by the Sept. 30, 2011 stimulus deadline. Of the $18 billion in loan guarantees...
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement after President Obama's jobs speech tonight...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing today to discuss legislation to save jobs and protect American businesses from burdensome new regulations issued by President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) Is President Obama Doubling Down on Failure? A new analysis released today by House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) documents how the stimulus failed-and even pushed the country deeper into recession-and at what cost. The report said the American people should bear in mind this record as President Obama presents his next economic recovery plan to the nation tonight.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing today to discuss legislation to save jobs and protect American businesses from burdensome new regulations issued by President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today called attention to the more than $10 billion in Department of Energy loan guarantees yet to be finalized by the Sept. 30, 2011 stimulus deadline. Of the $18 billion in loan guarantees...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing today to discuss legislation to save jobs and protect American businesses from burdensome new regulations issued by President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve recently concluded a multi-year public engagement process regarding a proposed increase to the Special Use Fee that directly supports management of climbing activities on Mt. McKinley and Mt. Foraker.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - September 7, 2011. Sharon Kim, Chief of Natural Resources, 928-649-6195, x226. The National Park Service's "Green Ranger" Program for Kids Resumes at Montezuma Well. Following a break in August, the National Park Service will resume the youth program called the "Green...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: On Saturday, Oct. 22, 2011, Andersonville National Historic Site, in partnership with the Georgia Council for History Education (GCHE) will host its first ever teacher workshop. The workshop will be held at the Andersonville Village Hall located on Church Street (one block past the Wirz Monument) in the city of Andersonville, Georgia before moving to the historic site in the afternoon.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Stewart David Nozette, a scientist who once worked for the Department of Energy, the Department of Defense, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the White House’s National Space Council, pleaded guilty today to attempted espionage for providing classified information to a person he believed to be an Israeli intelligence officer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Three separate indictments were returned by a federal grand jury in the Middle District of Alabama charging six different individuals on a variety of charges stemming from tax fraud and identity theft schemes, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD), today announced two new members of her senior leadership team.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: Ten years after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the United States has been defined by its resolve, its values and the resilience with which it has overcome this tragedy. The 9/11 attacks and other acts of terrorism have failed to undermine our values or weaken our society. Americans continue to embrace democratic values and fundamental liberties, instead of fear and oppression.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Laquanta Grant, a resident of Montgomery County, Ala., was sentenced to 33 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $2,326,738.08, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The former campaign treasurer for Representative Frank LoBiondo of New Jersey was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for embezzling more than $450,000 from the congressman’s election and re-election campaign accounts, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced today that a nationwide takedown by Medicare Fraud Strike Force operations in eight cities has resulted in charges against 91 defendants, including doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals, for their alleged participation in Medicare fraud schemes involving approximately $295 million in false billing.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today the filing of a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), alleging the agency discriminated against a black male former employee on the basis of race and/or sex by subjecting him to a hostile work environment and then terminating him in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. The suit was filed in federal district court in the Western District of Texas.
By USDA Wire | Sep 7, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a five page rule on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
