News from April 2012
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, said: "The fact that the House voted to take a step forward on a surface transportation bill is encouraging - as long as they follow through and immediately appoint conferees so that Congress can complete its work and get a bill to the President's desk.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), and Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), today urged President Obama to re-nominate NRC Commissioner Kristine Svinicki for another term. Commissioner Svinicki’s term ends on June 30, 2012.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2012
Release: Harwood, MD, April 17, 2012 - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced today that USDA will be investing in farm to school programs nationwide to help eligible schools improve the health and wellbeing of their students and connect with local agricultural producers. Merrigan joined students...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 17, 2012
News Release: The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has sent its 2011 annual report to Congress.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 17, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced a cooperative partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Canada's Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food that will promote agroforestry to help landowners improve water quality, control soil erosion and boost their agriculture production.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 17, 2012
News Release: National Program to Provide New Economic Opportunities for Producers of All Kinds HARWOOD, Md., April 17, 2012 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan announced today that USDA will be investing in farm to school programs nationwide to help eligible schools improve the health and wellbeing of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former executive of a New York-based tax liens company who supervised the purchasing of municipal tax liens at auctions in New Jersey pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to rig bids for the sale of tax liens auctioned by municipalities throughout the state, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Stuart Carson, the former president of Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based valve company Control Components Inc. (CCI), and Hong “Rose” Carson, the former CCI director of sales for China and Taiwan, have pleaded guilty to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), announced the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former chief engineer from the tuna fishing vessel San Nikunau pleaded guilty today in federal court to violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS), announced Assistant Attorney General Ignacia S. Moreno and U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A loan officer for a Florida mortgage company pleaded guilty late yesterday in the Southern District of Florida to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud for his role in a mortgage fraud scheme, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding Equal Pay Day: "It has been nearly half a century since the Equal Pay Act was signed to abolish wage discrimination on the basis of sex. In that time, women from all walks of life have demonstrated extraordinary ...
By DOE Gazette | Apr 17, 2012
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 17, 2012
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Apr 17, 2012
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Apr 17, 2012
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 17, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 17, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 17, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 17, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 17, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a four page proposed rule on April 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
