News from April 2012
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: Just moments ago, the Obama administration threatened to veto Republican legislation that would roll back wasteful ObamaCare spending to provide a one year extension of the current interest rate on subsidized Stafford Loans made to undergraduate students.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will host two forums next month designed to connect manufacturers with more than 34,000 domestic suppliers for an upcoming passenger rail car procurement. The two forums, which will be held May 3, ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: Everything is open, crowds are sparse, and flowers are beginning to pop. Spring is a great time to explore the park on your own or join us for the following events.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: Rule Would Have Banned Many Youth from Working on Family Farms
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: Quality control is a key factor in making sure green tea dietary supplement products pack the same antioxidant punch as green tea leaves used for brewing beverages, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee continue to investigate evidence of a “chilled work environment" created under Chairman Jaczko’s leadership at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Republican members of the committee wrote to Jaczko today requesting information about the Commission’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 26, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on Judge Redden’s admitted bias to destroy Snake River Dams.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - After raising significant objections today to a Republican bill to ban regulations if the national unemployment rate is higher than six percent, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney succeeded in forcing Committee Republicans to exempt from their ban regulations that combat discrimination against women and minorities.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: USDA and FDA Continue to Assure Consumers That Existing Safeguards Protect Food Supply; Reiterates Safety of Consuming Beef and Dairy Products WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 – USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service today released the following update on the BSE detection announced earlier this ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: Forecast shows possibility of severe wildfires in some regions Audio WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today outlined the federal government's readiness for the wildland fire season to ensure protection for communities and restoration of ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 26, 2012 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting grant applications to assist small, socially disadvantaged agricultural producers and cooperatives in rural areas to spur job creation.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a consent decree with Waupaca County, Wis., to resolve allegations that the county discriminated against an employee by denying her a promotion because of her sex.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: Following a comprehensive investigation, the Justice Department today announced its findings regarding the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County (JCMSC), and the Shelby County Juvenile Detention Center in Tennessee. The Justice Department found that the juvenile court fails to provide constitutionally ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: McKesson Corporation has agreed to pay the United States more than $190 million to resolve claims that it violated the False Claims Act by reporting inflated pricing information for a large number of prescription drugs, causing Medicaid to overpay for those drugs.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two alleged members of the Philadelphia organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra (LCN) were arrested today on racketeering charges contained in a second superseding indictment, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An executive of Japanese-based DENSO Corporation has agreed to plead guilty and to serve 14 months in a U.S. prison for his role in a conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids for heater control panels (HCPs) installed in U.S. cars, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two northern California real estate investors have agreed to plead guilty for their roles in conspiracies to rig bids and commit mail fraud at public real estate foreclosure auctions in northern California, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: Former District of Columbia Department of Corrections Officer Victor Bell, 25, pleaded guilty today to a criminal civil rights charge for assaulting an inmate in the District of Columbia Central Detention Facility (D.C. jail).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Seizure orders have been executed against 36 domain names of websites engaged in the illegal sale and distribution of stolen credit card numbers, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2012
News Release: Howard Levine, owner of a Dix Hill, N.Y., tax preparation business was sentenced to 37 months in prison for tax crimes, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. On Jan. 5, 2012, Levine pleaded guilty to obstructing the internal revenue laws and aiding in the preparation of false income tax returns for clients.
