News from August 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, along with Subcommittee Chairmen Jim Jordan and Trey Gowdy, sent President Barack Obama a letter yesterday seeking answers and documents about the President’s own involvement and knowledge of White House officials making decisions in the controversial Department of Energy Loan Program that used taxpayer funds to support companies including Solyndra.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2012
News Release: Today the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 1 parcel totaling 921.87 acres for $102,953 including rentals and fees at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The parcel was sold to Lone Tree Energy and Associates in Littleton, Colo. for $110 per acre.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2012
News Release: Just like wolves in Yellowstone and grizzlies in Glacier National Park, this summer Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park is outfitting boreal toads with radio transmitters that allow biologists to follow the movements of these elusive amphibians. Local and regional declines of boreal toad populations...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 9, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - A novel method to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from flue gas and produce biofuels has been formally launched in the second phase of a Department of Energy (DOE) project at a nursery in Ohio. Successful application of the process could eventually help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide a source of liquid biofuels and biogas, reducing U.S. dependence on foreign energy sources.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2012
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. -- Cape Lookout National Seashore superintendent Pat Kenney, Foundation for Shackleford Horses' president Carolyn Mason, and Rachel Carson National Estuarine Research Reserve site manager Paula Gillikin are pleased to announce the opening of the joint Wild Horse Protection and Public Safety Campaign.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2012
News Release: Leapfrog across the Oneida Carrying Place with Frogwatch USA at Fort Stanwix, Saturday, August 18. Race your own 'frog' and discover how far frogs can leap. Meet live native frogs from the Great Swamp Conservancy. Discover what these frogs and other frogs are saying about the wetlands in your backyard.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 9, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 165,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 9, 2012
Release: WASHINGTON, DC, August 9, 2012 - Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced a broad range of additional strategies to further improve program integrity in USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and hold those misusing benefits accountable. The measures include tougher financial sanctions for the small number of retailers that defraud the program and new requirements and tools for States to ensure benefits go solely to eligible individuals.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2012
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore Superintendent Cicely Muldoon, stated that today is an extreme fire danger alert within the Seashore due to the potential high fire danger. The warning is in effect until 9 am Friday, August 10 due to low humidity and offshore winds. An additional warning could be issued tomorrow dependent on fire conditions.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 9, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Fire managers on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park will be managing two lightning-caused fires for multiple objectives.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 8, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced today the publication of a notice of proposed rulemaking which would extend the border zone up to 55 miles, from the current 25 mile restriction, for Border Crossing Card ...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 8, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 ANCHORAGE, Alaska—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Robert Papp, Jr. today traveled to Anchorage, Alaska to participate in roundtable meetings with oil industry representatives and tribal leaders, underscoring the Department’s commitment to working with its partners to ensure the safety and security of the Arctic region.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, August 8, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Vilsack today announced the award of 70 grants to tribes, educational institutions and non-profit organizations across the country to conduct training, outreach and technical assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, and landowners. The ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 8, 2012
News Release: Vilsack Designates Additional 44 Counties in 12 States as Primary Natural Disaster Areas Due to Drought WASHINGTON, Aug. 8, 2012—As part of continuing steps by the Obama Administration to assist livestock producers in response to the historic drought, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Martin Angelina, 50, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty today to participating in a racketeering conspiracy involving loan sharking and illegal gambling, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Zane David Memeger of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2012
News Release: A company that marketed public records about consumers to employers making hiring decisions agreed to settle charges that it violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act and pay $2.6 million in civil penalties , the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2012
News Release: Yumeitrius Manuel, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced today in the Middle District of Alabama to 81 months in federal prison for filing false tax returns using stolen identities, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Northern States Power Co. will begin cleanup of the Ashland/Northern States Power Lakefront Superfund Site in Northwestern Wisconsin under a settlement the Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today. The 40-acre site is located on the shore of Chequamegon ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 8, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the extension of the comment period until Oct. 22, 2012, on three notices of proposed rulemaking that would revise and replace current capital rules. The proposals by the Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 8, 2012
News Release: Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank and Department of Agricuture Secretary Tom Vilsack Opinion Editorial, The Union Leader (New Hampshire) "Federal investment is helping the North Country economy" We are making federal investments in New Hampshire to create rural jobs.
