News from December 2012
By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 19, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a five page rule on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman Wednesday received the Department of Homeland Security's Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest honor the Department can award to a civilian.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: A group of researchers from PML's Sensor Science Division is part of a project that will have a direct effect on improved safety of the nation's drinking water.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman issued the following statement regarding the sentencing of a gay man in Cameroon to three years in prison for texting a love note to another man.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: East Side of Park: Winter Storytime for Kids! - Daily from December 23 to January 1 at 10:00 a.m. Come and read with a Ranger and hear stories about the wonders of the winter season. Meet at Fall River Visitor Center (located on Hwy 34) for this 30 minute program. No program will be held on December...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 19, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today unveiled a discussion draft of the, a bill to prevent an impending helium shortage and protect thousands of Americans jobs by implementing a common sense plan to sell helium from the Federal Helium Reserve in a responsible manner.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Barenbrug USA, Tangent, Ore., has paid $5,200 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Terra Produce Connection Corp. satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: BAGHDAD - The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad hosted a delegation of nine American subject matter experts in the fields of federal law enforcement, justice and cultural heritage protection including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, from Dec.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: The winter is full of wonder at Point Reyes National Seashore. Elephant seals are hauling out on the beaches at Chimney Rock and the first pup of the season was born on Sunday, December 16. The gray whales are migrating past on their way to Mexico. Point Reyes is a great place to enjoy the holidays and the New Year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service announces the release of a prospectus for the award of a new concession contract to provide lodging, food and beverage, retail and other visitor services in Glacier National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC-Today Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, applauded the House’s passage of the Hatch Act Modernization Act of 2012. Cummings introduced this legislation on March 7, 2012, with bipartisan support from Reps. Jason Chaffetz, Gerry Connolly, Danny Davis, Michael Fitzpatrick, Stephen Lynch, James Moran, Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Laura Richardson.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: Dear Mr. Levin: I am writing to update you on the IRS' preparations for the upcoming tax filing season, and in particular, to provide you with our latest assessment of the effect on taxpayers if the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) is not "patched" as it has been in previous years. As you know, the exemption...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON -Several Democrats on the Natural Resources Committee, citing recent assessments by the U.S. government of climate threats against America’s natural resources, today called on committee Republicans to immediately hold hearings on climate change and America’s natural heritage.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: MANHATTAN, N.Y. - Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced that Diana Williamson, a doctor who supplied an oxycodone trafficking organization...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2012
News Release: PHOENIX - On April 25, 2012, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 76 count superseding indictment against 11 defendants charging them with multiple crimes including conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, structuring financial transactions through a domestic financial institution and promotional money laundering. The defendants are being held until sentencing.
