News from December 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Ramon Manjarrez-Del Vaal, 36, of Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to cultivate, distribute and possess with intent to distribute 1,019 marijuana plants grown on a five-acre parcel of land in Devil’s Den in Kings County, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Saturday, December 8, rangers recovered a body that had been spotted by Grand Canyon National Park's helicopter pilot while flying a routine mission. The body was located below the Abyss Overlook on Hermit Road (also known as the West Rim Drive.).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA) issued the following statement on the GAO report released today that suggests that the Medicare dialysis rate substantially overpays for certain end-stage renal disease (ESRD) drugs. The report recommends Congress rebase...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON -Today, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa made the following statement in response to Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of Inspector General (FHFA-OIG) report finding that FHFA compensation system needs additional improvement...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - A simulator that can provide future engineers with realistic, hands-on experience for operating advanced natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plants will soon be available at an innovative U.S. Department of Energy training center.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following comment in the wake of the bankruptcy-induced auction of A123 Systems’ assets to a Chinese auto-parts maker.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. Cumberland Island National Seashore. 101 Wheeler St. St. Marys, GA 31558. 912-882-4336 phone. Cumberland Island National Seashore News Release. Dec. 10, 2012. Maggie Tyler, 912-882-4336 ext. 257. Foundation Document Work Begins for Cumberland...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 115,000 metric tons of wheat for delivery to Egypt during the 2012/2013 marketing year. Of the total, 60,000 tons is soft red winter and 55,000 tons is soft white wheat.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: Park Superintendent Cicely Muldoon announces the 15th year of shuttle bus transportation beginning Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, and running through mid-April 2013. "Winter is a wonderful time not only to watch the annual Pacific gray whale migration from Alaska to Mexico but also to celebrate the recovering populations of northern elephant seals as they return to breed at Point Reyes.".
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, outlined the impact on American farmers, small businesses, and individuals if Congress does not act to provide relief from the death tax before the end of the year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is currently involved in Resource Management Planning (RMP) on more than 2.5 million acres in western Oregon. The revisions to the existing RMPs will determine how these BLM-administered lands will be managed to further the recovery of threatened and endangered species...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Rep. Fred Upton and Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked two health care companies for information on whether they would limit any potential conflicts of interest presented by their involvement in implementing and potentially providing services under the health care reform law.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS) today said the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has agreed with his request to grant schools flexibility in implementing the new guidelines for the National School Breakfast and Lunch programs, but significant concerns remain on waste and costs of the new policies.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: MIAMI - The U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division requests the media and public’s assistance in locating a DEA federal fugitive, Scott Alan Harper Jr, a/k/a Scott Allen Harper. Harper was indicted in March 2011, out of the Middle District of Florida for Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued a statement praising the awarding of a federal contract to design and build the new Los Angeles Courthouse.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s newly created “Technology Transitions Policy Task Force":
By EPA Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s newly created “Technology Transitions Policy Task Force":
By EPA Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Rep. Fred Upton and Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked two health care companies for information on whether they would limit any potential conflicts of interest presented by their involvement in implementing and potentially providing services under the health care reform law.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement on the Federal Communications Commission’s newly created “Technology Transitions Policy Task Force":
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Rep. Fred Upton and Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked two health care companies for information on whether they would limit any potential conflicts of interest presented by their involvement in implementing and potentially providing services under the health care reform law.
