News from February 2012
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: "During this time of fiscal restraint, you have been asked to tighten your belt. In doing so, I question whether this budget is properly balanced in a way that maintains critical operations without robbing Peter to pay Paul.".
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: Three National Park Service employees recently received awards for outstanding performance. Norma Lohman, Office Assistantat Gettysburg National Military Park, received an award for excellent performance in communications. Marc Pratt, Chief of Maintenance at Gettysburg National Military Park, received...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today accepted a single, high bid of $10,650,000 ($0.30 per recoverable ton) from Signal Peak Energy LLC for five unleased coal parcels in the Bull Mountains Mine No. 1 Federal coal tract in Musselshell County. The competitive coal lease sale was a reoffer of the coal...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will travel to Ottawa, Canada on March 2 to participate in the Cross-Border Crime Forum with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 PANAMA CITY - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David Aguilar and Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin today ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: New Web Resource Maps USDA Support for Local and Regional Food Projects, Highlights Business Opportunities for Farmers, Ranchers and Growers WASHINGTON, Feb. 29, 2012- Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan unveiled the Know Your Farmer, Know Your ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Australian man and his company have been indicted today by a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia for conspiring to export sensitive military and other technology from the United States to Iran, including components with applications in missiles, drones, torpedoes and helicopters.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Ross Hack, 40, Leland Jones, 31, and Melissa Hack, 37, have been charged with first degree murder and firearms offenses in relation to the 1998 deaths of Lin Newborn and Daniel Shersty. The murders took place on land owned and managed by the Federal Bureau of Land Management within the Las Vegas northwest valley.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department filed a consent decree today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia after reaching an agreement with King George County, Va., that will allow for the county’s bailout from its status as a “covered jurisdiction” under the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act. If approved by the court, the bailout will exempt the county from the preclearance requirements of Section 5 of the act.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary John Bryson and United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk issued the following statements in response to legislation introduced in both the House and Senate today clarifying the Department of Commerce’s ability to apply countervailing duties (CVDs) on subsidized ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: SAUK VILLAGE, Ill. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Interline Logistics Group LLC to immediately reinstate a truck driver in Sauk Village, who was terminated after reporting safety concerns about the brakes on his truck and refusing to violate U.S. ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today announced that federal inspectors issued 253 citations, orders and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 12 coal mines and four metal/nonmetal mines last month. The coal mines were issued 171 citations, 15 orders and two safeguards, while the metal/nonmetal operations were issued 64 citations and one order.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 29, 2012
News Release: New resources and updates part of ongoing commitment to optimizing performance and customer service WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration today announced an annual change to allowable charges for meals and subsistence reimbursements, and a nonmaterial change to wage rate determinations for the H-2A worker program. Both notices will be published in the March 2 edition of the Federal Register and can be viewed at http://s.dol.gov/O9.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 29, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 29, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 29, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 29, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 29, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 29, 2012
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 29, 2012
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
