News from February 2012
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - In recognition of African American History Month, the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House and the Carter G. Woodson Home National Historic Sites (NHS), units of the National Park Service (NPS) will highlight important events involving the efforts of people of African descent in the United...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: NEW YORK - A Michigan man has been charged with criminal copyright infringement related to his operation of websites that illegally streamed live sporting event telecasts and pay-per-view events over the Internet. In a related action, 16 websites were seized. These sites illegally distributed copyrighted...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON- On a bi-partisan vote of 309-117 the House of Representatives approved H.R. 3835, a bill to extend the pay freeze for Members of Congress and federal employees by one year. The bill was introduced by Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wisc. Rep. Dennis Ross, R-Fla., chairman of the House Oversight Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and Labor Policy led debate on the House Floor.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service is set to begin work on visitor access improvements at Roosevelt Farm Lane at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site. The Farm Lane provides a trail connection between Routes 9 and 9G and is part of the Hyde Park Trail network.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
Release: In 2009 when Tim Montz first traveled to Shanghai representing the Texan pecan industry, he had to explain what pecans were. Two years later, promoting their pecans to China and other countries has become “business as usual" for father-and-son team Tim and Jake Montz of the Montz Pecan Company.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 107,340 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation's Pacific Northwest Region and Washington State Department of Ecology reached a significant year-end milestone with the completion of the Yakima River Basin Study in 2011. It was one of three such studies initiated in 2009, and subsequently carried out under Reclamation's WaterSMART Basin Study Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: At today’s Oversight Committee hearing on Operation Fast and Furious, Chairman Darrell Issa called for Andrew Traver’s confirmation as the Director of the ATF.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the Committee, issued the following statement regarding progress on surface transportation legislation.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, and Senator Claire McCaskill, D-Missouri, welcomed a new report Wednesday that showed progress in isolating Iran through trade sanctions.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ-Carrying on a tradition at Petrified Forest National Park, riders will take letters by horseback from the Rainbow Forest Museum on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012, to the post office at Holbrook, Arizona. These riders are part of a bigger institution, the Hashknife Pony Express, celebrating its 52nd year.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 INDIANAPOLIS—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Indianapolis to highlight the Department’s “If You See Something, Say Something™” public awareness campaign’s continued partnership with the National Football League (NFL) to help ensure the safety and security of employees, players and fans during the regular season, and Super Bowl XLVI.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: Landowners and Producers Will Have 4-Week Window Beginning in March to Enroll WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2012—Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services (FFAS) Michael Scuse announced today that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a four-week Conservation Reserve Program ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: Audio WASHINGTON, Feb. 1, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture is launching a pilot program to help rural borrowers refinance their mortgages to reduce their monthly payments. This initiative is part of the Administration's ongoing efforts to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: A federal court has ordered James Watts and eight corporations to begin paying employment taxes to the United States on a timely basis, the Justice Department announced today. According to the government complaint in the case, Watts, of Bettendorf, Iowa, is the president of Watts Trucking Service, Inc., ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department reached a settlement agreement yesterday with the Mercer County School District in West Virginia. With the district’s cooperation, the department conducted an extensive examination of the district’s English Language Learner (ELL) program to determine whether the district’s ELL students were receiving adequate services as required by the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The principal of a Costa Rican brokerage firm and a Las Vegas stock promoter were each convicted yesterday in the Southern District of Florida of all charges for their roles in a stock manipulation scheme that defrauded investors, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department has reached a settlement with the Henry Ford Health System to ensure effective communication with individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing in the provision of medical services. The agreement, under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), resolves a complaint ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Remarks at Carngeie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Thank you, Vice President McCullough and Mayor Ravenstahl.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 1, 2012
News Release: Remarks at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Highlighting the president’s call for a new energy economy and the Department of Commerce’s support for manufacturers, Commerce Secretary John Bryson toured Aquion Energy , a Carnegie Mellon University spin-off and battery technology company, ...
