News from February 2012
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 24, 2012
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 24, 2012
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 24, 2012
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
News Release: The final special regulation for the management of off-road vehicle (ORV) use at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) became effective on Feb. 15, 2012.The new ORV management plan and regulation designate ORV routes (areas where ORV use is authorized) in a manner that will protect and preserve...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
News Release: On Tuesday, February 28 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will begin a markup of the Student Success Act (H.R. 3989) and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (H.R. 3990). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
News Release: American small businesses are the engines of economic growth, responsible for creating about two-thirds of new jobs. But instead of making it easier for them to invest, grow, and hire, the President’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2013 Budget hits hundreds of thousands of small businesses with massive job-killing...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
Release: The USDA Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) in Seoul recently launched a Web page to showcase potential opportunities to be created by the soon-to-be-implemented U.S.-Korea Trade Agreement (KORUS). KORUS will take effect on March 15, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the Postal Service’s announcement that 223 postal process facilities had been selected for full or partial consolidation...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
News Release: Zion National Park Superintendent Jock Whitworth announces the completion of the environmental analysis for the upgrade to one of the park irrigation systems and the signing of the finding of no significant impact (FONSI) by the National Park Service Intermountain Regional Director. This approval follows a 30-day public review period of the environmental assessment (EA) that analyzed the impacts of the project. The project will begin when funding becomes available.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore has the largest mainland breeding concentration of harbor seals in California. Resting and pupping harbor seals come onshore in various parts of the park particularly in Tomales Bay, Tomales Point, Double Point, Drakes Estero, and Bolinas Lagoon. Each year, several thousand seals congregate within the Seashore especially to give birth on the sand bars and remote beaches.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
News Release: On Tuesday, Feb. 28, weather permitting, Bear Lake Road, from the Park & Ride to Bear Lake, will be temporarily closed from 6:00 a.m. to approximately 11:00 a.m. for pile burning operations. The road will be closed for visitor safety, due to the location of the piles and the intense heat from the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
News Release: On Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012, while the first Eastern Bluebirds of the season were being counted at the William Floyd Estate in Mastic Beach, a Snowy Owl was observed on the barrier island in the Fire Island Wilderness, and more than 5,000 Brant were counted at the Fire Island Lighthouse. Concurrent...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ. - On Saturday, March 24, 2012, Grand Canyon National Park will host its 5th annual Archeology Day in honor of Arizona Archaeology and Heritage Awareness Month.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 23, 2012
News Release: Nine Secretaries of Agriculture Join Together for Historic Panel on the Future of U.S. Agriculture ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 23, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack kicked off the commemoration of the department's 150th anniversary today at USDA's 2012 Agricultural Outlook Forum titled "Moving Agriculture ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two financial investors who purchased municipal tax liens at auctions in New Jersey pleaded guilty today for conspiring to rig bids for the sale of tax liens auctioned by municipalities throughout the state, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Eurica Pressley, 39, was sentenced today in Birmingham, Ala., to 72 months in prison for her participation in a bribery and money laundering scheme related to bribes paid for contracts awarded in support of the Iraq war, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a consent decree with the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) that, if approved by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona, will resolve allegations that the ADC discriminated against a female employee, based upon her sex, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON– Bobby Joe Rogers, 41, of Pensacola, Fla., has been indicted by a federal grand jury in connection with the fire that destroyed the American Family Planning Clinic in Pensacola on Jan. 1, 2012, the Justice Department announced today. The two-count indictment charges Rogers with arson and damaging a reproductive health facility.
