News from February 2012
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2012
News Release: 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Stephen T. Mather Training Center. Harpers Ferry, WV. Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012. 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Clarion Hotel, 233 Lowe Drive. Shepherdstown, WV 25443. Historian Thomas McGrath, author ofShepherdstown: Last Clash of the Antietam Campaign, September 19-20, 1862, will...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, an innovative, pro-growth approach to energy and infrastructure development that will remove barriers to energy production and job creation and provide for the crucial repair...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -Park employees recently completed a challenging task to make emergency repairs and construct temporary roofing on the historic back-country cabin at the Belly River Ranger Station, located in the northeast portion of the park.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 14, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 283,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations. Of the total, 215,000 tons is for delivery during the 2011/2012 marketing year and 68,000 tons is for delivery during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 14, 2012
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Superintendent Niki Nicholas recently announced that a $500 reward is being offered to anyone that provides information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons involved in the illegal killing of a black bear in the Big South Fork...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives is scheduled to vote this week on the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act, an innovative, pro-growth approach to energy and infrastructure development that will remove barriers to energy production and job creation and provide for the crucial repair...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: The eleventh meeting of the Denali National Park Aircraft Overflights Advisory Council is taking place on Monday, February 27 and Tuesday, Feb. 28, from 9:00 am - 5:00 pm at the Marriott Residence Inn Midtown, located on 1025 E. 35th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following remarks on President Obama’s $3.8 trillion budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2013...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today unveiled the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget request of $39.5 billion in net discretionary funding. An additional $5.5 billion ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 13, 2012- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the Proposed FY 2013 budget: "The President and I believe that this is a make or break moment for the middle class. What's at stake is the basic American promise that if you work hard, you can do well ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the city of Highland Park, Mich., to resolve allegations that the city willfully violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by failing to properly reemploy firefighter and U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that President Obama’s FY 2013 Budget proposal totaling $27.1 billion for the Department of Justice identifies over $1 billion in efficiencies, savings and rescissions while providing resources to sustain critical national security programs, uphold the department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Massachusetts man was sentenced today in Los Angeles to 60 months in prison, followed by 20 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney André Birotte Jr. of the Central District of California and Assistant Director in Charge Steve Martinez of the FBI’s Los Angeles Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: A U.S. citizen and a Canadian citizen were arrested last week in Costa Rica in connection with the operation of a series of fraudulent business opportunities following their indictment by a federal grand jury in Miami on Nov. 29, 2011, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: Gary Rogers, of East Meadow, N.Y., was arrested today after being charged with identity theft and tax fraud after filing more than 200 false tax returns with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department and IRS announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The co-owner of two Los Angeles-area health care companies was sentenced today to 96 months in prison for his conviction stemming from a nine-year scheme to defraud Medicare, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Freedman Farms Inc. was sentenced today in federal court to five years probation and ordered to pay $1.5 million in fines, restitution and community service payments for violating the Clean Water Act when they discharged hog waste into a stream that leads to the Waccamaw River, announced the Department of Justice’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday released the orders related to the previously announced monetary sanctions against five banking organizations for unsafe and unsound processes and practices in residential mortgage loan servicing and processing. The Board reached an agreement in principle with these ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: Housed in the U.S. Department of Commerce, SelectUSA is a U.S. Government-wide initiative to support business investment in the United States. SelectUSA represents the entire nation and exercises strict geographic neutrality. It serves firms and economic development organizations by: Canadian automotive supplier AGS Automotive announced plans to invest in Michigan in January, 2011, in part due to information and guidance provided by SelectUSA.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: In FY2013 NIST is requesting an increase of $45M or 49% for Advanced Manufacturing research, for a total of $135M. These laboratory efforts are further leveraged with a request of $21M to support the Advanced Manufacturing Technology Consortia Program, and $20M for a NIST Centers of Excellence program. These programs will strengthen public private partnerships, and accelerate innovation focused on manufacturing and technology development.
