News from February 2012
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Tonight, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, spoke on the Senate floor in opposition to controversial non-germane amendments to the surface transportation bill, as well as other procedural tactics led by Republican Senators that have delayed consideration of S. 1813, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21).
By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kans.) Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today released the following statement on the President’s FY 2013 Budget Proposal...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve and the Denali Borough communities are celebrating Alaska's longest season during Winterfest 2012 on Friday, February 24 - Sunday, February 26. This long-running community-wide event features an array of activities, with something for all ages, interests, and abilities! View the schedule.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - President Obama’s FY 2013 budget seeks $650.8 million for the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) to support improved energy security and rapid development of climate-oriented technology. The request includes $420.6 million for Fossil Energy Research and Development, $195.6 million for the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -Glacier National Park Wilderness Specialist Kyle Johnson was recently awarded the National Park Service Intermountain Region Wilderness Champion Award. Johnson was recognized as an outstanding wilderness steward and leader for his role in promoting wilderness accountability, consistency and continuity at Glacier National Park and throughout the agency.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that J. Lee Company, Hennessey, Okla., has paid $1,350 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 13, 2012 - Since his State of the Union Address, President Obama has repeatedly talked about expanding “all-of-the-above" energy production. However, a closer look at his Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal reveals more of the same job-destroying tax increases on American energy...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: - Yesterday, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-MIch.) joined his colleagues Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Robert Brady (D-Pa.) as an original cosponsor of H.R. 4010, the DISCLOSE Act of 2012, a bill to require the disclosure of corporate and special interest ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of soybeans to unknown destinations during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2012
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park is pleased to announce that it will show the PBS documentary The Tuskegee Airmen this Friday and Saturday, February 17 and 18, at 12 p.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Obama administration's proposed budget for fiscal year 2013 and beyond includes key provisions that will protect our parks and forests and increase the amount of clean energy produced here in the United States, creating jobs, reducing America's dependence on foreign oil, and protecting our environment.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 11, 2012
News Release: Savannah, GA - Fort Pulaski National Monument is pleased to announce two special programs to celebrate Women's History Month. Women's History Month programs are scheduled for the second and fourth Sunday of March.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2012—Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse announced today a package of technology enhancements from the Farm Service Agency (FSA) that include Web access for handheld and smartphone users, as well as a more efficient and timely option for ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2012
News Release: Join the movement and grow your own vine-ripened 'Abraham Lincoln' Heirloom Tomatoes SPRINGFIELD, Ill., Feb. 10, 2012 – Abraham Lincoln's legacy is ripe for the picking – as the result of a partnership between the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Old State Capitol State Historic Site. This partnership started when Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack visited the site in November as part of the USDA's 150th anniversary.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2012
News Release: Expansion of HealthierUS School Challenge Boosts Nutritional Outcomes for Nation's Schoolchildren DALLAS, Feb. 10, 2012 – First Lady Michelle Obama joined students, Top Chef chef'testants and the Dallas Cowboys at the Kleberg-Rylie Recreation Center today to highlight the Dallas Independent School Districts ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 10, 2012
News Release: ANKENY, IA, Feb. 10, 2012 – U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack held a roundtable meeting today with local business and agricultural leaders at the Des Moines Area Community College to discuss the vision laid out in President Obama's State of the Union address that will help grow the Iowa economy. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2012
News Release: Thomas W. Richardson was sentenced Thursday by U.S. District Judge Jane J. Boyle in Dallas to 105 months in prison and ordered to pay $30,649 in restitution, following his guilty plea in August 2011 to one count of theft of government property and one count of aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it will require International Paper Company and Temple-Inland Inc. to divest three containerboard mills in order to proceed with their $4.3 billion merger. The department said that the merger, as originally proposed, would have substantially ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2012
News Release: Roanne Eye , 57, of Plantation, Fla., was found guilty of tax charges late Thursday after a four-day jury trial, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Eye was convicted interference with the administration of Internal Revenue laws and of filing false individual income tax returns.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Gregory K. Dupont, 38, of Plaquemine, La., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge, La., to one felony count of illegally guiding out-of-state sport hunters to unauthorized areas to hunt American alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) in violation of the Lacey Act, the ...
