News from February 2012
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing efforts to promote job creation and economic growth, the Energy and Commerce Committee held an installment of the Jobs and Innovation Forum Series with a focus on American manufacturing. A panel of experts and job creators discussed the obstacles and opportunities facing American...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park celebrates both African American History Month and the 150th anniversary of the Civil War with a special program by Ranger David Malone on Saturday, February 25 at 11 a.m. in the Guntzel Theater, located in the park's Visitor Center at 136 Fall Street in downtown Seneca Falls.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing efforts to promote job creation and economic growth, the Energy and Commerce Committee held an installment of the Jobs and Innovation Forum Series with a focus on American manufacturing. A panel of experts and job creators discussed the obstacles and opportunities facing American...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Continuing efforts to promote job creation and economic growth, the Energy and Commerce Committee held an installment of the Jobs and Innovation Forum Series with a focus on American manufacturing. A panel of experts and job creators discussed the obstacles and opportunities facing American...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) recently outlined a 2012 agenda that focuses on job creation, innovation, good government, and protecting the American people. The agenda includes...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) recently outlined a 2012 agenda that focuses on job creation, innovation, good government, and protecting the American people. The agenda includes...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) recently outlined a 2012 agenda that focuses on job creation, innovation, good government, and protecting the American people. The agenda includes...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: A mountain lion attack occurred on February 5th in the Chisos Basin area of Big Bend National Park. A six-year-old boy received non-life-threatening injuries during the attack.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: It's time to get outdoors and enjoy the natural and cultural resources of south Florida that abound at Everglades National Park! Plan a day in the park this month and included a stop at the Ernest Coe Visitor Center during your trip to view the art exhibit at the Coe Visitor center featuring the fabulous photography of Susan Schermer.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: Charles Pinckney National Historic Site invites the public to a free film series on Feb. 12, 19, 26, and March 4, 2012. At 2:00 p.m., rangers will introduce documentaries about Gullah culture and history in the Lowcountry. These films complement the Gullah heritage programs that are presented at the park each Saturday during the same period. Allow about an hour for each screening.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) 2011 annual reports for protected species and law enforcement have been released and are available to the public on the PEPC website under the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy project at.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) 2011 annual reports for protected species and law enforcement have been released and are available to the public on the PEPC website under the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy project at.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2012
News Release: Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2012
News Release: Now through the week of February 18th, visitors to Fort Stanwix National Monument will have the opportunity to see a display of a number of school projects completed by 7th grade students from Vernon-Verona-Sherrill Middle School. Located in the Marinus Willett Center, visitors will find creative works...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin, a member of the Conference Committee responsible for the extension of the Unemployment Insurance program and the payroll tax cut, issued the following statement regarding the news that 30,000 Michiganders would no longer qualify for the last 20 weeks of the Federal Extended Benefit Unemployment Insurance (UI) program as of Feb. 18, 2012.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2012 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of funds for Fiscal Year 2012 for two key programs to encourage the use of renewable biomass and production of advanced biofuels. About $25 million will be made available through each program.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: Projects to Assist Agricultural Producers, Farmers, Ranchers, Small Business and Cooperatives Audio CHICAGO, Feb. 3, 2012 - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced that USDA has selected 298 recipients in 44 states and Puerto Rico to receive business development assistance ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former soldier pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to obtain a total of at least approximately $240,000 in fraudulent recruiting bonuses from various U.S. military components and their contractor, and to one count of aggravated identity theft for unlawfully using the means of identification of a potential soldier, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced that Luke J. McCormack will become its new chief information officer (CIO), arriving in late March. McCormack will provide leadership and oversight of the department’s information technology programs and services in support of the department’s technology-intensive law enforcement mission.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attila Nemeth, 26, a Hungarian citizen, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz to 30 months in prison for transmitting a malicious code to Marriott International Corporation computers and threatening to reveal confidential information obtained from the company’s computers if Marriott did not offer him a job.
