News from January 2012
By DOE Newswire | Jan 20, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced the first step toward manufacturing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in the United States, demonstrating the Administration’s commitment to advancing U.S. manufacturing leadership in low-carbon, next generation energy technologies...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announces that the final rule document for the management of off-road vehicle (ORV) use at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has been posted for viewing on the Federal Register Public Inspection web page under "Regular Filing."The rule can be found at.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Patrick Cunningham, the chief of the criminal division in the Arizona U.S. Attorney’s office, has informed the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee that he intends to exercise his fifth amendment right not to incriminate himself next Tuesday at his deposition. Cunningham’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2012
News Release: Get outdoors this week and join Everglades Artist in Residence (AIRIE), Elaine Powell, as she demonstrates her wonderful ceramic sculptures and provides park visitors an opportunity to play with clay!.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 20, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -Glacier National Park employees recently talked with National Park Service Intermountain Region Deputy Regional Director Colin Campbell via phone conference to discuss lessons learned from a near-miss asbestos exposure incident that happened in the park in November, 2010. Campbell was scheduled to travel to Glacier for the meeting, but winter storm conditions canceled his travel.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 20, 2012
News Release: Rep. Cliff Stearns, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, expressed outrage upon learning of the news report...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2012
News Release: Rep. Cliff Stearns, chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, expressed outrage upon learning of the news report...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2012
News Release: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are making sure that money spent on sustaining and repairing arid rangeland ecosystems is spent on programs that work.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that James Reneau Seed Company, Shamrock, Texas, has paid $16,200 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the National Sheriffs’ Association 2012 Winter Conference highlighting the Department’s progress over the past three years working together with state and local law enforcement to build a safer, more secure and resilient nation.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Jan. 19, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today appointed eight members to the Forest Resource Coordinating Committee, which provides advice on private forestry and USDA's programs that assist landowners in managing their forests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Houston has indicted Charles Cannon, 26; Michael McLaughlin, 40; Brian Kerstetter, 32; and Joseph Staggs, 49, on federal hate crime charges related to a racially motivated assault of a 29-year-old African-American man.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Seven individuals and two corporations have been charged in the United States with running an international organized criminal enterprise allegedly responsible for massive worldwide online piracy of numerous types of copyrighted works, through Megaupload.com and other related sites, generating more than $175 million in criminal proceeds and causing more than half a billion dollars in harm to copyright owners, the U.S. Justice Department and FBI announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Manalapan, N.J., woman was charged today for allegedly sexually abusing a five-year-old girl on more than one occasion and streaming footage of a sexual assault over the Internet, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and New Jersey U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Baton Rouge, La.-area resident pleaded guilty today for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary health care equipment, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Louisiana State ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: Tennessee Central Bancshares, Inc. (PDF), Parsons, Tennessee Written Agreement dated Jan. 12, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: Following Presidential Announcement of National Travel and Tourism Strategy Bryson to Swear in 32 Newly Appointed Members U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson will conduct a swearing-in ceremony today and meet with the 32 newly appointed members of the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board (TTAB). ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Jan. 14, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 352,000, a decrease of 50,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 402,000. The 4-week moving average was 379,000, a decrease of 3,500 from the previous week's revised average of 382,500.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $306,838 National Emergency Grant to provide re-employment services to approximately 150 workers affected by the closure of Ocean Logistics LLC's Dunmore, Pa., facility. Ocean Logistics LLC is a warehousing and distribution service for general merchandise as well as health and beauty items. The layoffs occurred in September and October 2011.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2012
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The U.S. Department of Labor is suing Garrison Enterprises’ former chief executive officer and chairman of the board, Cameron Garrison, to restore $103,481.37 to the Web development company’s 401(k) pension plan. The lawsuit follows an investigation by the department’s Employee Benefits ...
