News from January 2012
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - A man from the United Kingdom, wanted for sexual assault on a five-year-old in his home country, was deported and turned over to British officials Jan. 19 by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Bearing bad news, the president called Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to inform him that he would not approve the Presidential Permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Instead of saying “˜yes’ to thousands of American jobs and a secure energy source, the president told Harper he needed...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Bearing bad news, the president called Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to inform him that he would not approve the Presidential Permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Instead of saying “˜yes’ to thousands of American jobs and a secure energy source, the president told Harper he needed...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: “I come forth with a very different emphasis. I think the proper emphasis should be addressing the importance of long-term care in this country. I think we have failed to do that and the need is growing exponentially.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today called on an array of financial stakeholders, market participants and consumer advocacy groups to provide insight and recommendations on how to create stronger, safer markets, and to provide ...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today outlined new plans to move forward on the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline, scheduling a hearing one week from today and announcing their intent to move forward on legislation that will restart the project after it was rejected today...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today outlined new plans to move forward on the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline, scheduling a hearing one week from today and announcing their intent to move forward on legislation that will restart the project after it was rejected today...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: While many National Park Service facilities are battened down for the winter, the park and its partners have scheduled a variety of guided walks and other special programs for this January, February and March, 2012. There are several new programs this year, including a series of lectures inside the new Fresnel Lens Building at the Fire Island Lighthouse.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested on the naturalization and citizenship process. The report, entitled Immigrant Integration: ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: On January, 21, 2012, Natural Bridges National Monument and Edge of the Cedars State Park Museum team up for a special free event. From 2:00-5:00 p.m. at Edge of the Cedars Museum, view the stars inside a portable planetarium and learn all about Navajo constellations and star stories through the program "Seeing the Skies through Navajo Eyes.".
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined former National Security Advisor General James Jones and former CIA Acting Director John McLaughlin in a panel discussion to highlight the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) work with international partners to strengthen global travel and trade networks, secure cyberspace, and combat global threats.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: Annual Report Reflects Administration's Drive to Create Opportunity in Rural Regions 2011 Progress Report.pdf) WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today provided highlights of USDA Rural Development fiscal year (FY) 2011 investments in job-creating businesses, infrastructure and housing for Americans living in rural communities across the nation. According to estimates, Rural Development investments created or saved about 440,000 jobs last year.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2012–The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will give the keynote address and moderate a historic plenary panel at the Agricultural Outlook Forum, Feb. 23-24, 2012, in Arlington, Va. USDA is commemorating its 150th anniversary throughout ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 17, 2012–Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement on the appointment of U.S. Ambassador Ertharin Cousin to the United Nations World Food Programme as Executive Director: "I am delighted that U.S. Ambassador Ertharin Cousin has been appointed Executive Director of the World Food Programme by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. The United States is deeply committed to the WFP and its mission to feed the world's hungry.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: ST. PAUL, Minn., Jan, 17, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Minnesota to develop a new state program for farmers designed to increase ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Marubeni Corporation has agreed to pay a $54.6 million criminal penalty to resolve charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for its participation in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts, the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two Kentuckians and their caviar companies pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to trafficking in and falsely labeling illegally harvested paddlefish (Polydon spathula). Steve Kinder, along with his wife, Cornelia Joyce Kinder, both of Owenton, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Rockford, Ill., grand jury today indicted a former residential sales manager and two former contractors of a Florida property management company in connection with housing repair contracts for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Miami-area resident pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for her role in a Medicare fraud scheme that resulted in the submission of more than $200 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON — A New Jersey industrial pipe supply company and its owner were sentenced today for participating in a conspiracy to commit fraud and pay bribes to a purchasing manager at Consolidated Edison of New York (Con Ed) in return for the manager’s efforts to steer contracts to the company, the Department of Justice announced.
