News from July 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Another pipeline from Canada has spilled oil in the upper Midwest United States, calling into question the ability of pipeline companies and systems to safely deliver oil from Canada to the United States, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) said today. The latest spill is in Wisconsin, where more than 1,000 barrels is estimated to have leaked from a pipeline operated by Enbridge.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2012
News Release: Current Fire Weather Conditions Result in Temporary Restriction at Chickasaw.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 30, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will offer brief remarks regarding executive compensation at for-profit colleges at a press conference hosted by Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2012
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will offer a series of day and evening programs throughout the summer. Park rangers will present a variety of program topics in both Tennessee and Kentucky. Programs will be held at the Bandy Creek Visitor Center in Tennessee and at the Blue Heron Campground in Kentucky. All programs are scheduled on Eastern Time.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 30, 2012
News Release: Baltimore, MD - Today, the National Park Service officially launched the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail with a ceremony in the Fell's Point neighborhood of Baltimore, MD.Partners from all nine regions along the trail were recognized for their hard work to develop the trail in their local areas.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 29, 2012
News Release: Last Sunday, rangers and visitors celebrated what would have been Mrs. Joseph P. Kennedy's 122nd birthday.Mrs. Kennedy, who died just short of her 105th birthday, lived a remarkable life.Beyond living through two World Wars, the Great Depression and the advent of many new technologies, she was also the...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: Food drive helps fill food bank shelves during tough economic times WASHINGTON, July 27, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is partnering with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Chief Human Capital Officers, and other federal agencies in the 4th annual Feds Feed Families Food ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 27, 2012 – President Barack Obama has named three agricultural scientists as winners of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the highest honor bestowed by the United States Government on science and engineering professionals in the early stages of ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: Part of the Administration's 'All of the Above' Energy Strategy WASHINGTON, July 27, 2012 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced payments for 125 advanced Biofuel producers across the country to support the production and expansion of advanced biofuels from a wide variety of non-food sources, including waste products.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: James E. Moss and Avada L. Jenkins were both sentenced yesterday to 160 months and 41 months in prison respectively for their involvement in a fraudulent tax return perpetration scheme, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. U.S. District Judge Mark E. Fuller of the Middle District of Alabama also ordered Moss and Jenkins to pay over $120,000 in restitution, jointly and severally, to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON –Two former soldiers pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S. military and its contractor of at least approximately $244,000 in fraudulent recruiting bonuses, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: Adean Wells, of Silver Spring, Md., pleaded guilty today to filing two false individual income tax returns before Senior U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department today announced an agreement with a California municipality and a homeowners’ association to resolve allegations of discrimination on the basis of familial status in violation of the Fair Housing Act. The settlement, in the form of a consent order, must be approved by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: Goher Yaqoob, a resident of Roslyn Heights, N.Y., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of New York to tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: The United States has entered into a comprehensive, cooperative agreement with the city of Seattle to implement sustainable reforms within the Seattle Police Department (SPD), the Justice Department announced today. The agreement seeks to resolve issues raised by the Justice Department’s investigation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: An Aryan Brotherhood of Texas (ABT) gang member from Houston was sentenced today to serve 10 years in prison for his role in an aggravated assault that took place in Tomball, Texas, in September 2008, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth Magidson of the Southern District of Texas.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced the approval of a final rule that amends the provisions in Regulation II (Debit Card Interchange Fees and Routing) that permit a debit card issuer subject to the interchange fee standards to receive a fraud-prevention adjustment. The final rule revises provisions that are currently in effect as an interim final rule.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the applications by Five Star Bank, Warsaw, New York, (1) to acquire four branches of HSBC Bank USA, National Association ("HSBC"), McLean, Virginia, that First Niagara Bank, National Association, Buffalo, New York, contracted to purchase from HSBC; and (2) to establish branches at those locations.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis today released the advance estimate of gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2012. Real GDP grew 1.5 percent at an annual rate in the second quarter, consistent with private sector expectations. In addition, both GDP and gross ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the death of Lupe Ontiveros: "Lupe Ontiveros' great talent extended far past television, stage and motion pictures. Indeed, she was a fine actress, but more than that, she was a woman of great action. And she was my friend for more than 20 years.
