News from July 2012
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Seven major information technology companies and industry groups Thursday announced their support for the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, S. 3414. The Administration also issued a statement supporting the bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2012
News Release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee released a report today on the Energy Department’s decision to subordinate taxpayers to private investors in the ill-fated Solyndra project. That is, the taxpayers would have to wait in line behind the private investors and let them recoup all of their losses first.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy today approved S. 710, the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, as amended. The legislation, which passed the Senate unanimously last summer, is a commonsense solution that will modernize the way the federal government...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2012
News Release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee released a report today on the Energy Department’s decision to subordinate taxpayers to private investors in the ill-fated Solyndra project. That is, the taxpayers would have to wait in line behind the private investors and let them recoup all of their losses first.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy today approved S. 710, the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, as amended. The legislation, which passed the Senate unanimously last summer, is a commonsense solution that will modernize the way the federal government...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2012
News Release: The House Energy and Commerce Committee released a report today on the Energy Department’s decision to subordinate taxpayers to private investors in the ill-fated Solyndra project. That is, the taxpayers would have to wait in line behind the private investors and let them recoup all of their losses first.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2012
News Release: Obstruction Point Road to Fully Open This Weekend.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: HARKERS ISLAND, NC - Ever wonder how wild horses survive on a barrier island? Or why sea turtles lay their eggs at night? Discover the answers to these questions and many more during one of Cape Lookout National Seashore's interpretive talks or guided walking tours.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: SALEM, MA - The 2012 Salem Maritime Festival, a celebration of "Ships, Sawdust, Sailors & Song," will be held August 3-4, 2012 and hosted by the National Park Service on the historic wharves at Salem Maritime National Historic Site. In its 24th year, the Salem Maritime Festival offers an exciting array...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: Producers in 1,369 Counties in 31 States Eligible for Disaster Assistance WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today designated 76 additional counties in six states as primary natural disaster areas due to damage and losses caused by drought and excessive heat. During the 2012 ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012 – As part of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above strategy to enhance U.S. energy security, reduce America's reliance on imported oil and leverage our domestic energy supply, while also supporting rural economies, the U.S. Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Energy today announced a $41 million investment in 13 projects that will drive more efficient biofuels production and feedstock improvements.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – North Carolina’s Waccamaw River watershed will benefit from a $1 million restitution order from a federal court, funding environmental projects to acquire and preserve wetlands in an area damaged by illegal releases of wastewater from a corporate hog farm, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced an agreement with Kansas City, Mo., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for people with disabilities. The agreement is the 200th settlement reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ensure that cities, towns and counties throughout the country comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that former Wilcox County, Ga., Jailer Casey Owens pleaded guilty to a misprision of a felony in connection with an incident in which several people, including law enforcement officials, assaulted three inmates inside of the Wilcox County Jail in Abbeville, Ga.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The former co-owners of a Houston-area durable medical equipment (DME) company were sentenced today in Houston to each serve 87 months in prison for their participation in a $1.18 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two southern California men were sentenced in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in Oakland for their roles in a scheme to defraud nearly 1,000 debit card holders by using stolen bank account information to withdraw money from ATMs, announced Assistant Attorney ...
By DOT News Wire | Jul 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on July 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
