News from July 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: The White House has announced that three researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will receive the 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). PECASE is the highest honor bestowed by the U.S. government on outstanding scientists and engineers beginning their independent research careers. Winners receive up to a five-year research grant to further their study in support of critical government missions.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: A new versatile measurement system devised by researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) accurately and quickly measures the electric power output of solar energy devices, capabilities useful to researchers and manufacturers working to develop and make next-generation solar energy cells.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Republicans passed their sixth massive drilling package this Congress, offering yet another giveaway to the biggest, most profitable corporations in the world. The latest Republican drill-only bill would open up nearly all of America’s coastline to drilling without putting a single new safety measure in place following the BP spill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released a list of letters and statements showing the growing support for the “No More Solyndras Act," a signature piece of committee legislation co-authored by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today approved a draft of the “No More Solyndras Act." The measure passed the subcommittee by a vote of 14 to 6 and now moves to the full committee for consideration, which could be as...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans showed their support for family farms by urging their colleagues to vote ‘yes’ on Rep. Tom Latham's (R-IA) Preserving America’s Family Farms Act (H.R. 4157). The legislation, which was approved by the House of Representatives with bipartisan support, ...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: China is looking to secure its foothold on Canada’s oil sands, an entirely unsurprising development as President Obama continues to ignore North America’s rich energy resources and delay construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. On Monday, China’s state-owned Cnooc offered to buy the Canadian energy...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: China is looking to secure its foothold on Canada’s oil sands, an entirely unsurprising development as President Obama continues to ignore North America’s rich energy resources and delay construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. On Monday, China’s state-owned Cnooc offered to buy the Canadian energy...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today released a list of letters and statements showing the growing support for the “No More Solyndras Act," a signature piece of committee legislation co-authored by full committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), today held a hearing entitled, “Examining Proposals to Strengthen the National Labor Relations Act." The hearing reviewed decisions by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) affecting secret ballot elections, employee compensation, and tribal sovereignty, as well as legislative proposals that would enhance protections for workers and Native Americans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2012
News Release: China is looking to secure its foothold on Canada’s oil sands, an entirely unsurprising development as President Obama continues to ignore North America’s rich energy resources and delay construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. On Monday, China’s state-owned Cnooc offered to buy the Canadian energy...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke about the potential benefits of increasing the use of natural gas in the transportation sector, as well as the danger that government intrusion in the marketplace could jeopardize continued increases in natural gas production.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 "It is with great sadness that I learned this weekend of the fatal shooting of three contractors stationed at the Herat Training Center in Herat, Afghanistan. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of former U.S. Border Patrol Agent and retired ICE Agent Benjamin Monsivais, retired CBP Port Director Joseph Perez, and retired Her Majesty’s United Kingdom Revenue and Customs Officer David Chamberlain.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that low-income rural areas will benefit from changes in the way USDA funds water and wastewater projects. Rural Development Acting Deputy Under Secretary Judith Canales made the announcement on Vilsack's behalf while she toured the wastewater treatment system in the City of Peñitas, Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Missouri man was sentenced today to 42 months in prison for his role in the vandalism and arson of a biracial man’s home in Independence, Mo., the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced agreements with Wills Point, Texas, and Randolph County, Ga., to improve access to all aspects of civic life for individuals with disabilities. The agreements were reached under Project Civic Access (PCA), the department’s wide-ranging initiative to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2012
News Release: William B. Clayton, a residential builder formerly of Corolla, N.C., was arrested yesterday on charges of obstructing the tax laws and converting government property, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Clayton had his initial appearance today before U.S. Magistrate Judge William A. Webb in the Eastern District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2012
News Release: Eddye L. Lovely, a tax return preparer from Tomball, Texas, was sentenced today to 57 months in federal prison, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Lovely appeared before U.S. District Judge Nancy F. Atlas in Houston.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officer Paulo Morales, 47, of Miami, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami to three civil rights offenses for sexually groping three women in his custody, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that the United States has entered into a comprehensive, cooperative consent decree with the city of New Orleans to resolve allegations of unlawful police misconduct by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD). The filing of the consent decree in federal court in New Orleans continues the process of reforming the NOPD and begins federal court oversight of that reform to ensure effective and constitutional policing in New Orleans.
