News from July 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13, 2012 - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska and Rep. Doc Hastings, R-Washington, to Dr. Jane Lubchenco, the Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere and Administrator at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and James Watson, Director of the Bureau of Safety...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service is in the process of plugging 14 orphaned wells in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area through a cooperative agreement with Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, Division of Water Pollution Control. On July 3, 2012, Big South Fork NRRA announced...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
Release: The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) is funding its partners, the four State Regional Trade Groups (STRGs), to host a series of nationwide seminars that inspire small and medium U.S. food and agricultural companies to become exporters.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 16. With far too many Americans still out of work, the committee will hold six hearings focused on a range of issues with economic implications, including additional scrutiny of the Obama...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz -- Grand Canyon National Park's Green Team is pleased to announce that Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan, award-winning author, conservation biologist, farmer, and "pioneer of the local food movement" as he has been called by Time magazine, Utne Reader, and Mother Earth News, will be presenting special programs at the park on July 21 and 22, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: In accordance with the 2012 Superintendent's Compendium, Acting Superintendent Natalie Gates has banned campfires on the exposed lakebed until Sept. 30, 2012.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement after a series of reports detailed an increase in black lung disease among miners...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 16. With far too many Americans still out of work, the committee will hold six hearings focused on a range of issues with economic implications, including additional scrutiny of the Obama...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are using molecular tools to help cotton growers cut back on their use of pesticides in controlling one of their worst adversaries: the root-knot nematode (Meloidogyne incognita). Worldwide, the soil pest costs growers up to 10 percent of their crop, and it's a constant threat in the Southeastern United States, where it thrives in the sandy soils.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: Anglers can obtain their Tennessee Hunting and Fishing Licenses online.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Energy and Commerce Committee announced its hearing schedule for the week of July 16. With far too many Americans still out of work, the committee will hold six hearings focused on a range of issues with economic implications, including additional scrutiny of the Obama...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement in response to a recent announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services that it would consider requests from the states to operate demonstration projects within the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program to help recipients prepare for, find and maintain employment...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SÃO PAULO, Brazil - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David V. Aguilar and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin today were in São Paulo, Brazil where they met with international counterparts and the American Chamber of Commerce.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 12, 2012 -The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to support efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery from wildfires and subsequent flash flooding in multiple Western states. On June 28, President Obama ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 12, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement regarding the House Agriculture Committee's approval of the Food Farm and Jobs Bill: "Americans deserve a farm and jobs bill that reforms the safety net for producers in times of need, promotes the bio-based economy, conserves our natural resources, strengthens rural communities, promotes job growth in rural America, and supports food assistance to low-income families.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice today filed the second largest fair lending settlement in the department’s history to resolve allegations that Wells Fargo Bank, the largest residential home mortgage originator in the United States, engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers in its mortgage lending from 2004 through 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2012
News Release: Sylvester Bruce, 44, a former corrections officer with Navajo Nation’s Shiprock Detention Center (SDC) in Shiprock, N.M., pleaded guilty today in federal court on charges related to the sexual abuse of an inmate during the summer and fall of 2010. Specifically, Bruce pleaded guilty to one count of violating ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2012
News Release: A former police officer of Puerto Rico was sentenced today in San Juan to 40 years in prison for his role in providing security for drug transactions, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Joseph S. Campbell of the FBI’s San Juan Division.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 12, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Thursday issued supervisory guidance describing a new optional process for an applicant to request a response on a potential bank acquisition or other proposal before the submission of a formal application or notice.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 12, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Tower Financial Corporation and Tower Bank & Trust Company, both of Fort Wayne, Indiana Written Agreement dated April 23, 2010 Terminated July 10, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
