News from June 2012

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON)-Documents obtained by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform demonstrate that the California Air Resources Board (CARB) played an outsized role in developing new national heavy-duty truck standards. This revelation appears to contradict testimony provided to Committee staff by...

By State Newswire | Jun 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The following is a statement by Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, on the Egyptian presidential election:

By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2012
News Release: This notice is to inform campers of recent bear activity between Ptarmigan Creek beach and Lamplugh Glacier in the West Arm of Glacier Bay. A medium sized adult brown bear approached and circled two campers. The campers stood their ground and defended their gear. The bear did not respond to airhorns...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 24, 2012
News Release: Recovery efforts for Mount Rainier National Park Climbing Ranger Nick Hall continue today, Sunday, June 24, 2012. Hall, 33, fell approximately 2,500 feet down the Emmons Glacier on Mount Rainier on Thursday, June 21, during a rescue attempt in which four climbers fell into a crevasse on the glacier.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 24, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC -- Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, called on House Speaker John Boehner to meet with Attorney General Eric Holder to resolve the dispute over requested documents regarding the Committee's investigation of Operation Fast and Furious.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 23, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC -On Wednesday, all Democratic Members of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform voted unanimously to reject the contempt citation proposed by Committee Chairman Darrell Issa against Attorney General Eric Holder. The Democrats-who represent districts in Ohio, Tennessee, ...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 23, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: At approximately 3:00 p.m. today, boaters on Lake Michigan reported finding a human body floating in the lake along the eastern portion of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 BRUSSELS—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Paris and Brussels to meet with her counterparts and discuss the Department’s collaboration with international partners on information sharing, cybersecurity, and facilitating legitimate trade and travel.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Gregory K. Dupont, 38, of Plaquemine, La., was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Baton Rouge, La., to serve six months in prison, to be followed by four months in a half-way house and two years of supervised release. Dupont was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. Dupont’s sentencing, handed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Amine El Khalifi, a 29-year-old resident of Alexandria, Va., pleaded guilty today in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia in connection with his efforts to carry out a suicide bomb attack on the U.S. Capitol Building in February 2012 as part of what he intended to be a terrorist operation.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Michael Makalou, 41, a former State Department employee, was sentenced today to 12 months in prison for assaulting his wife with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Veteran District of Columbia defense attorney Charles F. Daum, 66, of Arnold, Md., was found guilty today of one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, three counts of obstruction of justice and two counts of subornation of perjury, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty today to conspiring to willfully reproduce and distribute tens of thousands of infringing copies of copyrighted works without permission, including infringing copies of movies before they were commercially released on DVD, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of ...
By DOE Gazette | Jun 22, 2012
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 22, 2012
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 22, 2012
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Jun 22, 2012
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 22, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 22, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 22, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.