News from June 2012
By DOE Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: Let’s make a deal, Obama-style . As published in The Mercury. By Rep. Joe Pitts. “I’m going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We’ll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies - they’ll get a seat at the table, they just won’t be able to buy every...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the following statement regarding the bipartisan agreement on over 70 amendments that will allow the Senate to move forward with Farm Bill voting tomorrow.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: In preparation for a vote in the House of Representative this week, the committee released the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, S. 3187.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: Dear Commissioner Shulman: On March 14, 2012, we wrote to you with a number of questions regarding the procedures the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS") uses when evaluating organizations that apply for tax-exempt status. We appreciate the thoroughness of your response to our inquiries. However, we remain...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: Washington DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder to the Committee proposing an in-person meeting on Tuesday, June 19, to finalize a proposed agreement between the Department and the Committee to avoid a contempt vote scheduled for this Wednesday...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2012
News Release: A red fox begging on the roadside has become a traffic hazard on Cattle Point Road just inside American Camp's northwestern boundary, as visitors are stopping in the road to observe, photograph or feed the animal, according to Lee Taylor, superintendent of San Juan Island National Historical Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2012
News Release: WARTBURG, Tennessee:The Obed Wild and Scenic River announces its fifth annual Climbing Expedition on Saturday, July 14th. Beginning climbers and people who wish to learn about the sport of rock climbing are encouraged to attend. No reservations are necessary.Kids (age 10 and up) and adults are welcomed...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2012
News Release: TALKEETNA, Alaska: A two-day ground search of the debris path from a fatal avalanche on Mt. McKinley has been suspended after clues were found confirming the likely location of four deceased climbers. Mr. Yoshiaki Kato, Ms. Masako Suda, Ms. Michiko Suzuki, and Mr. Tamao Suzuki of the Miyagi Workers Alpine Federation (MWAF) expedition are presumed to have died in the avalanche, while one team member, Mr. Hitoshi Ogi, survived the event with a minor hand injury.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2012
News Release: The dinghy dock at English Camp will be closed to boater traffic through June 24 while archaeologists investigate the site in preparation for the dock's replacement later this summer, announced Lee Taylor, park superintendent.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service and the Friends of Sagamore Hill invite you to celebrate Independence Day at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Independence Day was an important holiday for Theodore Roosevelt. After speaking at the festivities in Oyster Bay, TR would gather his...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2012
News Release: TALKEETNA, Alaska: An avalanche on Mt. McKinley's West Buttress during the early morning hours of June 14, 2012 is presumed to have claimed the lives of four Japanese climbers. The five-member Miyagi Workers Alpine Federation (MWAF) expedition was descending Motorcycle Hill near 11,800-feet at 2:00 am...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2012
News Release: Join park rangers for an arduous, adventure hike this Sunday, June 17 at 9 a.m. Mount Tenjo, the peak that towers over Orote Peninsula and Apra Harbor, was once home to the World War I-era Camp Barnett. Here, U.S. Marines installed a battery of guns and served an idyllic tour of duty, removed from the...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 La Secretaria Napolitano Anuncia Proceso De Acción Diferida Para Jóvenes Que Sean De Baja Prioridad Para La Aplicación De La Ley WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced that effective immediately, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 15, 2012―Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its fiscal year 2011 scorecard on sustainability and energy performance. In FY 2011, USDA met or exceeded requirements in five of the seven sustainability areas that the scorecard addresses. Using the scorecard as a benchmark, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2012
News Release: "Today, the last significant federal hurdle has been cleared to allow consumers to buy fuel containing up to 15 percent ethanol (E15). This gets us one step closer to giving the American consumer a real choice at the pump. The public has a right to choose between imported oil and home-grown energy and ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2012
News Release: USDA, Partners Educate Shoppers at Orlando Caribbean Grocery on Healthy Food Choices ORLANDO, Fla., June 15, 2012 -- Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today joined local officials, parents, children and partners to celebrate the first anniversary of the MyPlate food icon and to highlight ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2012
News Release: David Kalai, Nadav Kalai and David Almog were indicted by a federal grand jury in the Central District of California and charged with conspiring to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The superseding indictment, which was returned late yesterday, was unsealed following the defendants’ arrests.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Delton de Armas, a former chief financial officer (CFO) of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp. (TBW), was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for his role in a more than $2.9 billion fraud scheme that contributed to the failure of TBW.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – David Edmonds, the former vice president of worldwide customer service at Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.-based valve company Control Components Inc. (CCI), pleaded guilty today to violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), announced the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California and the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Brooklyn board-certified colorectal surgeon, who owned and operated a New York medical clinic, was convicted for his role in a fraud scheme that billed Medicare and numerous private insurance companies for surgeries and other complex medical procedures that were never performed, the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today.
