News from June 2012
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Susan Collins announced today that Cumberland County has received a federal grant of $93,000 to combat hunger and homelessness and to help families in economic crisis. Franklin County received more than $10,000.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2012
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Susan Boudreau announced today that a vessel speed limit of 13 knots through the water will be implemented in lower Glacier Bay and in Park waters at the mouth of Glacier Bay to protect numerous humpback whales that have been sighted in this area.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 11, 2012
News Release: Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today said that a new report showing that America’s rural economy is helping to drive the country’s economic recovery further illustrates the need to pass a Farm Bill before the current bill expires, ...
By State Newswire | Jun 11, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - A bill championed by U.S. Rep. Howard Berman to add Israel to the list of countries eligible for E-2 investor visas was signed into law by President Obama, allowing Israeli investors to expand their businesses in the U.S., while spurring job creation and economic growth here. Israel will now join the list of over 75 countries that are eligible for E-2 visas.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - At the urging of Senators Susan Collins and Olympia J. Snowe, the Senate Armed Services Committee approved an amendment requiring the Air Force to reevaluate its Air Refueling Demand Model used to make strategic basing decisions for refueling aircraft. Senator Collins offered the amendment during the Committee's markup of the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act and it was unanimously approved.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 11, 2012 - Spearheaded by Natural Resources Committee Member Rep. Paul Gosar (AZ-01), as well as Rep. Jim Matheson (UT-02) and Sens. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Tim Johnson (D-SD), recently sent a bipartisan, bicameral to Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu expressing concerns...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2012
News Release: Saturday, June 16 from 9:30 am - 12:30 pm at Camp Round Meadow at Catoctin Mountain Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 11, 2012
News Release: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial will host a "Mock Re-declaration of War" on Monday, June 18 at 11 a.m. to kick off the Bicentennial of the War of 1812. The Memorial is also hosting a series of free activities highlighting this important historic anniversary, said Memorial Superintendent Blanca Alvarez Stransky.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 10, 2012
News Release: Visitors and San Juan Islanders will have an opportunity this summer to see how log structures were built on the frontier when San Juan Island National Historical Park maintenance crews replace the lower story of the Royal Marine blockhouse at English Camp.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2012
News Release: Visitors and Park Rangers celebrated John. F. Kennedy's 95th birthday with a variety of events.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 8, 2012
News Release: Announces Support to Expand and Assess Impact of Mobile Markets in Chicago and the Pacific Northwest CHICAGO, June 8, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today highlighted Obama administration efforts to increase access to healthy food in communities throughout the country by visiting the Fresh ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2012
News Release: William Paul, a self-described “bishop,” was sentenced yesterday to 53 months in federal prison for tax evasion, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Paul was convicted on Dec. 1, 2011, after a four-day jury trial, of four counts of evasion of his wife’s 2004 through 2007 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with United Airlines Inc., resolving TenEyck LaTourrette’s allegation that the airline violated the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA) by under compensating his retirement plan during his military service. LaTourrette is currently a major serving in the Colorado Air National Guard and a first officer for United Airlines.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Paul Solofa, the former chief financial officer for the Department of Education for the government of the U.S. Territory of American Samoa was sentenced today to 35 months in prison following his conviction earlier this year for his efforts to obstruct a federal grand jury and law enforcement investigation into a bribery scheme, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 8, 2012
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder issued the following statement today on the assignment of U.S. Attorneys to lead investigations of possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information: “Today, I assigned U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ronald C. Machen Jr. and U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein to lead criminal investigations into recent instances of possible unauthorized disclosures of classified information.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 8, 2012
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson issued the following statement today on the release of the April 2012 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report (PDF) by the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis. U.S. goods and services exports in April 2012 were down 0.8 percent from March 2012 to reach $182.9 billion.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 8, 2012
News Release: CHICAGO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Missouri Department of Insurance will host a two-day health benefits laws compliance seminar for small- and mid-sized employers, third-party administrators and insurers in the St. Louis area. The seminar is designed ...
By DOT News Wire | Jun 8, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 8, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 8, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
