News from March 2012
By USDA Wire | Mar 14, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 14, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 14, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday provided a forum for discussion about how to break the gridlock that currently defines Congress so the institution works more productively for the American people.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: Dear Commissioner Shulman: We have received reports and reviewed information from nonprofit civic organizations in Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, and Texas concerning recent IRS inquiries perceived to be excessive. It is critical that the public have confidence that federal tax compliance efforts are pursued...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the Senate’s passage of the Highway Bill, the Moving Ahead for Progress for the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), which makes critical infrastructure investments across the country and supports or creates more than a million...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - According to a new report by Reuters, the U.S. and British governments are in talks to reach an agreement to release oil from American and international strategic oil reserves to battle back against Iranian diplomatic brinkmanship that has increased oil prices worldwide. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: The Highway Bill (S. 1813) reauthorizes and fully funds the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), the federal funding source for roads, highways, bridges and mass transit projects. These infrastructure projects of regional and national significance ensure safety and mobility, create or sustain good-paying jobs, reduce traffic congestion and improve air quality.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today questioned Interior Department officials about the decline in oil production from federal lands and waters - despite the President’s claims that production is up.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement in reaction to an op-ed by former Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith that described the company’s culture as “toxic and destructive":
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: To commemorate UNESCO's World Poetry Day, visitors will encounter Everglades-inspired poetry throughout Everglades National Park on Wednesday, March 21, 2012. Forty-one brightly-colored banners, capturing the voices of the Everglades through the words and rhythms of Artist-in-Residence-in-Everglades...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: Russell Cave National Monument. White-Nose Syndrome Confirmed in Park Bats. Russell Cave National Monument has detected the presence of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in the Russell Cave system, in Jackson County, Alabama. National Park Service and Alabama A&M scientists conducted a survey of the Russell...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: NEW YORK, NY - More than a million students from across the U.S. will travel to Ellis Island in New York Harbor on March 29 to learn the history of immigration on a virtual field trip via a free live webcast on Scholastic.com. "Coming to America: Ellis Island" is an experiential supplement to free teaching...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee (EPW), issued the following statement today after the Senate voted 74 to 22 to pass the surface transportation bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today sent a letter to the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Gary Gensler, asking about a false rumor of a Saudi Arabian pipeline explosion that was first reported on Iranian state television and caused a $3 spike in the price of a barrel of oil...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Jean Rene Duperval, a former director of international relations for Telecommunications D’Haiti S.A.M. (Haiti Teleco), a Haitian state-owned telecommunications company, has been convicted by a federal jury on all counts for his role in a scheme to launder bribes paid to him by two Miami-based telecommunications companies. The jury reached its verdict late yesterday after less than three hours of deliberations, following a week-long trial.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: The United States has entered a consent decree against ATF Fitness Products Inc., Manufacturing ATF Dedicated Excellence Inc. (MADE), and the owner and president of both companies, James G. Vercellotti, the Justice Department announced today. The decree, filed in the Western District of Pennsylvania ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: Melinda Clayton of Montgomery, Ala., was sentenced today to 61 months in prison, following a guilty plea to conspiracy to make false claims, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller also ordered Clayton to pay $494,424 in restitution.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against United Airlines Inc., alleging violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA). The complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court in Denver, alleges that United Airlines violated USERRA by denying pilot ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Riverton, Ill., man was sentenced yesterday to 216 months in prison and lifetime supervised release for production and possession of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis for the Central District of Illinois.
