News from March 2012

By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 240,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: In concert with the Healthy Shasta Initiative and First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move Campaign, both of which recognize daily exercise as a good "prescription" for a healthy lifestyle, Whiskeytown will be offering hikes on the weekends starting from March 24, 2012. "As a partner in Healthy Shasta...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2012
News Release: Spring is in the air. Marmots have awakened from hibernation. Orchard trees are beginning to bud, and warm temperatures, and visitors, are returning to the park. To welcome the increasing activity, park facility operating hours will be expanding.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Alexander Beltran Herrera, 35, aka Jhon Alexander Beltrain Herrera, aka Rodrigo Pirinolo, an accused member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), has been extradited from Colombia to face hostage taking and terrorism charges in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: View the court documents. WASHINGTON – The Justice Department, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and 49 state attorneys general announced today the filing of their landmark $25 billion agreement with the nation’s five largest mortgage servicers to address mortgage loan servicing and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: Devon Energy Corporation and its affiliates have agreed to pay the United States $3,492,463 to resolve claims that PennzEnergy, a predecessor to Devon, violated the False Claims Act by knowingly underpaying royalties owed on natural gas produced from federal and Indian lands, the Justice Department announced today. Devon is an independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operations focused onshore in the United States and Canada.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury has charged Michael Smith, 37, Matthew Davidson, 43, and Joseph Sanders, 31 – former corrections officers of the Alabama Department of Corrections – in a 17-count indictment. The indictment alleges that the officers participated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court announced last week that it had determined the aggregate amount of back pay damages owed to African-American and Hispanic applicants who were discriminated against by the city of New York in the hiring of entry-level firefighters for the Fire Department of New York (FDNY). ...

By Fed Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Monday released a paper describing the methodology used in the stress test in the 2012 Comprehensive Capital Analysis and Review (CCAR) as well as the templates for disclosure of the summary results, which will be issued at 4:30 p.m. EDT on Thursday, March 15.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: That’s why President Obama created the National Exports Initiative (NEI), with the goal of doubling exports by the end of 2014. In the two years since the President signed the NEI Executive Order, Commerce Department initiatives have helped business across the country export to new markets. As a result of these and other efforts, data shows that jobs supported by U.S. exports increased by 1.2 million between 2009 and 2011.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: On two-year anniversary of the National Export Initiative (NEI), data shows exports support increasing number of jobs On the two-year anniversary of the signing of the Executive Order creating the National Export Initiative (NEI), the U.S. Department of Commerce today released data showing that jobs ...
By State News Post | Mar 12, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 12, 2012
The US State Department published a two page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Mar 12, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a four page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.