News from March 2012
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Nature’s Fresh Choice Inc. satisfied a reparation order under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton, Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, applauded today’s decision by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to approve construction and operating licenses for two new nuclear reactors at SCANA’s V.C. Summer plant in South Carolina. After over three decades of inaction, this is the second pair of new reactors approved by the NRC this year.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Thursday, less than 24 hours after the U.S. House unanimously rejected President Obama’s $3.6 trillion budget by a vote of 414 to 0, the president urged Congress to “double down " on a stimulus energy program his FY2013 budget seeks to extend. The president made his comments just...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park hosted a group of students from the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) as part of an Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program. The event took place at Lees Ferry, which is jointly managed by Grand Canyon National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to the announcement that the major North Slope producers and the TransCanada Pipeline Co. have agreed to pursue a single pipeline project:
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 29, 2012--A recent study conducted by researchers from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) highlights the potential for alternative energy production at airports. The study findings were published in an article titled " Airports ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Willie C. Grant, a Bibb County, Ga., tax return preparer who owned and operated “Grant Income Tax Bookkeeping and Check Cash,” was indicted on Mar. 15, 2012, by a federal grand jury with 23 counts of making false claims for tax refunds, four counts of theft of government money and four counts of aggravated identity theft, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. The indictment was unsealed yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Six officials of an Upstate New York firm were arraigned yesterday before Magistrate Judge Leslie G. Foschio. On Mar. 21, a federal grand jury in the Western District of New York indicted the six defendants, Philip R. DeLuca, Alfred R. LaGreca, Frank A. Fracassi, Michael A. Elia, Laurence A Elia and Richard A. Elia, on tax charges, including conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: A federal court has permanently barred Robert Jensen, a certified public accountant from San Diego, from providing tax advice or preparing federal tax returns that illegally attempt to reduce customers’ taxable income, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: The United States has asked a federal court to bar a tax preparation firm and its owner, John Newlin, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. According to the government complaint in the civil injunction suit, Newlin’s business, Quick Sam Tax Refund of Gary, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner of a Detroit medical clinic pleaded guilty today for his participation in a Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Juan Villa, 29, of Miami, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Tarnow ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Mark Gautreau, 50, was sentenced today in federal court in New Orleans to 72 months in prison for shooting two Hispanic men on the Bonnet Carre Spillway in St. Charles Parish, La., on Aug. 20, 2006. In November 2011, Gautreau pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a dangerous weapon within the maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Remarks at Luncheon Sponsored by Confederation of Indian Industry and U.S.-India Investors Forum in Mumbai, India Good afternoon. Thank you, President Sachdev. I’m pleased to see the formation of the U.S.-India Investors Forum. Congratulations to all of the founding board members.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: In final city of India trade mission, Secretary Bryson focuses on investing in America U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson was in Mumbai today, the third and final city in his business development mission to India. In addition to exploring opportunities for the 16 U.S. businesses on the mission to promote ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson today announced the availability of $200 million in U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) funding to help communities that received a major disaster designation in fiscal year 2011 with long-term economic recovery and infrastructure support.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Ongoing labor law enforcement efforts aim to remedy violations in restaurant industry BOSTON — An ongoing enforcement initiative conducted by the U.S. Department of Labor focused on the restaurant industry in Massachusetts has uncovered significant violations of the minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the anniversary of the birthday of C sar E. Ch vez: "Saturday, March 31, will mark the 85th anniversary of the birth of C sar E. Ch vez, a man whose life of struggle for equality and justice is one of America's most ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the availability of $15 million in grants through the Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program to provide job training services to help homeless veterans succeed in civilian careers.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending March 24, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 359,000, a decrease of 5,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 364,000. The 4-week moving average was 365,000, a decrease of 3,500 from the previous week's revised average of 368,500.
