News from March 2012
By EPA Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), hosted a hearing today to examine rising gasoline prices and discuss solutions to help bring relief at the pump.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: (THOUSAND OAKS, CA) In honor of Women's History Month, the National Park Service is sponsoring a free lecture by Moorpark College Professor Susan Kinkella on the fascinating life of a 19th century Native American woman who lived near present-day Calabasas.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Senator Daniel K. Akaka (D-Hawaii) and Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) introduced legislation today to modernize the Hatch Act. They were joined in the Senate by cosponsors Senators Joseph Lieberman (ID-Connecticut), Carl Levin (D-Michigan), and Mike Lee (R-Utah).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), hosted a hearing today to examine rising gasoline prices and discuss solutions to help bring relief at the pump.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: "We all understand the importance of conservation, and the efforts the Department of Agriculture is spearheading to protect these vital resources. We need to work with farmers to preserve farmland. We need to invest to conserve and restore what has already been damaged.".
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: "We hold the men and women of the Coast Guard in the highest regard on this Subcommittee. Our job here today and through the appropriations process is to ensure that you have the resources necessary to fulfill your missions and that taxpayer dollars are allocated wisely".
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) cited new data released today by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan as further evidence that civil rights are still a struggle in many of America’s schools. The results of the Civil Rights Data Collection just released for the 2009-2010 school year reveal disparities...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 6, 2012 - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing on the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Fiscal Year 2013 Budget and received from OSM Director Joe Pizarchik on the status of the Obama Administration’s actions...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 6, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $19.7 million of financial and technical assistance to help communities rebuild and repair damages caused by flooding, drought and other natural disasters. Funds are made available through the Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) Emergency Watershed Protection (EWP) program.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 6, 2012–Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued the following statement after U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that the U.S. Government is requesting consultations with the Government of India under the dispute settlement provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning India's prohibition on certain American agricultural exports, including poultry meat and chicken eggs.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that the Civil Rights Division will monitor elections today in Cuyahoga, Hamilton and Lorain Counties, Ohio. The monitoring will ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the Help America Vote Act of 2002. The Voting Rights Act prohibits ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: A federal court has permanently barred Tracy L. Sunderlage, Linda Sunderlage and four companies from operating an alleged scheme to help high-income individuals attempt to avoid income taxes by funneling money through purported employee benefit plans, the Justice Department announced today. Judge John ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing (CRRM) has agreed to pay a civil penalty of more than $970,000 and invest more than $4.25 million in new pollution controls and $6.5 million in operating costs to resolve alleged violations of air, Superfund and community right-to-know laws at its Coffeyville, Kan., refinery, announced the Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Houston federal jury today convicted Robert Allen Stanford, the former Board of Directors Chairman of Stanford International Bank (SIB), for orchestrating a 20-year investment fraud scheme in which he misappropriated $7 billion from SIB to finance his personal businesses. The guilty verdict ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Remarks at National Congress of American Indians 2012 Executive Council Winter Session Thank you, Matt [Wesaw] for the kind introduction. I’m pleased and honored to be here for this important event.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the death of Rep. Donald Payne: "I want to express my deepest and most heartfelt condolences to the family of Rep. Donald Payne. Words cannot express how saddened I was to learn of his passing.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today released the results of its internal review of the agency's actions prior to the April 5, 2010, explosion that killed 29 miners at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County, W.Va. The internal review team, comprised ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 6, 2012
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 6, 2012
The US Labor Department published a seven page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Mar 6, 2012
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on March 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
