News from May 2012
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2012
News Release: Dear Ms. Wilkewitz: The Senate Finance Committee has jurisdiction over revenue matters, and is responsible for conducting oversight of the administration of the federal tax system, including matters involving tax-exempt organizations. The Committee has focused extensively over the past decade on whether...
By State Newswire | May 23, 2012
News Release: Valley Village, CA - U.S. Rep. Howard Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, welcomed legislation introduced by Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) that will help create new jobs in the San Fernando Valley while safeguarding U.S. national security interests.
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2012
News Release: Southern Nevada Fire Restrictions Announced. Contact List (alphabetical by agency): Bureau of Land Management - Kirsten Cannon - 702-515-5057. National Park Service - Kevin Turner - 702-293-8712. Nevada Division of Forestry - Mark Blankensop - 702-486-5123. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - Dan Balduini...
By Homeland Newswire | May 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Wednesday pressed Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan about a culture of misconduct that might have existed at the agency long before the Cartagena scandal became public.
By Commerce Newswire | May 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) expressed concern today with a government watchdog’s latest report to committee leadership on Department of Energy safety reforms at the nation’s most sensitive nuclear storage sites and laboratories. The Government Accountability...
By DOE Newswire | May 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) expressed concern today with a government watchdog’s latest report to committee leadership on Department of Energy safety reforms at the nation’s most sensitive nuclear storage sites and laboratories. The Government Accountability...
By EPA Newswire | May 23, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) expressed concern today with a government watchdog’s latest report to committee leadership on Department of Energy safety reforms at the nation’s most sensitive nuclear storage sites and laboratories. The Government Accountability...
By Interior Newswire | May 23, 2012
News Release: The public is invited to help with the construction of the new Savage Alpine Trail on Saturday, June 2, as part of the park's celebration of National Trails Day. Volunteers will work with the National Park Service trail crew on the construction of a 150-foot boardwalk, and help build a section of new...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance, today announced an amendment to S. 3187, the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, to repeal the job-killing medical device tax that was included in the $2.6 trillion health spending law enacted last year.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 AMMAN, Jordan - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Jordan where she met with King Abdullah II and Prime Minister Fayez Tarawneh, and delivered remarks on women and next generation leadership in security at the Columbia University Middle East Research Center.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and its partners will invest nearly $32 million this year in financial and technical assistance for five water quality and wetlands improvement projects in seven Mississippi ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: A jury convicted William A. Herder of Richland County, Ohio, yesterday on federal tax charges, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Trial began on May 11, 2012, before U.S. District Judge Sara Lioi, sitting in Akron, Ohio. Herder was charged with corruptly endeavoring to impair and impede the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, tax evasion and five counts of failure to file tax returns. He was convicted of all counts.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: Jonathon Felix, formerly of Villanova, Pa., was found guilty by a federal jury of willfully signing and filing false income tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Petrese Tucker presided over the trial in Philadelphia.
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Massachusetts man was sentenced today to 64 months in prison and five years of supervised release for transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer, U.S. Attorney for the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against Whiz International LLC, an information technology staffing company in Jersey City, N.J., regarding allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it terminated an employee in retaliation for expressing opposition to Whiz’s alleged preference for foreign nationals with temporary work visas.
By Fed Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below: Guaranty Bancorp and Guaranty Bank and Trust Company, both of Denver, Colorado Written Agreement dated Jan. 22, 2010 Terminated May 16, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions. For media inquiries, call 202-452-2955.
By Fed Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings for April 2 and April 23, 2012.
By Commerce News Now | May 22, 2012
News Release: “Today’s Census Bureau report shows that not only was the 2010 Census delivered on time and significantly under budget–but even more important, it was extremely accurate,” said Deputy U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank. “I am proud of the extraordinary accomplishment by the Census Bureau and the Commerce ...
By Labor Gazette | May 22, 2012
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 22, 2012
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
