News from May 2012
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.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2012
The US Interior Department published a two 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.
By DOJ Gazette | May 22, 2012
The US Justice 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.
By DOJ Gazette | May 22, 2012
The US Justice 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 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.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, yesterday pitched the U.S. ambassadors of Japan and South Korea on the benefits of importing natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope during a dinner at the Japanese Ambassador’s residence in Washington, D.C.

By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - After spearheading a letter of 41 Senators last week to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) urging him to start working now to prevent the largest tax hike in history, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today again called on the President and Congress to protect American families and businesses from these tax increases that will threaten America’s weak economy.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC- Today, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to Thomas Donohue, President and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, regarding the Chamber’s Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), which has pushed for changes to weaken the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.

By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: On May 10, 2012, JPMorgan Chase & Co. disclosed more than $2 billion in losses over a period of six weeks resulting from a trading strategy that its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jamie Dimon, called “poorly constructed, poorly reviewed, poorly executed, and poorly monitored." ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON)- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today issued the following statement on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Gregory Jaczko’s intention to resign...
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Senator Susan Collins, ranking Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement about the news that Drug Enforcement Agency personnel are under investigation for hiring prostitutes in Cartagena, Colombia.

By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are ensuring that farmers in the Pacific Northwest are benefiting from every drop of crop irrigation water.

By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today gave the following remarks at a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing on a report produced by the American Energy Innovation Council entitled "Catalyzing American Ingenuity: The Role of Government in Energy Innovation."
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore - On Tuesday, May 22, the National Park Service will hold a joint news conference to announce a partnership with the newly formed Dunes National Park Association. The event will be at the national lakeshore's Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk, at 10:00 a.m. Members of the Dunes National Park Association Board of Directors will be in attendance.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee issued the following statement upon learning a US Airways flight from Charles de Gaul Airport, Paris to Charlotte, North Carolina was diverted to Bangor, Maine.

By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: BROWNSVILLE, Texas - A Mexican businessman from Ciudad Victoria, Mexico, was indicted Tuesday following a multi-agency Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation, announced U.S. Attorneys Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas, and Robert Pitman, Western District of Texas. This indictment stems from a long-term investigation targeting alleged money laundering activities inside the United States.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2012
News Release: Yosemite fire managers have announced the 2012 Fire Season began yesterday, Monday, May 21. Fire season officially begins when seasonal firefighting equipment and personnel are in place, prepared and ready to respond. Additionally, grasses and other vegetation at the lower elevations have begun to dry out. This year, vegetation is drying out faster than average due to the low snowpack the park received over the winter.