News from May 2012

By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: Vilsack, Salazar, Sutley Announce $3.7 Million in Competitive Grants for New or Expanded Youth Corps WASHINGTON, and SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS, CA, May 18, 2012 – In response to President Obama's call to expand opportunities for summer employment for young people and connect them with the great outdoors, ...

By USDA Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: New USDA Study Details that Healthy Food Can be Most Affordable WATSONVILLE, Calif., May 18, 2012 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today joined leaders from the produce industry at Driscoll's Berries farm to promote healthy food access and to highlight a new report that underscores that ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Wisconsin man was found guilty yesterday in the Western District of Louisiana for his participation in an international criminal network, known as Dreamboard, dedicated to the sexual abuse of children and the creation and dissemination of graphic images and videos of child sexual abuse ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice announced that North Carolina Department of Correction’s Division of Community Corrections Probation Officer Willie James Steele Jr., 47, was indicted yesterday on civil rights charges for violating the constitutional rights of a female probationer that he was supervising by ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice today announced the filing of a lawsuit against the Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF) alleging that NDF discriminated against Ms. Tawnya Meyer, a former employee, when they fired her soon after she announced her pregnancy. According to the complaint, Ms. Meyer’s termination ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The former captain of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that discharged hundreds of plastic pipes into the ocean, was convicted yesterday by a jury in Mobile, Ala., for obstructing a U.S. Coast Guard inspection of the vessel in the port of Mobile on Sept. 21, 2011. Prastana Taohim, 38, the captain ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today an extension for existing swimming pools to comply with the 2010 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Standards for Accessible Design. Existing pools must comply with the standards by Jan. 31, 2013.
By Commerce News Now | May 18, 2012
News Release: Deputy Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Remarks at University of Maryland Commencement Ceremony, Baltimore, Maryland For most of you, I suspect, graduate school has had its ups and downs. But you are here now, at the very last moment of your graduate student life; you will leave today with a degree in hand. So first things first: Congratulations to you and all the people here who have supported you.
By Commerce News Now | May 18, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | May 18, 2012
The US State Department published a five page proposed rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 18, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 18, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 18, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a five page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 18, 2012
The US Justice Department published a three page proposed rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 18, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 18, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 18, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | May 18, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 18, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 18, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.