News from May 2012
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) joined Representative John Lewis (D-Ga.), House Democratic Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.), Democratic Assistant Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.), and House Committee on Administration Ranking Member Robert Brady (D-Pa.), in introducing ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - One of the country’s largest regional power grid operators, PJM Interconnection, today announced the results of its annual auction that locks in electricity capacity prices three years in advance. Today’s auction established capacity prices for 2015-2016, the first year electric generators...
By EPA Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - One of the country’s largest regional power grid operators, PJM Interconnection, today announced the results of its annual auction that locks in electricity capacity prices three years in advance. Today’s auction established capacity prices for 2015-2016, the first year electric generators...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: Gettysburg Licensed Battlefield Guide James Tate was presented with the Superintendent's Award for Excellence in April for "Lifelong Excellence" as a Licensed Battlefield Guide. Tate has served for 60 years as a licensed guide on the Gettysburg battlefield. Gettysburg National Military Park Superintendent Bob Kirby presented the award.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: Active Duty U.S. Military Offered Free Entrance to All National Parks.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: BOULDER CITY, NV -On Friday, May 18, 2012 at 8:00 AM, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the National Park Service (NPS), and the Boulder City High School National Honor Society will host a naturalization ceremony - the first ever on Lake Mead. U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge George W. Foley will preside.
By DOE Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - One of the country’s largest regional power grid operators, PJM Interconnection, today announced the results of its annual auction that locks in electricity capacity prices three years in advance. Today’s auction established capacity prices for 2015-2016, the first year electric generators...
By US DOT Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Continuing his efforts to protect and grow American jobs, U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, last night moved to strengthen “Buy America" requirements in long-term surface transportation legislation being...
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: Dear : We are writing to follow up on a number of concerns that have been raised by the Inspector General's Management Deficiency Report on the 2010 Western Regions Conference (April 2, 2012). As you know, the IG uncovered numerous violations of contracting regulations and policies and the Federal Travel...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: Free, family entertainment will be heard on the tall grass prairie at Homestead National Monument on May 26, 2012, at 7 p.m. Renowned folksinger John McCutcheon will perform following a performance by the winners of the Monumental Fiddling Championship. The Monumental Fiddling Championship will begin at 1 p.m. at the Monument's Education Center.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2012
News Release: Fort Sumter National Monument will host a National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day) event at Liberty Square in downtown Charleston from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2012. This GO Day event will offer a mix of information centers and active fun areas - places where guests, and especially kids...
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA -- An exciting new chapter in Vancouver Barracks history will begin on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2012, as the East and South Vancouver Barracks closes as a U.S. Army Reserve post and becomes a national park.
By State Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the below remarks as prepared for delivery at today’s committee hearing, “Iran Sanctions: Strategy, Implementation, and Enforcement.".
By USDA Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: FAIRFIELD, Calif., May 17, 2012—Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today met with local leaders and business owners at the Solano County Government Center to gather input on how the Obama administration can work with local businesses in the agriculture sector to improve economic conditions ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: The United States has sued Pete Gutierrez and Jeanette Gutierrez, who do business as Fast Cash Refund Express and Fast Cash Refund Express Electronic Services, seeking to bar them and their companies from preparing any federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. In addition to the Gutierrezes, the civil injunction suit also named FCRE Inc., and Fast Cash Refund Express Electronic Tax Service LLC, as defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – An owner of a Houston health care company was convicted yesterday by a jury in the Southern District of Texas in connection with a $750,000 Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today released a final rule to prevent, detect and respond to sexual abuse in confinement facilities, in accordance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA). This landmark rule sets national standards for four categories of facilities: adult prisons and ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: The co-owner of a Detroit-area physical therapy company was sentenced today to 48 months in prison for her leading role in a more than $1.9 million Medicare fraud scheme, announced the Department of Justice, the FBI and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: Three defendants in separate cases involving the use of stolen identities to file fraudulent tax returns have pleaded guilty in the Middle District of Alabama, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 17, 2012
News Release: A federal grand jury in San Francisco has returned an indictment charging Crystal Ann Poole with evading income taxes for over eight years and for defrauding a federally insured bank in Mississippi, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
