News from May 2012
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: First Burn of Season Scheduled for Northwest Wawona.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2012
Release: By Michael Scuse, USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA - On Sunday, May 20, 2012, come to Wupatki National Monument to watch one of nature's most spectacular events, an annular solar eclipse. Wupatki National Monument staff and Lowell Observatory will be celebrating this rare celestial event with an afternoon of family activities, ranger programs, and a view of the eclipse over the 900 year old Wupatki Pueblo.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado will offer one parcel totaling 921 acres during the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., Aug. 9, 2012, at the State Office in Lakewood.The parcel is located within the Grand Junction Field Office. A map of the parcel is posted...
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Friday issued the following statement in reaction to new guidelines announced by the Administration on federal agency spending on conferences, travel, and real estate.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 11, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today issued a to the Department of the Interior (DOI) for additional information relating to the investigation into the Obama Administration’s rewrite of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule (Rule) that began over...
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2012
News Release: NORFOLK, Va. - A California man pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to willfully reproduce and distribute tens of thousands of infringing copies of copyrighted works without permission, including infringing copies of movies before they were commercially released on DVD.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2012
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - Rick Mossman, Chief Ranger at Wind Cave National Park, has retired after 35 years of federal service. As part of this retirement, he was also recently honored by the Intermountain Regional Director,John Wessels,for his twelve years of working on the Intermountain Region All-Risk Type 2 Incident Management Team.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit in federal court today against Maricopa County, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) and Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio, arising from unconstitutional and unlawful actions by the defendants.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A California man pleaded guilty yesterday to conspiring to willfully reproduce and distribute tens of thousands of infringing copies of copyrighted works without permission, including infringing copies of movies before they were commercially released on DVD, Assistant Attorney General Lanny ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The city of Unalaska, Alaska, will undertake a major upgrade of its municipal sewage treatment plant under a settlement of a Clean Water Act enforcement action filed against the city and the state of Alaska by the Department of Justice on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Pharmacia Corporation and Bayer CropScience Inc. have agreed to pay $4.25 million to federal and state natural resource trustees to resolve claims for natural resource damages connected with the Industri-plex Superfund site located in Woburn, Mass., the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2012
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today convened the third meeting of thefederal interagency Reentry Council at the Department of Justice. The council represents 20 federal agencies working to make communities safer by reducing recidivism and victimization; assist those who return from prison and jail in ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two stock promoters, a securities lawyer and a stock trader associated with a Costa Rican brokerage firm were sentenced today in the Southern District of Florida for their participation in a stock manipulation scheme that defrauded investors in a company called CO2 Technologies, announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Vice Lords gang member Jessie Lobbins was sentenced today in Nashville, Tenn., to life in prison by Chief U.S. District Judge Todd J. Campbell, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jerry E. Martin for the Middle District of Tennessee.
By Fed Newswire | May 10, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement actions: AB&T Financial Corporation (PDF), Gastonia, North Carolina Written Agreement dated May 7, 2012 ACME Holding Company, Inc. (PDF), Employee Stock Ownership Plan, ACME Holding Company, Inc., and Allied Bank, all of Mulberry, Arkansas Written Agreement dated May 2, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Commerce News Now | May 10, 2012
News Release: Commerce Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank Remarks to New Policy Institute/NDN Thank you all, and thanks to Simon (Rosenberg) and Rob (Shapiro) for inviting me here today. The work that NDN does to advance our understanding of everything from mobile technology to global economics is crucial.
By Commerce News Now | May 10, 2012
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson issued the following statement today on the release of the March 2012 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis. U.S. goods and services exports in March 2012 were up 2.9 percent ...
By Commerce News Now | May 10, 2012
News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today announced the administration’s National Tourism and Travel Strategy (PDF)—delivering on President Obama’s call in January for a national strategy to promote domestic and international travel opportunities throughout the United States.
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2012
News Release: WEST CALDWELL, N.J. The U.S. Department of Labor has cited Wilmington, Mass.-based UniFirst Corp., a uniform and laundry service, for three willful and four serious safety and health violations, including some involving bloodborne pathogen and lead exposure hazards, at its West Caldwell facility. A complaint alleging hazards prompted OSHA's inspection. Proposed penalties total $186,000.
