News from November 2012
By Interior Newswire | Nov 26, 2012
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic site is proud to offer a free award-winning educational opportunity in 2013. The Historical Interpreter Apprentice Program is a great chance for high school students interested in history, teaching, theater and community service to learn new skills and get strong work experience with a federal park while having fun.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 26, 2012
News Release: Hidden Groves, the latest show in Biscayne National Park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery, features photographs by award-winning photographer Matt Stock. The show runs from Nov. 30, 2012 to Feb. 24, 2013. A "Nearly Full Moon" Meet the Artist Reception - featuring refreshments, an artist...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 26, 2012
News Release: An insect growth regulator is one of the latest technologies U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are adding to their arsenal to help fight house flies that spread bacteria to food.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 26, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement today after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released two reports examining the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed changes to the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act (FECA)...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 26, 2012
News Release: On Nov. 1, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) sent a letter to Congressional Research Service Director Mary B. Mazanec requesting information about what led CRS to withdraw a September report that found no correlation between tax cuts and economic growth. The report’s withdrawal...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 26, 2012
News Release: OLD-TIME MARITIME CHRISTMAS TAKES VISITORS BACK TO 1901.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 26, 2012
News Release: Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced today that Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) permit offices will begin issuing the 2013 annual ORV permit on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012. The 2013 annual permit will be valid from the date of purchase through Dec. 31, 2013 at a cost of $120.00 per permit. The ORV permit offices are open 7 days a week, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. year round, closed Christmas Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2012
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS - On Nov. 26, 2012, a 45-year-old St. Paul man was sentenced in federal court for his role as the leader of an organization that distributed large quantities of cocaine and marijuana in Minnesota, between 2005 and October 2010. United States District Court Judge Donovan W. Frank sentenced...
By State Newswire | Nov 26, 2012
News Release: U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA) was selected today by the Republican Steering Committee to chair the Committee on Foreign Affairs in the 113th Congress. Royce will succeed Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, who was term limited. The decision of the Steering Committee, a group of Republican leaders chaired by Speaker John Boehner, is expected to be ratified by the full Republican Conference on Wednesday.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 25, 2012
News Release: PORTLAND, Ore. - A probe that disrupted a scheme to traffic methamphetamine ingredients through the U.S. to drug cartels in Mexico has led the U.S. Treasury Department to designate the Ibarra Cardona drug trafficking organization and several associates as "specially designated narcotics traffickers" under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2012
News Release: Join San Juan Island National Historical Park staff and volunteers for the annual old-fashioned Holiday Social, tree-trimming and cookie potluck from noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, December 8, at English Camp.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - A Mexican national was sentenced Monday to 54 months in prison for trafficking the identities of Puerto Rican U.S. citizens and corresponding identity documents, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department's Criminal Division; U.S. Attorney Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 24, 2012
News Release: A female hiker was injured by a mountain lion while hiking in a remote area of Big Bend National Park on Friday, November 23. Andrea Pinero Cebrian and her companions were exploring the Mesa de Anguila near Lajitas when she was attacked. Cebrian was treated by Terlingua Medics and her injuries are not considered to be life threatening. The Mesa de Anguila has been closed to all visitors while rangers and park biologists investigate and patrol in search of the mountain lion.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2012
News Release: A federal jury in Winston-Salem, N.C., has convicted two members of the North Carolina Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation (ALKQN) and one associate of the gang for a racketeering conspiracy involving violent crimes and drug distribution for the benefit of the criminal organization.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 23, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 23, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 23, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 23, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 23, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2012
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
