News from November 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 21, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Interior Department released the final critical habitat rule for the Northern Spotted Owl.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: De Soto National Memorial 4th Annual Winter Luminary Walk.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: On Friday, Nov. 23, Gateway National Recreation Area reopens two favored sites: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens and Great Kills Park on Staten Island.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: Park Resource Managers recently confirmed the Smokies first backcountry emerald ash borer (EAB) infestation. According to Great Smoky Mountains National Park Biologist, Glenn Taylor, "The emerald ash borer is a 1/2 inch-long metallic green beetle that lays eggs on the bark on all species of ash trees.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: PATERSON, N.J. - Attorney General Jeffrey S. Chiesa announced the arrest of the alleged ringleader and 14 other defendants in the takedown of a major narcotics supply network that allegedly was distributing millions of dollars in heroin out of a number of heroin processing “mills" and stash houses in Paterson yesterday. Arrest warrants are outstanding for two other defendants who remain fugitives.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are helping peach growers make the most of dwindling water supplies in California's San Joaquin Valley.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: WUPATKI NATIONAL MONUMENT ADMINISTRATIVE DETERMINATION OF LANDS ELIGIBLE FOR AWILDERNESS STUDY.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of November 26. The committee will hold hearings to discuss health care fraud and the role of receivers in improving spectrum usage. The committee will also host its third Clean Air Act forum.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of November 26. The committee will hold hearings to discuss health care fraud and the role of receivers in improving spectrum usage. The committee will also host its third Clean Air Act forum.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA: Charles Dickens, one of the most famous novelists of all time, visited Springfield twice in his lifetime. The first was the same year he authored the cherished work, A Christmas Carol. The second was for a performance of his one-man show developed from the same book. The topics of Charles...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of November 26. The committee will hold hearings to discuss health care fraud and the role of receivers in improving spectrum usage. The committee will also host its third Clean Air Act forum.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 21, 2012
News Release: November's storms mark the transition from snow-free to winter conditions at Mount Rainier, one of the snowiest places on the planet.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 20, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - A promising post combustion membrane technology that can separate and capture 90 percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) from a pulverized coal plant has been successfully demonstrated and received Department of Energy (DOE) approval to advance to a larger-scale field test.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 20, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 LONDON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano was in London today to meet with international security leaders and join counterparts from France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, and the United Kingdom, as well as the European Commission ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2012
News Release: Morton Plant Mease Health Care Inc. and its affiliated hospitals (Morton Plant) have agreed to pay $10,169,114 to the federal government to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for services rendered to Medicare patients, the Justice Department announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2012
News Release: Curtis L. Morris, age 43, of Elizabeth, Colo., was sentenced Monday in Denver to 120 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Robert E. Blackburn, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Judge Blackburn also ordered Morris to pay $ $1,916,831 in restitution to the IRS.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2012
News Release: Amin Ravan, a citizen of Iran, and his Iran-based company, IC Market Iran (IMI), have been charged in an indictment unsealed today with conspiracy to defraud the United States, smuggling, and violating the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) in connection with the unlawful export of 55 military antennas from the United States to Singapore and Hong Kong.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2012
News Release: Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) Working Group Co-Chair New York Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today filed a Martin Act complaint against Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and its affiliates for making fraudulent misrepresentations and omissions to promote the sale of RMBS to investors. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 20, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department today announced that it has entered into a comprehensive settlement agreement with the town of East Haven, Conn., to resolve the department’s complaint alleging that the East Haven Police Department (EHPD) engaged in a pattern or practice of unlawful discrimination against individuals ...
