News published on Federal Newswire in November 2012

News from November 2012


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Artificial logs that create a cheerful and welcoming blaze in your fireplace can be made from a perhaps surprising source: grass clippings.


Five Convicted By Federal Jury In A Multi-State Drug Conspiracy

News Release: PENSACOLA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Pamela C. Marsh, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, announced that a federal jury in Fort Lauderdale returned guilty verdicts against five members of a multi-state cocaine and oxycodone distribution conspiracy yesterday evening.


News Release: UPCOMING EVENTS AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA NOV 17-24.


Joint Methamphetamine Investigation Leads To Indictment Of 21 Individuals

News Release: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - William J. Bryant, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Little Rock District Office of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced the arrests today of multiple individuals related to a federal indictment focused on methamphetamine distribution in the central Arkansas area. The organization...


News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement today welcoming the appointment of Ambassador Mark Dybul, former United States Global AIDS Coordinator, as Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.


News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following remarks as prepared for delivery at today’s committee hearing, titled: “Benghazi and Beyond: What Went Wrong on Sept. 11, 2012 and How to Prevent it from Happening at other Frontline Posts." The statement follows...


Women’s Rights National Historical Park to Show Theodore Roosevelt Documentary in Winter Film Festival

News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its second annual Winter Film Festival by showing the documentary film Theodore Roosevelt: Roughrider to Rushmore on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012.


News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its second annual Winter Film Festival by showing the film National Park Animals for Kids on Friday, Nov. 23, and Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012.


PRNL Working to Upgrade Trailheads and Backcountry Signs

News Release: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is working to upgrade the park's major trailheads and backcountry signs.


Ohio State Develops Game-Changing CO2 Capture Membranes in DOE-Funded Project

News Release: Washington, DC - In a project funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE), researchers at The Ohio State University have developed a groundbreaking new hybrid membrane that combines the separation performance of inorganic membranes with the cost-effectiveness of polymer membranes.


Statement of Senator Harkin (D-IA) at the HELP Committee Hearing: “Pharmacy Compounding: Implications of the 2012 Meningitis Outbreak”

News Release: “We are meeting here today to better understand what caused one of the worst public health crises this country has experienced in recent years: the meningitis outbreak that has claimed the lives of 32 Americans and sickened at least 461 people.


Corrupt Colombian government employee, criminal defense attorney arrested for obstruction of justice

News Release: BOGOTÁ, Colombia - Earlier today in Bogotá, two Colombian nationals were arrested for obstructing justice by selling sensitive and confidential U.S. law enforcement information to a narcotics trafficker, concerning prosecutions in New York. The arrests are the result of an extensive investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).


News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 32,000 metric tons of soybean oil for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2012/2013 marketing year.


Brothers Found Guilty By Federal Jury For Drug Possession And Distribution

News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Tonta J. Octave, 34, and his brother Kavis Octave31,both residents of Vacherie, Louisiana, were found guilty in four counts of a five count third second superseding indictment for conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine (“crack") by a federal jury after a two-day trial.


News Release: Today the Bureau of Land Management released two environmental assessments for public review analyzing parcels in Jackson, Larimer, Moffat and Rio Blanco counties proposed to be offered in the May 2013 competitive oil and gas lease sale.The environmental assessment for the BLM White River Field Office...


News Release: JUANA DIAZ, Puerto Rico - On Oct. 26, 2012, a federal grand jury returned two five-count indictments charging 50 individuals with drug trafficking as a result of an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD)- Ponce Strike Force, announced today by United States...


Manhattan U.S. Attorney Announces Charges Against Two Alleged International Narcotics Traffickers Defendants Allegedly Conspired To Transport Cocaine Worth $30 Million In A U.S. Aircraft.

News Release: NEWARK - Robert G. Koval, the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Rawson Edward Watson, a citizen of the United Kingdom, and Nicolas Epskamp, a citizen...