News from November 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - Norberto Lazaro Delagarza IV, 24, resident of Laredo, Texas, was sentenced today by U. S. District Court Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle to 84 months imprisonment. In addition to term of imprisonment, Judge Lemelle imposed five years of supervised release following the term of imprisonment, during which time the defendant will be under federal supervision and risks an additional term of imprisonment should he violate any terms of his supervised release.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: The Director of the Wadi Rum Protected Area in southern Jordan concludes his experience this week as a World Heritage Fellow in Yosemite National Park. Nasser Al Zawideh, who has worked at Wadi Rum for 15 years and served as its Director for the past year, heads home after spending a month in Yosemite...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer A Legislative Hearing on the Water Resources Development Act of 2012 Nov. 15, 2012 Today, we will examine a draft bill to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). This hearing comes on the heels of Sandy, which killed more than 120 people, destroyed ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced all five FCC commissioners will testify on “Keeping the New Broadband Spectrum Law on Track" on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Details will be posted here as they become available.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced all five FCC commissioners will testify on “Keeping the New Broadband Spectrum Law on Track" on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Details will be posted here as they become available.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced all five FCC commissioners will testify on “Keeping the New Broadband Spectrum Law on Track" on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012. Details will be posted here as they become available.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited The Chuck Olsen Co. Inc., of Visalia, Calif., for violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - A $4.5 billion settlement between the United States government and BP includes a guilty plea of obstruction by a BP executive for lying to Congress and manipulating documents related to the size of the spill. The BP executive charged with obstruction is David Rainey, who testified at the...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, reacted to today's announcement by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that BP has pleaded guilty to criminal charges arising from the massive oil spill along the Gulf Coast in 2010. BP employees have also been charged with manslaughter, misleading Congress, and other crimes.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) the leading investigator into the BP oil spill, released the following statement on early reports of the settlement between BP and the Department of Justice related to criminal charges and fines related to the company’s 2010 oil spill. The settlement reportedly includes a guilty plea of obstruction for lying to the United States Congress related to the size of the spill.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have provided evidence in the laboratory that single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) may help protect DNA molecules from damage by oxidation. In nature, oxidation is a common chemical process in which a reactive chemical removes...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: The U.S. Commerce Department today named four U.S. organizations as recipients of the 2012 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement and visionary leadership. The winners in this, the 25th anniversary year of the award, represent four different sectors, one repeat recipient and a health network recognized for the same honor earned previously by its flagship hospital.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: 68 Projects Support Nearly 2 Million Students WASHINGTON, Nov. 14, 2012 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced more than $4.5 million in grants for 68 projects, spanning 37 states and the District of Columbia, to connect school cafeterias with local agricultural producers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today released A Resource Guide to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the Guide). The 120-page Guide provides a detailed analysis of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and closely examines the DOJ and SEC’s approach to FCPA enforcement.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: Two former employees of the Alabama Administrative Office of the Courts were indicted today in Montgomery, Ala., for stealing the programming code for a sensitive court data system, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance for the Northern District of Alabama.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Anthony L. Dinunzio, the acting leader of the New England La Cosa Nostra (NELCN) crime family, was sentenced today to serve 78 months in federal prison for his role in a racketeering conspiracy to extort protection payments from adult entertainment businesses in Rhode Island.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today regarding Entergy Corp.’s commitments to join a regional transmission organization (RTO) and divest its transmission system; Entergy’s proposed acquisitions of the Hinds and Hot Spring generating facilities ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice has forfeited a Manhattan condominium and a Virginia residence – with a combined value of approximately $ 2.1 million – purchased with the proceeds of alleged bribes paid to the family of the former President of Taiwan, Shui-Bian Chen, as part of the department’s Kleptocracy ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON--The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the agencies) recognize the continuing impact of Hurricane Sandy on the customers and operations of ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on October 23-24, 2012.
