News from November 2012
By DOE Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - A new stent that incorporates an innovative metal alloy developed by scientists at Boston Scientific Corporation and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has received European approval for use in the treatment of certain peripheral arterial diseases. Initially developed for use as a coronary...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: EL PASO, Texas - In El Paso this afternoon, former El Paso County Precinct 3 Commissioner Guillermo “Willie" Gandara, Jr., 37, of El Paso, was sentenced to 78 months imprisonment on federal drug trafficking and money laundering charges announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Joseph M.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: Reed McCluskey will retire from Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park (KLGO) after more than 35 years with the National Park Service. He served approximately 8-years as Chief Ranger at KLGO, supervising resources management and law enforcement. Reed moved to Chief of Administration in 2006 where...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the Senate’s passage of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 (S. 743), which will strengthen protections for federal employees who disclose government waste, fraud, abuse, or illegal activity...
By State Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman makes the following statement in response to recent Israeli air strikes on Gaza, one of which killed Hamas military chief Ahmed Jabari.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
Release: Washington, DC, 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 Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: In less than two months almost every single American taxpayer will be hit with the largest tax increase in history unless the President leads by putting forward a reasonable plan that includes real reforms to the nation’s unsustainable entitlement programs. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement after the President spoke about the fiscal cliff at a presidential news conference...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: SAN DIEGO - In summer of 2010, the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) Narcotics Task (NTF) Team 9 was conducting routine aerial surveillance when they happened to spot a remote marijuana farm in Julian. Agents cut down the massive crop with machetes, arrested four crop tenders and found lots of items...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced yesterday that U.S. District Judge Susan C. Bucklew sentenced William (43, Odessa) to 70 months in federal...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: Researchers from the University of Southern California (USC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a technique for growing virtually pure samples of single-wall carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) with identical structures, a process they liken to "cloning" the nanotubes.* If it can be suitably scaled up, their approach could solve an important materials problem in nanoelectronics: producing carbon nanotubes of a specific structure to order.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: BALTIMORE - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced David Barnes, 32, of Hagerstown, Maryland, today to 15 years in prison followed by four years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine (crack cocaine) and cocaine, and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Late yesterday, the Senate approved by unanimous consent the House-amended Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (S. 743). The legislation closes loopholes in existing whistleblower protection law and expands coverage of current protections. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and sponsor of the House bill offered the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announces a federal indictment charging Jose Luis Panameno-(49, a citizen of Honduras) with conspiracy to possess with...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: BOULDER BEACH TO SEE $1.2 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement regarding the subpoena issued by Ways and Means Chairman David Camp for documents related to the Administration’s efforts to educate the public about health policies...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rush Holt (D-N.J.) today asked the Government Accountability Office to expand their previously-requested study into energy subsidies to include all forms of federal support for various energy technologies since the first creation of tax subsidies for the oil...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Senate Wednesday rejected a second chance to move forward with critical cybersecurity legislation supported by top-ranking members of the nation’s intelligence, national, and homeland security communities.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank 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...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 14, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
