News from October 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - During President Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign, he declared one of his energy goals was to “bankrupt" the coal industry by making electricity prices “skyrocket." That policy statement kick-started the President’s continuing war on coal miners, their families and the millions...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Weather forecasters are now saying the likelihood of Hurricane Sandy hitting New England in some fashion is increasing, delivering what could be the worst weather conditions since the Perfect Storm of 1991. Climate change scientists, meanwhile, have released study after study saying the extreme weather effects and changing climate of New England will result in storms that are more intense, with worse floods, and damaging sea-level rise, among other effects.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, issued the below statement today following reports (see below) that House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) committed to holding a vote on the 2012 Farm Bill following the Nov. 6 general ...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY) and members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions issued letters requesting documents to aid in the committee’s investigation into the recent fungal meningitis outbreak, which has sickened more than...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A day after his inauguration, President Obama promised his administration would be defined by its openness and transparency, proudly declaring, “I will also hold myself, as president, to a new standard of openness….Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." ...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A day after his inauguration, President Obama promised his administration would be defined by its openness and transparency, proudly declaring, “I will also hold myself, as president, to a new standard of openness….Transparency and the rule of law will be the touchstones of this presidency." ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Erik Forest Basye, aka Erik Bayse, 33, of Sanger, and Peo Xayphengsy, 51, of Alto, Ga., were indicted today for their involvement in a large marijuana cultivation operation in Sanger, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2012
News Release: Repair and reconstruction of the Scenic Drive in Theodore Roosevelt National Park's North Unit has been completed and the road will reopen on Friday, October 26 at 9:00 a.m. CDT.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON– Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced the creation of the Secretary’s Honors Program (SHP), a new initiative to recruit exceptional recent graduates for careers at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the city of Meridian, Miss.; Lauderdale County, Miss.; judges of the Lauderdale County Youth Court; and the state of Mississippi alleging that the defendants systematically violate the due process rights of juveniles.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached a settlement with Mrs. K’s Tollhouse Restaurant of Silver Spring, Md., to remedy alleged violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agreement resolves allegations that the restaurant failed to remove architectural barriers that made parts of it inaccessible to people with disabilities, including those who use wheelchairs.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: A federal grand jury in Montgomery, Ala., returned an indictment charging Kenneth Jerome Blackmon Jr., with aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, access device fraud and misuse of a Social Security number, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Houston woman pleaded guilty today to bribery charges for her role in a scheme to fraudulently bill the U.S. Army for trucking services in Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Diyana Montes, 29, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg in the District of Columbia to one count of bribery.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: R. Dale Frazier, 57, of Flora Vista, N.M., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque, N.M., to a federal civil rights charge in connection with the unlawful assault and beating of Dovovan Tanner with a flashlight.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: Emmett McKenzie, 31, from Montezuma, Ga., formerly a sergeant at Macon State Prison in Oglethorpe, Ga., pleaded guilty to conspiring with other correctional officers to violate the civil rights of an inmate in 2010, the Justice Department Announced today. McKenzie, who most recently served as a lieutenant at Dooly State Prison in Unadilla, Ga., is the third officer to plead guilty in the course of the ongoing federal investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: On Oct. 16, 2012, Vernon Harrison, of Montgomery, Ala., was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of conspiring to file false claims, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft and embezzlement from the mail, the Justice Department, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the U.S. Postal Service, Office of the Inspector General (OIG), announced today after the indictment was unsealed.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in September suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months. Growth in employment has been slow, and the unemployment rate remains elevated. Household spending has advanced a bit more quickly, ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $349,845 National Emergency Grant increment to continue funding up to 69 temporary jobs for eligible workers to assist with cleanup and recovery efforts in Bastrop County, Texas, following wildfires in 2011.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 24, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $198,495 National Emergency Grant to provide job training and support services to about 120 workers affected by the closure of T-Mobile USA Inc.'s facility in Redmond, Ore.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 24, 2012
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
