News from October 2012
By Interior Newswire | Oct 15, 2012
News Release: Come see what archeologists are learning about effects of the Homestead Act in the northern Plains. Three National Park Service units - the Midwest Archeological Center, Homestead National Monument of America, and Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site - are proud to partner in celebration...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 15, 2012
News Release: (DETROIT) - Yesterday, former Senator Arlen Specter (D-Pa.) passed away at age 82 following complications from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Representative John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) released this statement following the news of Senator Specter’s passing...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 14, 2012
News Release: In an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation" today, Ranking Member Elijah Cummings called on House Republicans to join him in passing a supplemental appropriations bill to replenish the State Department’s embassy security accounts, which House Republicans voted to slash by nearly half a billion dollars over the last two fiscal years.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2012
News Release: The Fern Lake Fire, located west of Fern Lake Trailhead, received some light rain and snow yesterday. This much needed precipitation aided firefighters in their efforts; however it was not enough to extinguish the smoldering fire. Firefighters have established contingency firelines on the north and east...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2012
News Release: Fire investigators looking into the cause of the Fern Lake Fire are asking for help from the community. Investigators believe those who visited the park on October 9 may have information that can help determine both how and where the fire started.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 14, 2012
News Release: Search efforts continued today for two hikers that were reported missing by family members on Friday. The hikers, 32-year-old Neal Peckens from Virginia and 32-year-old Jason Hiser from Maryland, are believed to have been hiking on the east side of the park near Two Medicine and failed to return to their vehicle and their flight back home to the east coast.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2012
News Release: The Fern Lake Fire located west of Fern Lake Trailhead on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park put up a column of smoke Friday morning due to burning pockets of unburned trees and deadfall. The total acreage of the fire remains at 660 acres and is 0% contained.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 13, 2012
News Release: Search efforts are underway in Glacier National Park for two hikers that have been reported missing. Family members reported them missing on Friday when the two men missed their flight from Montana to the East Coast and failed to return home.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 ISTANBUL—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin today traveled to Istanbul, Turkey where they met with Turkish private sector representatives and local business leaders to discuss initiatives to facilitate trade and travel, while strengthening security.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has executed restraints on more than $4 million in additional corruption proceeds in connection with the prosecution and conviction in the United Kingdom of James Onanefe Ibori, the former governor of Nigeria’s oil-rich Delta State, announced Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today a policy addressing the ability of members of federally recognized Indian tribes to possess or use eagle feathers, an issue of great cultural significance to many tribes and their members. Attorney General Eric Holder signed the new policy after extensive department consultation with tribal leaders and tribal groups. The policy covers all federally protected birds, bird feathers and bird parts.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2012
News Release: Steven R. Hinz pleaded guilty today to tax fraud and mortgage fraud charges in Cleveland federal court, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Hinz’s guilty pleas followed recent guilty pleas of three other defendants – Heather L. English, Patricia A. Polk and William E. ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 12, 2012
News Release: Committee will advise the Secretary on supply chain issues crucial to increasing U.S. exports Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank today announced the launch of the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness in recognition of the critical role that freight infrastructure and policies ...
By USDA Wire | Oct 12, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 12, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 12, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 12, 2012
The US Justice Department published a three page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 12, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 12, 2012
The US Justice Department published a three page notice on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
