News from October 2012
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - Federal agents arrested 16 alleged members of a Dominican-based drug trafficking organization. An indictment, unsealed yesterday, charges 19 defendants with conspiracy to distribute a kilogram or more of heroin. A separate criminal complaint also charges a 20th defendant in the conspiracy.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate today urged President Barack Obama to refrain from issuing an executive order exerting regulatory influence over the Internet in the name of cybersecurity. The members expressed concern that using executive power...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested information from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the establishment of its new Office of Energy Infrastructure Security (OEIS). Members wrote to FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff seeking answers regarding FERC’s statutory authority and OEIS’ jurisdiction, funding, and responsibilities.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested a bipartisan briefing from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) regarding the recent multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak that has proved fatal for over a dozen individuals. Federal officials have linked the contaminated...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested a bipartisan briefing from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) regarding the recent multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak that has proved fatal for over a dozen individuals. Federal officials have linked the contaminated...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate today urged President Barack Obama to refrain from issuing an executive order exerting regulatory influence over the Internet in the name of cybersecurity. The members expressed concern that using executive power...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested information from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the establishment of its new Office of Energy Infrastructure Security (OEIS). Members wrote to FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff seeking answers regarding FERC’s statutory authority and OEIS’ jurisdiction, funding, and responsibilities.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested a bipartisan briefing from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) regarding the recent multi-state fungal meningitis outbreak that has proved fatal for over a dozen individuals. Federal officials have linked the contaminated...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - A new, independent report found that the Obama Administration’s decision to unilaterally waive Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), also known as welfare, work requirements through a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Informational Memorandum (IM) “undermines TANF...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members on the House Energy and Commerce Committee today requested information from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the establishment of its new Office of Energy Infrastructure Security (OEIS). Members wrote to FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff seeking answers regarding FERC’s statutory authority and OEIS’ jurisdiction, funding, and responsibilities.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: To help increase the survival of newborn piglets, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a new method that predicts animals' mortality and nursing ability.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Several members of Massachusetts’ House delegation today expressed disappointment in the decision by Department of the Interior Secretary Salazar issued a decision today to reject the agreement between the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe to establish a gaming...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 10, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SOFIA, Bulgaria—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate Rand Beers and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin today met with President Rosen Plevneliev ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 10, 2012
News Release: KEARNEYSVILLE, W.Va., Oct. 10, 2012—Deputy Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Karis Gutter led a symposium today that offers U.S. military veterans information on agricultural credit as part of USDA's continuing efforts to expand opportunities for military families. Gutter, a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging 10 individuals in connection with a vending machine “business opportunity” that defrauded thousands of victims across the country.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the homeowners association and former manager of a 249-townhome community in Gibsonton, Fla., for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating against families with children.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), along with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, on behalf of the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, have reached a settlement with AVX Corp. for $366.25 million plus interest regarding the New Bedford Harbor Superfund Site, in New Bedford, Mass.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two former employees of The Parsons Company, an international engineering and construction firm, were sentenced in federal court in the Northern District of Alabama for their participation in a kickback conspiracy in Iraq and related tax crimes, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department today reached an agreement with Tuscany Hotel and Casino LLC in Las Vegas resolving a lawsuit alleging that the company discriminated in the employment eligibility verification and re-verification process. The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) requires employers to treat all authorized workers equally during the hiring, firing and employment eligibility verification process, regardless of their national origin or citizenship status.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Army Sergeant Christopher Weaver pleaded guilty today to bribery charges for his role in the theft of fuel at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Fenty, near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, announced Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer. Weaver, ...
