News published on Federal Newswire in October 2012

News from October 2012


News Release: Dear Chairmen: The House will be in session just eight days between August 3 and Nov. 13, although important legislation deserves our immediate attention: middle-income tax cuts, jobs bill, the Farm bill, and the Violence Against Women Act. We also should use the next four weeks to consider responsible...


Obama Administration Announces $20 Million for 10 Public-Private Partnerships to Support American Manufacturing and Encourage Investment in the US

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Obama administration today announced that 10 public-private partnerships across America will receive $20 million in total awards to help revitalize American manufacturing and encourage companies to invest in the United States.


George Washington Carver Museum Closing for Renovations

News Release: Tuskegee, Alabama: The George Washington Carver Museum, one of the two featured sites at Tuskegee Institute National Historic Site and one of the most visited sites in Macon County, will be closing for renovations beginning Oct. 15, 2012.


News Release: A Report from the House Appropriations Committee, Democrats.


Graffitti Continues to Mar National Park's Historic Treasures

News Release: Cameras Now in Place to Monitor Resources.


NIST's Webcast News Briefing on David Wineland's Nobel Prize in Physics

News Release: NIST's David Wineland has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Professor Serge Haroche of the Collège de France and Ecole Normale Supérieure. Wineland was cited by the Nobel committee "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems."


Congratulations to David Wineland! 2012 Nobel Laureate in Physics

News Release: We are thrilled at the news that NIST's David Wineland has been awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, along with Professor Serge Haroche of the Collège de France and Ecole Normale Supérieure. Wineland was cited by the Nobel committee "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems."


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested bipartisan briefings from the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated spinal steroid injections. According to the CDC, eight people have died and over 100 people have been sickened across nine states, and it is expected that the number expected may rise in the coming weeks.


News Release: Office of Surface Mining Grants $312,000 to Fund Environmental Effort.


Baucus to Meet with European Leaders on Fiscal Challenges, Export Opportunities for U.S. Businesses

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) is in Europe for a series of high-level meetings with leaders regarding the eurozone’s ongoing fiscal crisis and its potential impact on the United States and the entire global economy. Over the next four days, the Senator will meet...


53 Individuals Indicted For Drug Trafficking And Money Laundering

News Release: FAJARDO, Puerto Rico - On Sept. 27, 2012, a federal grand jury charged 53 individuals in a superseding indictment as a result of an investigation led by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), the U.S. Immigration and Customs (ICE) Homeland Security (HSI), and the Puerto Rico Police (PRPD)- Fajardo Strike Force, ...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today expressed concern to the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) about a “stimulus" program that awarded $1 million to the U.K. company SamKnows to conduct a broadband speed test, an initiative that produced no American jobs according to the administration’s website Recovery.gov.


Report: TSA Lags in Managing Security Policy

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report on the failure of some Transportation Security Officers (TSO) to...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today expressed concern to the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) about a “stimulus" program that awarded $1 million to the U.K. company SamKnows to conduct a broadband speed test, an initiative that produced no American jobs according to the administration’s website Recovery.gov.


Former Philadelphia Police Detective Pleads Guilty To Drug Charges

News Release: OCT 09 PHILADELPHIA, PA. - Keith Gidelson, 36, of Philadelphia, a former detective with the Philadelphia Police Department, pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to distribute anabolic steroids. Gidelson operated an anabolic steroid and human growth (“HGH") distribution organization in Philadelphia. He acquired steroids from foreign suppliers and then sold these steroids to his co-conspirators who distributed the drugs to their own customers.


Committee Leaders Troubled with Stimulus Dollars Sent Overseas, Producing No American Jobs

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology today expressed concern to the Federal Communications Commission and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) about a “stimulus" program that awarded $1 million to the U.K. company SamKnows to conduct a broadband speed test, an initiative that produced no American jobs according to the administration’s website Recovery.gov.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested bipartisan briefings from the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated spinal steroid injections. According to the CDC, eight people have died and over 100 people have been sickened across nine states, and it is expected that the number expected may rise in the coming weeks.


News Release: Biscayne National Park came through the recent Columbus Day Weekend relatively unscathed this year. The weekend is traditionally one of the busiest and most dangerous of the year in the System's largest marine park.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today requested bipartisan briefings from the Food and Drug Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding the recent fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated spinal steroid injections. According to the CDC, eight people have died and over 100 people have been sickened across nine states, and it is expected that the number expected may rise in the coming weeks.


NIST's David J. Wineland Wins 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics

News Release: David J. Wineland, a physicist at the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics. The honor is NIST's fourth Nobel prize in physics in the past 15 years.