News from October 2012
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: Approximately 1,150 Yosemite Facelift volunteers collected approximately 5,000 pounds of litter and 15,000 pounds of concrete, asphalt, and other large trash, at the ninth annual Yosemite Facelift event in Yosemite National Park. Dozens of miles of roadway, riverbed, and trails were cleaned. The annual event was held in the park from Tuesday, September 25 through Sunday, Sept. 30, 2012.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: OCT 04 (WASHINGTON, D.C.) -For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Tonight, Governor Romney once again flubbed his statistics on President Obama’s energy record. Governor Romney said energy production was down on public lands, but the reality is that on “government land" onshore, oil production is higher than at any point under the Bush administration going...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - A federal grand jury returned an indictment today charging three men with conspiring to distribute cocaine into Canada, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Willams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-The federal government could significantly reduce contracting costs through the increased use of “strategic sourcing," according to a report issued Thursday at the request of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Cal., and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings, D-Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: BODY FOUND ON LAKE MEAD ARIZONA SHORELINE.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) applauded today’s announcement that the Medicare Fraud Strike Force made one of the largest busts in recent history, leading to charges being brought against 91 people in seven cities in connection with nearly $430 million in false...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today repeated their calls for the Department of Health and Human Services to respond to the numerous outstanding requests from members of Congress, the Republican Governors...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) called on Health and Human Services...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member on the Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Ranking Member of the Transportation Security Subcommittee, sent a letter to John S. Pistole, Administrator of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), in response...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: VIDEOS PRODUCED TO SAVE LIVES AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Five men were indicted today for growing marijuana on agricultural land in Fresno County, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today. Say Taylor, 50, of Los Angeles; Phonepasejth Phaphilom, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: SEATTLE - For the fifth time in two years, Americans emptied medicine cabinets, bedside tables, and kitchen drawers of unwanted, unused, and expired prescription drugs and took them to collection sites located throughout the United States as part of the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: SAN DIEGO & IMPERIAL, Calif. - The final tally is in from the 5th National Prescription Take-Back Day this past Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. DEA and its partners took back prescription drugs at 38 locations in San Diego County and three locations in Imperial County.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) called on Health and Human Services...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today repeated their calls for the Department of Health and Human Services to respond to the numerous outstanding requests from members of Congress, the Republican Governors...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA) today repeated their calls for the Department of Health and Human Services to respond to the numerous outstanding requests from members of Congress, the Republican Governors...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chairman Joe Pitts (R-PA), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) called on Health and Human Services...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Tuesday reacted to a subcommittee report on fusion centers.
