News from September 2012
By State Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, made the following statement today after the announcement from Addis Ababa that Sudan and South Sudan have signed an agreement on several of the most contentious issues between the newly divided countries.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: HHS Claims It Can Spend Unlimited Amount of Money on the Extralegal Project without Congressional Approval
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: WHAT: “STATEWIDE PRESCRIPTION DRUG TAKE-BACK EVENT" -
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: Shauna Potocky, Park Ranger at Yosemite National Park, has been selected as a recipient of the Pacific West Region 2012 Freeman Tilden Award. The award was created to recognize a National Park Service (NPS) ranger who has successfully developed, revitalized, or delivered a specific interpretive or education...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: NEW HAVEN, Conn. - Kevin L. Lane, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that two men involved in a New Haven drug trafficking organization were sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: A grass fed to cattle throughout much of the tropics may become a biofuel crop that helps the nation meet its future energy needs, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
News Release: Due to extreme fire danger, hunters and other outdoor recreationists are reminded to take extra caution.Some general tips to avoid starting new fires:.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2012—Officials from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) have signed two memorandums of understanding (MOU) designed to foster improved access to USDA and BIA programs by tribes and tribal members. The memorandums apply to programs administered ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced support for projects to create jobs and improve the quality of life in rural communities in 25 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Standard Parking Corporation and Central Parking Corporation to divest their interests in certain off-street parking facilities in 29 cities in 21 states in order to proceed with Standard’s acquisition of Central. The department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Pennsylvania corporation pleaded guilty today to participating in a conspiracy to rig bids for the sale of tax liens auctioned by municipalities throughout New Jersey, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
News Release: A Virginia man pleaded guilty today in federal court to selling counterfeit General Motors (GM) automotive diagnostic devices used by mechanics to identify problems with and assure the safety of motor vehicles, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Neil H. MacBride and FBI Assistant Director Joseph Demarest.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
News Release: A 22-count federal indictment was unsealed today in federal court in New Orleans charging Connie M. Knight, 46, with impersonating a federal employee for the purpose of enticing people to pay her for fraudulent hazardous waste safety training, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General of ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
News Release: Five federal agencies on Wednesday reopened the comment period on a proposed rule to establish margin and capital requirements for swap dealers, major swap participants, security-based swap dealers, and major security-based swap participants for which one of the agencies is the prudential regulator, ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 26, 2012
News Release: ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration today awarded $1,250,000 in grants through its Brookwood-Sago program to seven organizations that provide education and training within the mining industry. The funding will be used to develop and implement training and related materials for mine emergency preparedness, as well as for the prevention of accidents in underground mines.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 26, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced the release of three revised reports on global child labor and forced labor that were prepared by the department's Bureau of International Labor Affairs. At an event to release the reports, held at U.S. Department of Labor headquarters, Secretary ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 26, 2012
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
