News published on Federal Newswire in September 2012

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2012

News Release: SEP (PHOENIX)- - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and its state, local, tribal and community partners will hold its fifth Statewide Prescription Drug Take-Back Day at various sites across Arizona on Saturday the 29 th. These Take Back Days give the public the opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired or unwanted prescription drugs.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2012

News Release: NEWARK, N.J.- - The United States Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey, today launched the Right Prescription for New Jersey prescription drug abuse prevention initiative, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.

By USDA Newswire | Sep 24, 2012

Release: The Foreign Agricultural Service’s (FAS) Agricultural Trade Office (ATO) in Beijing recently partnered with the U.S. dry edible bean industry to launch a program that aims to pack more protein into Chinese diets.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2012

News Release: The Quartz Creek Fish Barrier Modification and Improvement Project was recently completed on Quartz Creek to prevent additional non-native fish from reaching Quartz Lake. The barrier is located approximately six miles from the nearest trailhead and lies between Lower and Middle Quartz Lakes. The project took seven days to complete.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2012

News Release: As part of the Department of the Interior, Feds Feed Families campaign that began on June 1 and ran through Aug. 29, Chickasaw National Recreation Area employees donated over 150 pounds of non-perishable food to the local food bank here in Sulphur. The donation was made on Thursday, September 13 at...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2012

News Release: Bangor, Maine - Acting Special Agent in Charge Kevin L. Lane Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and United States Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced that Malcolm French, 50, of Enfield, Rodney Russell, 48, of South Thomaston, Kendall Chase, 55, ...

By DOL Newswire | Sep 24, 2012

News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN), along with Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and Representative Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN) today renewed a request for documents and communications related to the development of guidance concerning sequestration ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 24, 2012

News Release: BURLINGTON, Vt. - Kevin L. Lane, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and Tristram J. Coffin, the United States Attorney for the District of Vermont, announced that Kristen Franco, 55, of Plant City, Florida, was sentenced on Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, ...

By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2012

News Release: CALLVILLE BAY ACCESS ROAD CLOSED AFTER FATAL MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 23, 2012

News Release: CALLVILLE BAY ACCESS ROAD IS NOW OPEN.

By Commerce Newswire | Sep 22, 2012

News Release: The six Weather-Ready Nation projects focus on emergency response, ecological forecasting and enhanced support to officials who make public health and safety decisions when extreme weather sets in. Successful projects may be duplicated in other locations.

By Interior Newswire | Sep 22, 2012

News Release: Petrified Forest National Park is the site of field science every summer but this year, there were some exceptional findings.

By DOE Newswire | Sep 22, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today introduced her Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act as an amendment to legislation currently being considered on the Senate floor. Murkowski’s amendment is a first-degree amendment to Sen. Jon Tester’s, D-Montana, Sportsmen’s Act of 2012 (S. 3525).

By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 21, 2012—The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Economic Research Service today released a new research report which investigates the relationship between economic conditions and participation in USDA's five largest nutrition assistance programs. Most notably, the increase ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2012

News Release: Over 130 Projects Connecting Farmers with New Markets CLEVELAND, Sept. 21, 2012 – Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today announced over $9 million in grants to organizations across 39 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico to initiatives that bolster the connection between agricultural ...

By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2012

News Release: National Monument Will Honor Native American Culture, Generate Tourism and Economic Benefits for Local Economy WASHINGTON, DC - Today President Obama signed a proclamation establishing Chimney Rock as a National Monument. Chimney Rock, located in the San Juan National Forest in southwestern Colorado, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON – An Alcatel-Lucent subsidiary, Lucent Technologies World Services Inc. (LTWSI), has agreed to pay the United States $4.2 million to settle False Claims Act allegations that it submitted misleading testing certifications to the Army in connection with the design, construction and modernization of Iraq’s emergency communications system, the Department of Justice announced today. Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications provider.

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 21, 2012

News Release: A federal judge in Worcester, Mass., sentenced Catherine June Floyd today to 60 months in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and for obstructing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department and IRS announced. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor also ordered Floyd to pay restitution in the amount of $3 million.

By State News Post | Sep 21, 2012

The US State Department published a two page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State News Post | Sep 21, 2012

The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.