News from September 2012
By EPA Newswire | Sep 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today issued the following statement after the Federal Communications Commission adopted a notice of proposed rulemaking on spectrum incentive auctions. The spectrum auctions, which will generate revenues, spur investment...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 28, 2012
News Release: LAS CRUCES, N.M. -- - Twenty individuals, who allegedly participated in conspiracies to distribute marijuana and cocaine from Mexico in New Mexico, Colorado, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Tennessee, and to launder drug proceeds, are charged with drug trafficking and money laundering charges in two federal indictments that were unsealed earlier today by the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2012
News Release: As part of routine maintenance on Highway 101 along Lake Crescent, workers will begin rock scaling and bolting of a cliff face at Milepost 228 just west of Sledgehammer Point on Monday, October 5.The work is scheduled for completion on November 2.Rock scaling and bolting is done periodically in this area to reinforce the cliff face and lessen the chance of rock falling onto the road.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan and Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today asked the Department of Health and Human Services to explain waste and what appears to be inadequate or non-existent oversight of the open-ended federal checks awarded to states to establish health care exchanges through...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2012
News Release: In living organisms, biomolecules such as proteins are constantly in complex motion, bending and flexing in different ways at different points. Each molecule has its own vibrational dynamics which affects its propensity to bind to adjacent molecules, such as pharmaceuticals. The number and nature of...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON- The House of Representatives today approved as amended S. 743, the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act. Among other changes, the legislation closes loopholes in existing whistleblower protection law and expands coverage of current whistleblower protection. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and sponsor of the House bill offered the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2012
News Release: GRAND COULEE, Wash. - The Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center will temporarily move operations to the John W. Keys III Pump Generating Plant beginning October 1 through mid-December while the new 500kV lines are strung across the Columbia River.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has enhanced its variances Webpage to improve public understanding of the variance approval process and increase access to the Agency's decisions on variance requests. The page now lists both denied and approved requests and provides information to employers on submitting formal requests for a variance from an OSHA workplace standard.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will waive entrance fees for visitors to BLM recreation sites this Saturday, September 24th, in honor of National Public Lands Day."This Saturday thousands of volunteers across the country will join together to benefit America's public lands," said Jesse Juen, BLM-New...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: The body of a man that was recovered from the North Fork of the Flathead River in Glacier National Park on Tuesday has been identified as 67-year-old David Hughes from Highlands Ranch, Colorado.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: NEW ORLEANS - With public participation at an all-time high after four prior events in two years, the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New Orleans Field Division, which encompasses Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Arkansas will host, in collaboration with state and local police agencies throughout the region, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) signed an antitrust memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Government of India Ministry of Corporate Affairs and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) today to promote increased cooperation and communication among competition agencies in both countries. The ceremony took place in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today announced more than 200 grants to more than 110 American Indian and Alaska Native nations. The grants will provide more than $101 million to enhance law enforcement practices, and sustain crime prevention and intervention efforts in 10 purpose areas including ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: The Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection announced a $25 million agreement for the cleanup of the Rio Tinto Mine, an abandoned copper mine in Elko County, Nev. Four companies have agreed to pay for the environmental project.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: New Mexico-based Akal Security, Inc., one of the largest providers of security services at federal courthouses, agreed to pay $1,875,000 to resolve allegations that it failed to appropriately conduct firearms testing in the Northern District of California, the Justice Department announced today. The Northern District of California includes federal courthouses in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: BP Products North America, Inc. will pay a $210,000 penalty and implement an enhanced oil spill response program at its oil terminals nationwide, as well as a comprehensive compliance audit to resolve alleged violations of oil spill response regulations at its Curtis Bay Terminal in Maryland, the U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it reached an agreement with Diversified Maintenance Systems LLC, a provider of janitorial and facilities maintenance services based in Tampa, Fla. The agreement resolves allegations that the company violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) when it failed to fully reinstate an employee in retaliation for asserting her right to work in the U.S.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Timothy F. Mobley, a real estate developer based in Tampa, Fla., and accountant Timothy F. Hohl pleaded guilty today in Jacksonville, Fla., federal court for their roles in illegal contributions to the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) and the campaign of an elected member of the U.S. Congress, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: A federal judge in Boston sentenced Charles Adams today to 48 months in prison for tax evasion, conspiring to defraud the United States and obstructing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Justice Department and IRS announced. U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor also ordered Adams to pay restitution in the amount of $401,000.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Narcotics trafficker Edison Burgos-Montes of Yauco, Puerto Rico, faces life in prison following his conviction on two capital murder counts, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez.
