News from April 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of April 8, 2013. The Health Subcommittee will begin the week by examining two critical user fees for our nation’s animal producers, pet owners, veterinarians, and consumers. The Commerce, Manufacturing, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: On April 5, 2013, Robert Olguin, a forty-seven year old Sesser, Illinois, man pled guilty in federal district court, in East St. Louis, to unlawful possession of a firearm by an unlawful user of a controlled substance, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: United States Attorney Brendan V. Johnson announced that Carlos Jimenez-Burgos, age 28, of Sturgis, South Dakota appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Veronica L. Duffy on April 2, 2013 and pled guilty to Illegal Reentry After Deportation. The maximum penalty upon conviction is 2 years' imprisonment and/or a $250,000 fine.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5, 2013 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA - 04) sent letters today to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Department of the Interior Deputy Inspector General Mary Kendall seeking information about the Administration’s decision...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: At the April From Shore to Sea lecture National Park Service biologist Tim Coonan will tell a compelling story of a decade's effort to save the endangered Channel Islands fox from extinction.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: Four Of The Defendants Are Also Charged With Terrorism Offenses In Indictments Unsealed Today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Carlos Gonzalez, 42, of Pawtucket, R.I., was sentenced today to 168 months in federal prison for possession with the intent to distribute one kilo or more of heroin, announced United States Attorney Peter F. Neronha. Gonzalez was arrested by federal agents in January 2012, shortly...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), will hold a legislative hearing on a discussion draft of H.R.__, the Energy Consumers Relief Act, next Friday, April 12, 2013, at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 5, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Energy and Commerce today announced its schedule for the week of April 8, 2013. The Health Subcommittee will begin the week by examining two critical user fees for our nation’s animal producers, pet owners, veterinarians, and consumers. The Commerce, Manufacturing, ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: Grand Teton National Park road crews are nearing completion of annual spring plowing operations on the Teton Park Road from the Taggart Lake parking area to Signal Mountain Lodge. The road opens to non-motorized activities Friday, April 5, 2013.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 HOUSTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner Thomas Winkowski today traveled to Houston to meet with state and local stakeholders to discuss the need for commonsense ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 4, 2013 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the award of $5.3 million in Conservation Innovation Grants to develop approaches and technology that will help producers adapt to extreme climate changes that cause drought. These grants will fund projects benefiting several ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and European Commission Vice President Viviane Reding met today in Washington, D.C. They had cordial discussions on a wide range of fields of collaboration between the Department of Justice and the European Commission. Among the topics discussed were victims’ rights, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that under its 2011 settlements with BAC Home Loans Servicing LP, a subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation, and Saxon Mortgage Servicing Inc., a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, 316 service members whose homes were unlawfully foreclosed upon between 2006 and 2010 are due to receive over $39 million in monetary relief for alleged violations of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that, as part of its Barrier-Free Health Care Initiative, over the past year it has reached seven settlements with eight health care providers from across the United States to ensure that they are providing effective communication to people who are deaf or have ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: The U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement with Tyson Foods Inc. and several of its affiliate corporations to address threats of accidental chemical releases after anhydrous ammonia was released during incidents at facilities in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska, resulting in multiple injuries, property damage and one fatality.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: Walter Scott Steele, a former correctional officer at Roxbury Correctional Institution (RCI), and Lanny Harris, a former correction sergeant at RCI in Hagerstown, Md., pleaded guilty today in relation to assaults against an inmate on March 9, 2008. Harris pleaded guilty to conspiring with other RCI officers ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the finalization of standards for banking organizations regulated by the Federal Reserve that engage in certain types of foreign exchange transactions with retail customers.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of the following enforcement action: HSH Nordbank AG (PDF), Hamburg, Germany and HSH Nordbank AG, New York Branch, New York, New York Written Agreement dated March 25, 2013 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 4, 2013
News Release: Deputy Secretary of Commerce Rebecca Blank Remarks at the Business and Innovation Conference at Lehman College, Bronx, New York Thank you, Senior Vice Chancellor Hershenson, for hosting us here at Lehman College and for the work you do to enable hundreds of thousands of students to take CUNY classes each year.
