News from August 2013
By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are literally turning up the heat on citrus greening as part of new technology they've developed to control this devastating disease that threatens the Florida citrus industry.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: PHOENIX- Christopher James, 37, of Whiteriver, Ariz., was found guilty by a federal jury on Aug. 2, 2013, of two counts of sexual abuse. The case was tried before U.S. District Judge Neil V. Wake beginning on July 30, 2013. The defendant is being held pending sentencing which is set for Nov. 4, 2013.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BERTON HOCHFELD, the former Manager of Hochfeld Capital Management, L.L.C. (“Hochfeld Capital"), was sentenced today in Manhattan federal court to two years in prison in connection with an investment scheme...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 5, 2013
News Release: KEYSTONE, S.D. - As daylight shortens the hours of operation change at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. Beginning Sunday Aug. 11, 2013, the Evening Lighting Ceremony at Mount Rushmore will transition to an earlier start time of 8:00 PM. The Lincoln Borglum Visitor Center, bookstore and museum as well as the Information Center’s closing time will change to 9:00 PM.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 4, 2013
News Release: MOOSE, WY -Teton Interagency Helicopter 25 and its crew remained busy following a late night lighting storm last Thursday, August 1. The Interagency ship responded to five new fire starts, four on the Bridger-Teton National Forest and one in Grand Teton National Park, while also assisting on two rescues in Grand Teton National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 3, 2013
News Release: To Date: 13 Defendants Charged in Ongoing State Grant / Contract Fraud Investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2013
News Release: John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site invites visitors to consider the ideals of public service through programming that explores the lives of two of Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy's nine children: Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Senator Edward (Ted) Kennedy on Aug. 25, 2013. The Senator and his sister...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 3, 2013
News Release: Grand Teton National Park recently served as the host site and paramount inspiration for the 2nd annual Plein Air for the Park fine art exhibition and sale. Jointly organized and co-hosted by the Rocky Mountain Plein Air Painters (RMPAP) and Grand Teton Association (GTA), this year's paint-out and show...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 3, 2013
News Release: Milwaukee, WI - Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA) spoke before the Nation’s governors today about strengthening the country’s infrastructure and the Committee’s plan to consider the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) next month, unprecedented...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2013 - United States Trade Representative Michael Froman, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today that the United States won a major case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on behalf of American chicken producers, proving ...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, Aug. 2, 2013- Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement today: "Yesterday we received the tragic news that one firefighter lost his life, and a second firefighter was injured, while working on a fire within the Deschutes National Forest in Oregon. Our thoughts and prayers ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: The Department of Justice and 33 State Attorneys General today submitted to the court a proposed remedy to address Apple Inc.’s illegal conduct, following the July 10, 2013, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decision finding that Apple conspired to fix the prices of e-books in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Two individuals, Donald Torriero and Julius DeSimone, were sentenced in federal court in Utica, N.Y., for illegally dumping thousands of tons of asbestos-contaminated construction debris on a 28-acre piece of property on the Mohawk River in upstate New York, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: A former FBI agent and two others have been charged in the Southern District of New York with engaging in a bribery scheme to secure confidential, internal law enforcement documents about a prominent individual in Bangladesh.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statements on the confirmation of four key U.S. Commerce Department officials, including: Ellen Herbst, Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Financial Officer; John Thompson, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau; Margaret Cummisky, Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs; and Dr. Mark Schaefer, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: United States Trade Representative Michael Froman, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today that the United States won a major case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on behalf of American chicken producers, proving that China’s imposition of higher ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker commended U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and Roy Blunt and U.S. Representatives Joe Kennedy and Tom Reed for introducing the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013, which would establish a Network for Manufacturing Innovation to position the U.S. as a world leader in advanced manufacturing.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker issued the following statements on the confirmation of four key U.S. Commerce Department officials, including: Ellen Herbst, Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Financial Officer; John Thompson, Director of the U.S. Census Bureau; Margaret Cummisky, Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs; and Dr. Mark Schaefer, Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: United States Trade Representative Michael Froman, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack announced today that the United States won a major case at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on behalf of American chicken producers, proving that China’s imposition of higher ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 2, 2013
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker commended U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and Roy Blunt and U.S. Representatives Joe Kennedy and Tom Reed for introducing the Revitalize American Manufacturing and Innovation Act of 2013, which would establish a Network for Manufacturing Innovation to position the U.S. as a world leader in advanced manufacturing.
