News from March 2013
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - As the Interior Department today announced the approval of three more utility-scale wind and solar projects on public lands, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released a report completed at his request by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) that found permitting times have fallen considerably...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia-Nearly 150 years after the final shots of the Civil War were fired, a new wave of volunteers will descend on America's battlefields - only these dedicated troops will wield paint brushes, trash bags and hammers in the line of duty.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its bipartisan oversight of the Department of Energy’s management of our nation’s nuclear security enterprise with a hearing to examine the management and administrative...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: A proposal to provide the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) with a new headquarters was the focus of a hearing today led by Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Chairman Lou Barletta (R-PA). At today’s hearing, Chairman Barletta said that any such project must meet the needs of the FBI as well as be a good deal for taxpayers.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced that Buchheit Inc., Perryville, Mo., has paid $3,600 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: (MUNISING, Mich.) A summer work opportunity is available for area young people through the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Youth between the ages of 15 and 18 may apply for the YCC program. There are no income restrictions for this youth employment program.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an ongoing effort to examine how the new health care law impacts Americans, the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss “Obamacare’s Impact on Jobs." While the law will not be fully implemented until 2014, businesses are already experiencing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: MINNEAPOLIS -- In the District of Minnesota, court action continued this week in two separate cases regarding foreign nationals who entered the United States illegally after being deported as criminals. In each case, the individual was charged with one count of illegal re-entry after removal.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - An Essex County, N.J., woman was arrested this morning for engaging in a credit card fraud and identity theft scheme in which she targeted elderly women, fraudulently obtained their personal information, and used it to open new credit cards or access existing credit cards belonging to these individuals, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, chaired by Rep. Tim Murphy (R-PA), today continued its bipartisan oversight of the Department of Energy’s management of our nation’s nuclear security enterprise with a hearing to examine the management and administrative...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an ongoing effort to examine how the new health care law impacts Americans, the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss “Obamacare’s Impact on Jobs." While the law will not be fully implemented until 2014, businesses are already experiencing...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In an ongoing effort to examine how the new health care law impacts Americans, the Subcommittee on Health, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today held a hearing to discuss “Obamacare’s Impact on Jobs." While the law will not be fully implemented until 2014, businesses are already experiencing...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Twenty-six alleged members of a major drug trafficking ring operating throughout the Virginia Peninsula were charged in federal court today following coordinated arrests that began early this morning as part of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation dubbed “Dragon’s Lair.".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2013
News Release: NASHVILLE, Tenn., - March 13, 2015 - A federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn., on Wednesday, returned a 2-count indictment, charging 18 individuals with conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and oxymorphone, announced David Rivera, U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tenn.essee. Three of the defendants ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: ERIE, Pa. - A former resident of Erie, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 14 years in jail on his conviction of violating federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - Terry Johnson, 23, of Washington, D.C., has been found guilty by a jury of second-degree murder while armed and related weapons charges for a slaying that took place in 2011 in Northeast Washington, U.S. Attorney Ronald C. Machen Jr. announced today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Tom Harkin and Kay Hagan today re-introduced legislation to ensure that taxpayer dollars invested in federal assistance for college students is being used to educate and support students, not being wasted on advertising, marketing and recruitment. The Protecting Financial Aid...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: WASHINGTON— Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference, discussing the need for commonsense immigration reform and underscoring the Administration’s efforts in securing the nation’s borders. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas also delivered remarks at the conference.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: Washington, D.C., March 12, 2013 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on personnel announcements: "I am pleased to announce today the appointment of Anne MacMillan and Oscar Gonzales, Jr. as USDA Deputy Chiefs of Staff. Anne and Oscar will jointly take on the responsibilities ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2013
News Release: A federal court has granted the United States’ request to permanently bar James M. Unterreiner II from preparing tax returns, the Justice Department announced today. According to the government complaint, from 2002 until 2003, Unterreiner worked for Tax Resolutions Inc., where he assisted owner Irvin ...
