First Female Selected to Lead U.S. Secret Service
SECRET SERVICE News:
U.S. Secret Service Director Julia Pierson
Julia Pierson was sworn in as U.S. Secret Service Director Wednesday, March 27, in a ceremony in the Oval Office.
President Obama watched as Vice President Joe Biden administered the oath to the highly respected veteran of the Secret Service and praised her dedication, professionalism and commitment to her work:
“I have to say that Julia’s reputation within the Service is extraordinary,” President Obama said following the ceremony. “She’s come up through the ranks. She’s done just about every job there Read More
UPS Agrees to Forfeit $40 Million
DEA News:
DEA Administrator Michele M. Leonhart
SAN FRANCISCO – The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that United Parcel Service, Inc. (“UPS”) and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California (“USAO-NDCA”) entered into a Non-Prosecution Agreement (“NPA”) today in which UPS agreed to forfeit $40 million in payments it has received from illicit online pharmacies and to implement a compliance program designed to ensure that illegal online pharmacies will not be able to use UPS’s services to distribute drugs.
UPS has cooperated fully with the Read More
Help With The Hard Stuff: ‘Best of all Prevent’
Help With The Hard Stuff
My last column introduced “third-sider” roles that might help you with the hard stuff. I also asked you to think about how a lawyer might help you prevent an escalation of conflict.
When there are latent tensions, intervention may prevent the tensions from erupting into violence. Many say prevention is the best intervention, and Ury suggests three prevention roles: Provider,Teacher, and Bridge-Builder.
Cross the threshold of these three opportunities, he says, and there is destructive conflict, violence Read More
NMDOT Resuming Work on NM 599 Interchange
NMDOT news:
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Department of Transportation resumes work April 1 on the newly built NM 599 Interchange in Santa Fe.
The interchange facilitates public access to South Meadows Road, West Alameda Street, and County Road 62 and gives the public a safer way to cross NM 599 to reach neighborhoods and facilities on the west side of the city.
There will be flagging operations at the roundabouts and at the bridge. The right-hand lanes of NM 599 northbound and southbound will be closed during the first phase of work.
Later, the left-hand lanes of NM 599 northbound and southbound will Read More
Santa Fe Watershed Prescribed Burn Postponed Until Fall
SFNF News:SANTA FE — The Santa Fe National Forest has announced there are no plans to resume treatments in the Santa Fe Watershed project area until this fall when conditions are more favorable.
SFNF would like to thank the public for its continued support for the prescribed fire program.
The Espanola Ranger District was able to safely complete 220 acres this fiscal year on the Santa Fe Watershed prescribed burn project.
The total project is approximately 7,200 acres of which about 5,500 acres have been treated with prescribed fire.
Prescribed fire is an important part of our continued Read More
