News from May 2006
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2006
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2006
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2006
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2006
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2006
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on May 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: Earlier this week, millions of veterans discovered through the news media that their personal information was stolen from a Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) employee who had improperly stored this sensitive material at home. I understand that the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)...
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Who: Full Committee When: Monday, June 12 at 2:30 p.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To receive testimony regarding the implementation of Sections 641 through 645 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project within the Department of Energy.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Who: Full Committee When: Thursday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To consider the nominations of Philip D. Moeller, of Washington, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the term expiring June 30, 2010, vice Patrick Henry Wood III, resigned; and Jon Wellinghoff, of ...
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold one full committee field hearing next week.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: A new test to find scab-resistance genes in wheat and barley seed heads uses the plants' natural viral defense mechanism to temporarily "silence" the gene to be tested. The test is an adaptation of a technique called Virus-Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS).
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Bodie Island District (Coquina Beach to Ramp 27) There are approximately 16.5 miles of ocean shoreline in the Bodie Island District (excluding Pea Island). There are currently no full beach closures due to resource closures or safety closures in the Bodie Island District. Approximately 1.6 miles of beach are closed for seasonal use in front of the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo. (Open to pedestrian access only beginning May 15, 2006 for the summer season.).
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: At about 4:04 p.m. today, an emergency call came in on Marine Band Channel 16 that a person was in the water near the Princess Cove area of Lake Mohave and needed immediate medical attention. The reporting person advised the National Park Service (NPS) Dispatch Center that a woman who had been riding a personal watercraft (PWC) was in the water and was struggling in the wind and waves. She had been operating the vessel with two passengers on board.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate today confirmed by voice vote the nomination of Dirk Kempthorne to be Secretary of the Interior. The voice vote occurred immediately following an 85-8 vote to invoke cloture on the nomination.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Today the Independent Sector and more than 100 charitable groups sent a letter to House and Senate leaders urging Congress to enact a package of charitable giving incentives and reforms similar to those in the Senate’s version of the Tax Relief Act of 2005 (H.R. 4297). Sen. Chuck Grassley,.
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: SENATE CONFIRMS NOMINEES INCLUDING DAVID PAULISON TO BE UNDER SECRETARY FOR FEMA WASHINGTON, D.C.- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D-CT) announced today that the Senate has confirmed by unanimous consent the...
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over international trade, made the following comment on the delay of full Senate consideration of Ambassador Susan Schwab to become the United States Trade Representative.
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senator Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today released the following statement following the full Senate vote to confirm General Michael Hayden as the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). “I am pleased that General Hayden received such...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Seneca Falls - Women’s Rights National Historical Park and the Finger Lakes Chapter of the Friends of Women’s Rights National Historical Park will be commemorating the birthday of Jane Hunt with a program on Sunday, June 11 beginning at 11:00 a.m. at the Hunt House.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Pete Domenici, Chairman of the Energy & Natural Resources Committee, will lead a congressional delegation on a two-day tour of oil shale facilities in Colorado and Utah and chair a field hearing on oil shale in Grand Junction Colorado. The field hearing will be held at 9:30 a.m. on ...
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate this afternoon confirmed by unanimous consent the nominations of the director for the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management and the Under Secretary for the Office of Science, a new position created in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
