News from December 2007
By USDA Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
Release: A bill to permit a land conveyance of roughly 8 acres of the George Washington National Forest to the Central Advent Christian Church in Alleghany County, VA. (Passed Committee by voice vote and ordered to be reported favorably to the House with the recommendation that it pass, Dec. 12, 2007).
By USDA Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
Release: A joint resolution recognizing the contributions of the Christmas tree industry to the U.S. economy. (Passed Committee by voice vote and ordered to be reported favorably to the House with the recommendation that it pass, Dec. 12, 2007).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: Dear Ambassador Schwab: We are writing to express our serious concerns with the recent draft text released on November 30 by the Chairman of the Doha Round “Rules" negotiations. As you know, in the Trade Act of 2002, Congress established as a "principal negotiating objective" for the Doha Round talks...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy released the following
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed an imaging system that quickly maps the mechanical properties of materials-how stiff or stretchy they are, for example-at scales on the order of billionths of a meter. The new tool can be a cost-effective way to design and characterize mixed nanoscale materials such as composites or thin-film structures.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - Winners of the 2007 Art and Essay Contest at Petrified Forest National Park received awards during two recent events. During a small reception at Painted Desert Inn on Dec. 1, winners discussed their art and essay entries, received their prizes, and viewed a display of all submitted entries with their family members.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) won passage today of legislation providing $1.2 billion in tax relief to benefit America’s veterans and soldiers. Baucus and Grassley first introduced S. 1593,.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate and House homeland security committees Wednesday urged President Bush to preserve several homeland security grant programs made permanent in the law this past August in the face of reports the Administration plans to abolish them. In a letter...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is in the process of preparing a Master Plan for the NPS Headquarters and Warehouse sites for Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Boulder City, Nevada. The purpose of the plan is to resolve space deficiencies and organizational inefficiencies. Currently, NPS staff stationed in Boulder City are dispersed between numerous facilities at different locations. Some of these facilities are portable modular units, and some are historic buildings.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service’s Denver Service Center (DSC) has selected a joint venture of Watts Constructors LLC and DelHur Industries (Watts/DelHur, A Joint Venture) as the prime contractor to construct the Elwha Water Facilities near the City of Port Angeles, Washington.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senators Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah)
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: A hermetically sealed glass and aluminum encasement built by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will protect the first world map to label the lands of the New World as "America" when the "Exploring the Early Americas" exhibition opens Dec. 13, 2007, at the Library of Congress (LOC) in Washington, D.C. The 40-square-foot, state-of-the-art display case is the new home for the 1507 Waldseemüller map, often called "America's birth certificate."
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman ID-Conn., Wednesday released the following statement in response to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff’s year end speech: “The American people are safer today than they were five years ago...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Wind Cave National Park Superintendent Vidal Davila announced today that the park’s visitor center would close at noon on Dec. 24, 2007, to allow staff to celebrate the holidays with their families. The Garden of Eden Cave Tour will be offered at 10:00 a.m. on December...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: Millions of satellite television and radio users in North Africa and the Middle East can now see and hear the precise time of day, thanks to technical assistance and a custom-built time signal generator from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By DOL Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- At 10:30am today, Wednesday, December 12th, 2007, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will attend the signing of the Head Start reauthorization legislation at the White House. For more than 40 years, Head Start has given disadvantaged...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following statement in response to the Federal District Court's decision supporting California's efforts to cut global warming pollution from cars...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Finance Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today unveiled a modified package of energy tax legislation for consideration by Congress this year. The $21.8 billion legislation, similar to a package passed by the House last week, still...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives today voted in favor of H.R. 4351, the AMT Relief Act of 2007, legislation providing immediate tax relief to millions of families who would otherwise pay higher taxes under the alternative minimum tax (AMT) this year, without adding to the national debt. H.R.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to analyze the upcoming tax filing season impact of the Democratic-led Congress’ failure to enact Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) relief so far this year. The IRS has warned of serious problems for taxpayers, compounded as the delay worsens. Grassley made the following comment on his request.
