News from December 2007
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 10, 2007
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 10, 2007
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 10, 2007
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to explain the role played by an agency employee in authorizing inappropriate expenditures made by the Iowa Foundation for Medical Care and what the consequences have been for that CMS employee.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today introduced a Renewable Fuel Standard amendment to the Farm Bill.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- At 10:00am tomorrow, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, will hold a hearing on meeting the global challenge of AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The hearing will focus on the President’s Emergency Plan...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: The El Portal Road is a park road that begins at the western boundary of Yosemite National Park. It begins at the eastern end of California State Highway 140 and continues 7.5 miles east to the Pohono Bridge.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: On Sunday, December 16th, Rebecca Rather, Fredericksburg resident and owner of Rather Sweet Bakery and Café, will join the festivities at the annual Tree Lighting at the LBJ Parks in Stonewall. She will be signing copies of her beautiful new cookbook, Pastry Queen Christmas: Big Hearted Holiday Entertaining, Texas Style. She will be signing books from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the Western National Parks Association (WNPA) bookstore at the LBJ State Park and Historic Site.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: 104th Anniversary Ceremony to Salute Wilbur and Orville Wright's First Powered Flight.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Finance Committee, with jurisdiction over tax policy, has a long-standing interest in tax-exempt policy. In September, the committee held a hearing that focused in part on the of college endowments, at Grassley’s urging. Grassley made the following comment today on Harvard University’s announcement that it is reducing tuition costs for families below certain income levels.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: Dusty Shultz, Superintendent of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshoreannounced that the Visitor Center in Empire will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, December 24 and 25, Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, and on Tuesday, Jan. 1, New Year’s Day.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service has worked out a contractual agreement with Mesa County to plow four miles of Rim Rock Drive from Colorado National Monument’s East Entrance in Grand Junction, to the DS Road turn-off to Glade Park. Plowing of these four miles by Mesa County will begin the week of Dec. 10, as winter storms dictate. Mesa County will be reimbursed by the National Park Service for these plowing services.
By State Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - This week Congress is expected to consider tightened, targeted sanctions against Burma, where a recent violent crackdown shocked the conscience of the world. Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the author of the sanctions legislation, asked his colleagues to mark International Human Rights Day today by committing to support the measure.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: WHO: John Sweeney, President, AFL-CIO. Sen. Edward Kennedy. Rep. George Miller. John Monks, General Secretary, European Trade Union. Confederation. Sharan Burrow, President, International Trade Union Confederation. Larry Cohen, President, Communications Workers of America. Victor Baez, General Secretary, ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: Lowell Canalwater Cleaners, a partner with Lowell National Historical Park is the proud recipient two grants totaling $34,600 in their efforts to propel their anti-litter campaign at Lowell High School and purchase needed equipment to keep Lowell's canals clean. The award winning organization of over...
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: Chairman of U.S. Senate Environment Committee Tells Global Warming Delegates “Change is Already Happening In Washington"
By Interior Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: Big Cypress National Preserve Superintendent Karen Gustin announces the temporary closure of the Cypress Camp Trail in Bear Island, effective noon Friday, December 14. The NPS will be closing a portion of the Cypress Camp Trail (formerly the Yellow Trail) in order to stabilize sections of the trail that...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Today, the Center for American Progress issued a reporting
By USDA Newswire | Dec 10, 2007
News Release: Sweeter edamame soybean varieties for organic farmers are being developed by Virginia State University (VSU ) and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
