News from February 2007
By USDA Wire | Feb 9, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 9, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 9, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 9, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: The map of Africanized honey bees' spread in the United States has been updated. It is now posted on the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) website at www.ars.usda.gov/ahbmap/.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the small business tax relief package scheduled for consideration by the House Committee on Ways and Means on Monday.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., is voicing serious concerns over chemical security regulations proposed by the Department of Homeland Security. In particular, he is taking issue with the rules as they relate to the use of safer chemicals...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park and The Conservation Fund are pleased announce the availability of a new publication Where Our Four Towns Meet…The Prosper Valley of Barnard, Bridgewater, Pomfret, and Woodstock: A Place “Too Important to be Left to Chance." The 40-page color publication celebrates the people, landscape and heritage of the Prosper Valley-from the highlands near Barnard Village to the lowlands of the Ottauquechee River in Woodstock.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As the Group of Seven Finance Ministers convene in Essen, Germany today, Congressional leaders urged Secretary of the Treasury, Henry M. Paulson, Jr., join European leaders in pressing the Japanese on the issue of the value of the Yen. House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel was joined by Ranking Member Jim McCrery today in introducing H.R. 976, the Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007. The bipartisan legislation extends critical tax provisions for small business owners and paves the way for the House and Senate to come to agreement on legislation to raise the Federal minimum wage from $5.15 per hour to $7.25 per hour.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore would see a significant increase (19.5%) in operational funding as a result of the President’s $2.4 billion National Park Service budget for Fiscal Year 2008. The budget proposal calls for the largest ever increase in park operations funding and leverages public-private investments that could generate as much as $3 billion to help the parks prepare for their 100th birthday in 2016.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: The President’s $2.4 billion National Park Service budget for Fiscal Year 2008 calls for the largest increase in park operations funding ever proposed and leveraged public-private investments that could generate as much as $3 billion to help the National Park Service prepare for its 100th birthday in...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) released the following statement today regarding new legislation in the House of Representatives that would provide small business tax incentives to accompany a minimum wage increase bill. Baucus led the Finance Committee in producing...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today announced that she is introducing legislation to delay the implementation of the REAL ID Act of 2005, providing states a more reasonable time frame to comply with the new federal security standards for drivers’ licenses.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 9, 2007
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore, the Coastal Conservancy, and the Point Reyes National Seashore Association announced today that the Giacomini Wetlands Restoration Project received a $1.0 million grant from the National Coastal Wetlands Program. These grants under the National Coastal Wetlands Grant Program...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 8, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OVW (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Acting Director Mary Beth Buchanan Participates in Launch of National Teen Dating Abuse Hotline WASHINGTON To continue its efforts to raise awareness and increase education of the alarming and often ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 8, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez will travel to New Delhi, India, Feb. 13-14 to meet with senior officials and business leaders to discuss ways to promote opportunity and economic growth between the two countries. Gutierrez’s visit follows President Bush’s historic visit to India last year.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 8, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 8, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 8, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
