News from January 2007
By DOT News Wire | Jan 12, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: Recent storms have brought additional snow to Denali Park and Preserve and the Superintendent has determined that there is now adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in areas of the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve that are south of the crest of the...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: Homestead, FL: The Everglades Association has received $115,000 from an anonymous charitable Foundation to support the 2006-2007 schedule of environmental education activities to be conducted at Everglades National Park. This program will bring an estimated 18,000 4th, 5th & 6th grade students from South Florida to two special field camps and related park locations for intensive, curriculum based learning about the Everglades ecosystem.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: In accordance with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), we are requesting comments from the public regarding proposed entrance fee increases for the National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Utah Group (SEUG). SEUG is comprised of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park Superintendent Mick Holm today announced that Sandry Construction of Bigfork / Kalispell has hired Crux Subsurface of Spokane to repair storm damage at two locations along Upper McDonald Creek, approximately 3 and 5 miles beyond Avalanche Creek, and the North...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today unveiled a small business tax relief package slated for markup by the committee next Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2007. This legislation will provide assistance to America’s small businesses as the Senate considers a hike in the minimum wage.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - As part of House Democrats’ first 100 hours legislative agenda, Natural Resources Committee Chairman Nick J. Rahall (D-WV) and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) today introduced a bill to curb taxpayer-funded subsidies to oil and gas companies and to invest those funds in renewable energy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on House passage of H.R. 4, the Medicare Prescription Drug Price Negotiation Act of 2007. The House bill would require the government to negotiate Medicare prescription drug prices, contrary to the current...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ranking Member Pete Domenici today praised outgoing Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth for his 41 years of public service and congratulated Abigail Kimbell on her appointment to be the 16th Chief of the Forest Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 4, a bill requiring the Secretary of Health and Human Services to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices under the Medicare drug plan. H.R. 4 drew bipartisan support, passing the House by a final vote of 255 to 170.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: Genetic technology developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators suggests that cottonseed could one day become a significant source of low-cost protein for the developing world.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: In accordance with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), we are requesting comments from the public regarding proposed entrance fee increases for the National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Utah Group (SEUG). SEUG is comprised of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural...
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: ADVISORY. A briefing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs: DATE: Friday, Jan. 19, 2007. TIME: 10:00 a.m. SUBJECT: The Baker-Hamilton Commission Report. LOCATION: Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building. BRIEFERS: The Honorable Lee Hamilton. Co-Chair of the Iraq Study Group (Baker-Hamilton...
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: ADVISORY. A briefing of the Committee on Foreign Affairs: DATE: Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007. TIME: 1:30 p.m. SUBJECT: North Korea. LOCATION: Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building. BRIEFER: The Honorable William Perry. Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and. Former Secretary of Defense...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: Please note that the Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing next week on Oil and Gas Royalty Management. The hearing will be Thursday, Jan. 18, at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen 106.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: In accordance with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), we are requesting comments from the public regarding proposed entrance fee increases for the National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Utah Group (SEUG). SEUG is comprised of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2007
News Release: In accordance with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), we are requesting comments from the public regarding proposed entrance fee increases for the National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Utah Group (SEUG). SEUG is comprised of Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas has returned a seven-count indictment charging Luis Posada Carriles with one count of naturalization fraud and six counts of making false statements in a naturalization proceeding, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 11, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on Vietnam 's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO).
By Commerce News Now | Jan 11, 2007
News Release: New Workshops to Prepare Students for Ocean-Related Jobs SAN DIEGO—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that the Commerce Department's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will expand its partnership with San Diego's High Tech High by offering workshops on building undersea robots (Remotely Operated Vehicles), a type of technology that is used for ocean exploration and research.
