News from June 2007
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 29, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 29, 2007
The US Energy Department published a four page proposed rule on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Republican Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today expressed serious concern over an audit finding computing errors in the commercial tax software currently provided through the IRS’s Free File program. Free File directs...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area has recently completed marking the first of two horse trail crossings of the Big South Fork River. Using a number of large sandstone boulders the trail corridor has now been delineated as it crosses the Big South Fork River at Station Camp. Similar plans call for the delineation of the trail crossing at Big Island early next year.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the expected June 30 expiration of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA), also known as fast-track negotiating authority, which allows the President to negotiate trade agreements subject to an up or down vote in Congress. The Finance Committee has jurisdiction over U.S. trade policy, including any law to renew and improve TPA.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Republican Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today expressed serious concern over an audit finding computing errors in the commercial tax software currently provided through the IRS’s Free File program. Free File directs...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Friday in reaction to the discovery of an unexploded car bomb in London: “The discovery of a deadly car bomb in London today is another harsh reminder that we are in a war against an enemy that will target us anywhere and everywhere. Terrorism is not just a threat. It is a reality, and we must confront and defeat it.".
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: On June 7th, National Park Service Ranger Randy Fisher received two special award citations at a standing-room-only town hall meeting in Fayetteville, WV. Fisher was awarded a special citation from the West Virginia Legislature and an additional award citation from West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin. Both awards recognized his role in saving the life of a man attempting suicide from the New River Gorge Bridge in September, 2006.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced that a Notice of Intent (NOI) has been published in the Federal Register on June 28, 2007 announcing the Secretary of the Interior’s intent to establish a Negotiated Rulemaking Advisory Committee to negotiate and develop special regulations (proposed rule) for management of off-road vehicles (ORV) at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). The Notice on Intent can be found in the Federal Register at the following website.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: A new germplasm line named "ABC-Weihing" is now available for breeding high-yielding varieties of great northern beans that can resist common bacterial blight.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education,Labor and Pensions Committee, announced that the nomination hearing for Surgeon Generalnominee Dr. James Holsinger, Jr. will be held on Thursday, July 12th at 10:00am.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: A team of scientists and engineers at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that is investigating the collapse of New York City's World Trade Center 7 (WTC 7) building expects to release its draft report for public comment by the end of the year. WTC 7 was a 47-story office building adjacent to the WTC towers (WTC 1 and 2) that collapsed following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. WTC 7 collapsed later that afternoon.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that a new report reveals additional shortcomings of a federal government system for monitoring the quality of care provided to Medicare beneficiaries, including residental care in nursing homes. He indicated that he will seek legislative reforms of the quality assurance program.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: Seventy-five years ago, several thousand people gathered to listen to Secretary of the Interior Ray Lyman Wilbur deliver greetings from President Herbert Hoover at the dedication of Owyhee Dam in eastern Oregon.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: The July 4th holiday is a time of festivity and the national parks are great places to celebrate our country’s independence …just leave the fireworks at home. The National Park Service would like to remind all park visitors that federal regulations prohibit the use and possession of fireworks anywhere...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Friday released the following statement in response to a report by the Government Accountability Office on the rebuilding efforts in the Gulf Coast: “As we approach the second anniversary of the devastation...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2007
News Release: Would you like to know more about the shipwrecks, coyotes, birds, trails, stars or the history of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore? National Park Service Rangers are offering a variety of interpretive programs throughout the Lakeshore this summer and they invite everyone to join them. Every day, visitors to the National Lakeshore will have several options.
By State Newswire | Jun 28, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-San Mateo/San Francisco), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, joined other committee chairmen and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to declare today “Energy Independence Day" and to announce a comprehensive plan to wean the United States away from foreign energy sources.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 28, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a settlement that will ensure the expedited cleanup of the Foote Mineral Superfund Site, in Chester County, Pa. The ...
