News from May 2007
By State News Post | May 22, 2007
The US State Department published a two page rule on May 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: Senator Susan Collins has requested an investigation of electricity charges in Maine and other markets that participate in Independent System Operators/Regional Transmission Organizations (ISOs/RTOs). ISOs and RTOs were intended to help electricity consumers save money by improving efficiency and reliability...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today announced that Vanessa Colburn has joined the committee as Assistant Republican Communications Director.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today hailed the decision of the World Organization for Animal Health (the “OIE") that ends once and for all questions regarding the safety of U.S. beef. At its annual meeting in Paris today, the OIE unanimously adopted a resolution...
By State Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: Just one year ago, U.S. contractors and Army engineers put the finishing touches on a highly-touted renovation to a maternity hospital in Erbil, northern Iraq. The $6.8 million project promised to convert the dilapidated hospital into a modern, state of the art medical facility.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) today joined Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) in introducing an amendment that requires further study of the feasibility of allowing drivers’ licenses to be used as an alternative to passports required under the Western Hemisphere Travel...
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and Research approved proposals for the Farm Bill titles under their jurisdiction.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - With the 2007 hurricane season drawing near, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to boost...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: On Monday, May 28 celebrate Memorial Day at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.
By State Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today introduced bipartisan legislation to step up U.S. involvement in stopping global warming.
By State Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), the chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today introduced bipartisan legislation calling on the Canadian government to stop the commercial hunting of seals.
By Homeland Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: Senator Susan Collins today will question top officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on the progress the agencies have made to improve the country’s readiness to respond to both man-made and natural disasters. The hearing is part of...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: As part of the National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day, Point Reyes National Seashore will be honoring America’s fallen at 2 p.m. on 28th May 2007 at the historic graveyard located at G Ranch. Join the National Park Service and the United States Coast Guard for services at the Historic Life-Saving...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: The week of May 21, NPS fire crews will conduct several small prescribed fires, burning piles of brush that were gathered by various work crews. These brush pile are being burned to help prevent wildfires in areas where brush has accumulated.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: The distribution of diaprepes root weevils (Diaprepes abbreviatus) is constrained by temperature, a key finding that could be vital to predicting and limiting the spread of this pest, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Ft. Pierce, Fla.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment after today’s announcement by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) classifying the United States as a “controlled risk" country with regard to bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). By designating the...
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 2007
News Release: May 20 through May 26 has been designated “Waterfall Week" at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. The week will begin with a fee-free day on Sunday May 20, when the park will waive the normal daily entrance fee of $5.00.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MAY 21, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV DOJ (202) 514-2007 EPA (415) 947-4149 TDD (202) 514-1888 Settlement addresses Suisun, Alameda, Donner Lake spills WASHINGTON—Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, and SFPP, have agreed to pay nearly $5.3 million to resolve liability under the Clean Water ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MAY 21, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A Texas hedge fund manager has agreed to pay a $250,000 civil penalty to settle charges that he violated premerger reporting requirements, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MAY 21, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit alleging that the City of New York uses written examinations that discriminate against blacks and Hispanics in the hiring of entry-level firefighters ...
