News from June 2008
By DOT News Wire | Jun 25, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 25, 2008
The US Commerce Department published an eight page rule on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 25, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 25, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: After three years of planning and design by a team of architects, engineers, and Denali National Park staff, and three more years of construction, the new Eielson Visitor Center opened to the public on Sunday, June 8, 2008. Despite heavy snow, unseasonably cold weather, and construction delays, staff and contractors alike made enormous efforts to insure that the visitor center opened this spring as scheduled.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: Yesterday, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to review trading in energy markets. The Committee has jurisdiction over the federal agency responsible for preventing fraud and manipulation in oil and gas futures markets.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: Wednesdays in July & August 2008.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday reported out the nomination of Elaine Duke to be Undersecretary of Management for the Department of Homeland Security, as well as seven bills to improve government operations. Among the other bills reported out of Committee...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: Approximately 3,000 acres have burned on Shasta Bally as four fires continue to converge with no estimated date of containment. Nearly 100 firefighters are working to contain the fires before they reach structures and high voltage transmission lines. Three other fires were contained on Saturday and Sunday and are in patrol status.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: Shiitake (Lentinula edodes) mushrooms are good for you--and shiitake byproducts can be good for other crops.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: MOUNT RUSHMORE N.M., S.D. - Entertainment, presidential re-enactors and fireworks fill out the Independence Day Celebration this year at Mount Rushmore National Memorial. The festivities, including music and entertainment, begin at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 3 and culminate with the highly anticipated...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives today voted in support of H.R. 6275, the Alternative Minimum Tax Relief Act of 2008, legislation to protect millions of middle-class families from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) this year. The legislation, authored by Chairman Charles...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: Senator Domenici gave the following speech on the Senate floor today responding to claims by Democrats that existing oil and gas leases are not being fully developed. The argument is being offered as a reason why America should not increase domestic production.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Chas Cartwright’s first official public act as superintendent of Glacier National Park will be as Master of Ceremony (MC) for the 75th anniversary commemoration of the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) on Friday, June 27 at 2 p.m. Numerous state, tribal and federal officials will...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: Six artists have been selected for the summer 2008 Artist-in-Residence Program at Rocky Mountain National Park. Artists will be provided with a creative, contemplative environment in which to generate artistic works and share their works with the public. Artistic diversity, new ideas and creative uses of media were encouraged in the application process.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: Senate Finance Chairman Baucus issued a statement Wednesday afternoon in advance of expected Senate consideration this week of H.R. 6331, a House-passed modification of Baucus’s own Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (S. 3101), which he introduced in the Senate earlier this month.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley is asking members of Congress who hold leadership positions on the appropriations committee to join his effort to hold the National Institutes of Health accountable for monitoring conflicts of interest in government sponsored medical research.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - Architectural Historian, Lillian Makeda will be providing a presentation titled “The Lion Farm and the National Park Service: Defining an Architectural Vision for Petrified Forest." Less than fifty years ago, Petrified Forest National Park included several privately-owned curio...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 25, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks following Senate passage of S.3145, which names a portion of United States Route 20A, located in Orchard Park, near Buffalo, New York, as the ‘Timothy J. Russert Highway.' Award-winning NBC journalist and long-time host of "Meet the Press" Tim Russert died June 13.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 24, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, June 24, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department yesterday filed suit against the owners and managers of The Mill, an apartment complex in Scranton, Pa., for having and enforcing policies that discriminate against families with children in violation of the Fair Housing Act.
