News from September 2008
By DOT News Wire | Sep 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: Related Coverage. The Foreign Affairs Committee is releasing the answers to questions that it had posed to the State Department about the U.S.-India civilian nuclear cooperation agreement. • Washington Post coverage. • Associated Press coverage. Permalink...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-- Homeland Security Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman and Ranking Member Susan Collins, who led the investigation into the government’s failed response to Hurricane Katrina, have issued a statement about the government’s handling of Hurricane Gustav, which hit the Gulf Coast yesterday.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: Australia's Outback and remote coastlines are home to insects that could be key biocontrols for a highly invasive weed threatening coastal areas of the United States, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Bob Johnson has announced the selection of Lowell Pimley as Director Technical Service Center and Dave Sabo as Senior Advisor for Hydropower.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: Free Art Presentations by Sedro-Woolley Artist Becky Fletcher.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: Fire danger at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) lands in Marin County is rated as "Extreme" today, Tuesday, September 2.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: As part of his ongoing oversight of tax-exempt issues, Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, sent separate inquiries in the last several weeks to two tax-exempt hospitals whose public service and tax-exempt purpose have come into question. On July 23, Grassley wrote to M.D.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: On Aug. 28, 2008, the Commissioners for the State of California Wildlife Conservation Board (WCB) voted unanimously to award $420,000 in funding to the Giacomini Wetland Restoration Project for floodplain and riparian restoration and enhancement along Lagunitas Creek. Point Reyes National Seashore...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park said today that no clues about the whereabouts or condition of a hiker reported missing in the Park’s backcountry last month had turned up in searches that continued over the weekend. They said that pending the emergence or discovery of information that might explain the hiker’s disappearance, the search and rescue operation launched nearly two weeks ago would be significantly reduced.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: BACKGROUND: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, will convene a field briefing in Los Angeles to discuss the upcoming federal transportation bill. Senator Boxer will hear testimony from community leaders and state government officials on local and state transportation priorities. A field briefing is also scheduled for September 3 in Sacramento, and additional California briefings will be held in the future.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today announced the next three hearings in the panel’s year-long review of issues in heath care reform. Baucus said the September hearings will focus on health care quality, delivery system reform, and insurance market reform. Throughout...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: Finance Chairman Baucus commented today on a new and alarming report from the Office of the Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services that indicates 85 percent of “marketing" materials presented to American seniors by private insurers selling Medicare benefits do not meet standards...
