News from December 2009
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Wind Cave National Park is seeking volunteers for their annual Christmas Bird Count planned for Sunday, December 13. This activity is patterned after the National Audubon Society’s effort to document trends in wintering birdlife throughout the United States. The count area will include all of Wind Cave National Park and areas of the Black Hills National Forest and Custer State Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today voted against H.R. 4154-the Democrats’ Estate Tax Bill. This bill seeks to permanently extend an excessively high tax rate (45%) on an individual’s estates, hurting small businesses and family farms. The $3.5 million exemption limit...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - In a letter authored by Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Wally Herger (R-CA) to the President of the American Medical Association (AMA), Ways and Means Republicans expressed support for dealing with looming cuts to physician payments...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released an analysis of the impact the Senate Democrats’ health care bill would have on health insurance premiums. For those who do not have employer-provided insurance, millions of Americans would face up to 13 percent higher premiums.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: Four advanced dry pea breeding lines that tolerate the pea enation mosaic virus (PEMV)-a "scourge" of Pacific West pea crops-have been identified by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By State Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: Bill Supports U.S. Climate Finance Contribution
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Dec. 3, 2009 - The Department of the Interior just released the which showed that the federal government made $106 million by taking oil and natural gas royalty in-kind. This report comes on the heels of Secretary Ken Salazar’s September announcement that the Department of the Interior would end the RIK program, despite five years of taxpayer benefits from this profitable program.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley today continued his push for job creation, introducing legislation to extend a key tax incentive for businesses of all s and key tax incentives for renewable energy. He said any congressional or White House job creation effort should include these measures.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: The repair and construction of the scenic drive in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park has been completed. Construction started on June 22 and continued throughout the summer. The project involved the complete rebuilding of 5.4 miles of the road and the double chip seal of the remaining 8.5 miles.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today released an analysis he requested from the nonpartisan, independent experts at the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The report shows national health care costs will increase significantly - by $289 billion - if the House Democrats’ bill (H.R. 3962) was enacted.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2009
News Release: Camp and Brady Welcome U.S. Participation in Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 2, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Study is part of Department’s focus on protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) today announced a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has filed papers seeking a federal court order authorizing the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to serve a "John Doe summons" on Ralph Janvey, the court-appointed receiver of the Stanford Group Company (SGC) and related entities. The John Doe ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former U.S. Army contracting officer, his wife, his sister and his niece were sentenced today for their participation in a bribery and money laundering scheme related to bribes paid for contracts awarded in support of the Iraq war, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 2, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Ohio State Bancshares, Inc., Marion, Ohio, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 2, 2009
News Release: Thank you, Joe Alexander, and welcome everyone. This is a great occasion, and we are honored to have Vice President Biden with us today.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2009
News Release: Agreement will result in payment of more than $937,000 in back wages, interest to nearly 600 US workers at Eurofresh Inc.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2009
News Release: Gulfport, Mississippi – A federal district court in Gulfport, Mississippi, has ordered Jomey B. Ethridge liable for $303,084.61 in assets belonging to the 401(k) plan of bankrupt Struthers Industries and permanently barred him from serving as fiduciary of any plan governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2009
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 2, 2009
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Dec. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
