News from February 2009
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2009
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2009
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 12, 2009
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2009
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2009
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 12, 2009
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 12, 2009
The US State Department published a seven page notice on Feb. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 12, 2009 - The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held its first subcommittee hearing today on H.R. 493 the “Coal Ash Reclamation, Environment and Safety Act of 2009," which would give expanded regulatory authority to the Department of Interior over coal-fired power plants and redefine them as “mine sites.".

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member and former chairman of the Committee on Finance, with Senate jurisdiction over tax policy, has been reviewing tax-exempt hospitals’ practices since May 2005 as part of a longstanding interest in making sure taxexempt groups provide adequate public benefit in exchange...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: North Cascades National Park Glaciers on.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina -- Cape Lookout National Seashore invites the public to participate in the 12th annual Great Backyard Bird Count from February 13 through February 16.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) unveiled details of their Committees’provisions in the final American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Committee Chairmen have been working together and with colleagues...

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-Pushing the envelope of Albert Einstein's "spooky action at a distance," known as entanglement, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have demonstrated a "quantum...

By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: The U.S. House Education and Labor Committee today convened its first hearing of the 111th Congress to examine workers’ rights and violence against labor union leaders in Colombia. Noting that nearly 600,000 American workers lost their jobs in the month of January, the panel’s top Republican, Rep. Howard ...

By DOE Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter today to Earl Devaney, Chair of the Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board, calling into question Administration guidelines released by the Office of Management and Budget...

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: Washington D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding Senator Judd Gregg’s (R-NH) decision to withdraw his name from consideration to serve as the next Secretary of Commerce citing “irresolvable conflicts" on issues such as the stimulus package and the Census...

By DOL Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: U.S. Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), a member of the House Education and Labor Committee and House Committee on Armed Services, today introduced the Fairness for Military Recruiters Act. The legislation clarifies and strengthens existing law, ensuring that military recruiters are provided the same access to high schools and basic student contact information that is provided to colleges, universities and other recruiters.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, ranking member of the National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee, today called for better tracking of U.S.-supplied weapons going into Afghanistan.

By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that it will conduct a referendum March 22 to April 2, 2010, for eligible producers of raspberries for processing, and importers of processed raspberries, to determine if a new national Processed Raspberry Promotion, Research, and Information Order should be established.