News from January 2009
By USDA Wire | Jan 8, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jan 8, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 8, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 8, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 8, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 8, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 8, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 8, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 8, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Government Accountability Office (GAO) today released a report on the nation’s “fragmented and complex" financial regulation system. According to the report, “A Framework for Crafting and Assessing Proposals to Modernize the Outdated U.S. Financial Regulatory System," the nation’s financial regulatory system lacks effective oversight, reporting, and coordination.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
News Release: Evidence that drinking three cups of hibiscus tea a day can lower your blood pressure is among the new nutrition and health findings noted in the most recent issue of the Agricultural Research Service's Food and Nutrition Research Briefs and its Spanish-language edition (Informe de investigaciones de alimentos y nutrición).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
News Release: Rep. Jim McDermott today introduced legislation - the Unemployment Insurance Modernization Act (HR 290) - to promote comprehensive reforms to the nation’s unemployment insurance program that was created in 1935 to counter the economic crisis of the Great Depression and future recessions. McDermott is the Chairman of the House Ways and Means Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee, which has jurisdiction over the nation’s unemployment insurance program.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
News Release: On Dec. 11, 2008, two public scoping meetings were held to assist the National Park Service in developing an Environmental Assessment to determine the future management of the summit of Shasta Bally Mountain within Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Both meetings were well attended at Redding’s City Hall’s Community Room.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
News Release: Fortney Pete Stark, CA -Chairman. Lloyd Doggett, TX. Mike Thompson, CA. Xavier Becerra, CA. Earl Pomeroy, ND. Ron Kind, WI. Earl Blumenauer, OR. Bill Pascrell Jr., NJ. Shelley Berkley, NV. Social Security. John S. Tanner, TN-Chairman. Earl Pomeroy, ND. Allyson Y. Schwartz, PA. Xavier Becerra, CA. Lloyd...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following statement today following remarks on the economy by President-elect Barack Obama and a meeting between Ways and Means Committee members and economic advisors to the President-elect on the upcoming economic recovery package...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
News Release: It is an honor to welcome our members to our first hearing of the new Congress. I particularly welcome our very special witness today - a valued friend and former colleague, Tom Daschle. Tom Daschle is a leader of great integrity and strong dedication. He has served his nation with distinction, both in uniform and in the Senate. He has admirers all across the country and on both sides of the aisle.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., responded to the release Thursday of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the federal financial regulatory structure. The GAO report documents the fragmented nature of the financial regulatory...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service has begun the task of removing a small amount of soil that contains trace amounts of radioactive material from Great Kills Park on Staten Island. The scope of the work, scheduled to be completed by January 9, includes five sites where a total of one (1) cubic yard of soil will...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA -- Superintendent Dan Kimball is pleased to announce that the National Park Service has opened the historic Nike Hercules Missile Base HM-69 located in Everglades National Park to the public for the first time since it was turned over to the park in 1979.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 8, 2009
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 regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's announcement that they will not set a standard for perchlorate, a toxic component of rocket fuel that contaminates drinking water supplies in many states including California. EPA is postponing its decision pending additional studies by the National Academy of Sciences.
