News from June 2009
By Commerce News Now | Jun 19, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a six page proposed rule on June 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 19, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on June 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park Superintendent, Cherry Payne, has asked all mariners to exercise caution to avoid harbor seals hauled out on floating glacier ice in Glacier Bay and elsewhere. Harbor seals often utilize floating ice in glacial fjords, but are especially vulnerable during the summer pupping and molting seasons.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, joined the leaders of seven other congressional committees to demand a full, fair, and open debate of pending climate tax legislation.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: Would you like to know more about shipwrecks, beavers, native plants, or early farm life? Would you like to go on a bike tour, guided hike, or learn the latest information on stargazing and the night sky? National Park Service Park Rangers are offering a variety of interpretive programs throughout Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore this summer and they invite everyone to join them. Every day, visitors to the National Lakeshore will have several options.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials announce plans to extend vehicle access on the west side of Going-to-the Sun Road (Sun Road) from Avalanche to Big Bend by mid morning Friday, June 19, conditions permitting. Crews continue to clear snow and ready the alpine section of the Sun Road...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement today in response to a letter from Neil Barofsky, Special Inspector General of TARP, responding to inquiries from Republican staff of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding SIGTARP’s position within Treasury...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Office of the Inspector General for Amtrak to follow through on the agreement made by the Inspector General who retired yesterday to provide information about interference by Amtrak in the oversight work of the Inspector General.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19, 2009 - Yesterday, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy released a report entitled, " which examines the impact of proposals included in the Administration’s budget and the Democrat Natural Resources Committee draft “energy" legislation that would levy billions of dollars in new taxes and fees on the oil and gas industry.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced today that the USDA is distributing $176 million in Recovery Act funding to upgrade laboratory buildings and support facilities at research locations across the country. Not only will these projects further important research being conducted at...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s Senior Republican Member, today sharply criticized the latest health care overhaul released by congressional Democrats, arguing that millions of Americans could lose their current coverage even as taxpayers face a sea of new red ink. Kline issued the following statement...
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: Mr. Speaker, every day since Iran’s election, the streets of Tehran have been filled with demonstrators, and each day this past week, the number seems to be growing.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: The minute pirate bug, Orius insidiosus, was formerly thought to work alone, spearing its prey with a long, needlelike beak and sucking out its victim's juices. But now it appears this tiny agricultural ally of commercial growers and home gardeners may have a partner: O. pumilio, a closely related species found hunting with it on an organic farm in Alachua County in north- central Florida.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: (Gaithersburg, MD)--The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a federal agency within the Department of Commerce (DOC), will hold an industry day/business fair at its Gaithersburg, Md., campus to encourage vendors to market their capabilities and products to the Department of Commerce and NIST community.
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved S. 787, the Clean Water Restoration Act, which restores the Clean Water Act's protections for America's rivers, lakes and wetlands as they existed for 30 years prior to two recent Supreme Court rulings.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: Captivating words, delightful music - put the two together and with Cumberland Gap National Historical Park as the backdrop, one has the perfect Saturday combo.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: Fireworks Prohibited at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, MONT. - As part of the ongoing partnership between Montana Department of Transportation (MDT), Flathead County (Eagle Transit) and Glacier National Park, service and major maintenance operations for the east side Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) transit shuttles will now occur at the new Blackfeet Transit facility in Browning.
By State Newswire | Jun 19, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Leading into the final week before Albania's parliamentary elections, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN), along with Senators Benjamin Cardin (D-MD), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ted Kaufman (D-DE), and Joe Lieberman (I-CT), issued the following joint statement announcing the Senate's passage of a resolution recognizing Albania's democratic achievements:
