News from October 2009
By DOT News Wire | Oct 22, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 22, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 22, 2009
The US Energy Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 22, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 22, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: A former Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and a private company worked to develop a new chemical formulation that could help meat processing plants keep work surfaces free of contamination.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee held a hearing today to examine the administration of the first-time homebuyer tax credit. Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) issued the following opening statement...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: The Tioga and Glacier Point Roads in Yosemite National Park have reopened. The roads were closed earlier this week due to snow and icy conditions.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Senate passed the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 by unanimous consent.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: Today, Congressman David Scott, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, held a hearing to discuss the economic crisis that U.S. pork producers are experiencing.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park’s North and South Rim Artist-in-Residence programs are pleased to announce the artists selected for the October 2009 - September 2010 season.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Thursday presided over a debate about the competing interests between the President’s constitutional right to appoint his own policy advisors and Congress’ responsibility to oversee Executive Branch activities.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to the President urging him to successfully conclude free trade agreement negotiations on the Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP). In the letter, Baucus...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) today introduced the Homebuyer Tax Credit Improvement Act to improve the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) administration of the first-time homebuyer tax credit. The bipartisan bill is in direct response to testimony presented...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: “Good morning everyone. We meet today to discuss an issue of basic importance to all Americans: the safety of our nation’s food supply.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: High-performance optical fiber networks are susceptible to degradation effects that can change with time. An example of this is polarization-mode dispersion (PMD). EEEL researchers Paul Williams and Tasshi Dennis have demonstrated a practical technique to determine the PMD of an optical fiber channel...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 22, 2009
News Release: Winter Operations 2009-10 at Fort Necessity National Battlefield & Friendship Hill NHS.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, and the chairs of the three committees leading the health reform effort, Rep. Henry A. Waxman, Chair of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Rep. Charles B. Rangel, Chair of the Committee on Ways and Means, and Rep. George Miller,...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against Mort’s Concrete Inc. and its owner, Kevin Mortimer, for allegedly violating the rights of Wisconsin Army National Guardsman Rocco Sylvester Jr. by failing to properly re-employ him when he returned from active military duty in Iraq. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder recognizes 247 department employees for their distinguished public service today at the 57th Annual Attorney General Awards Ceremony. Thirty-nine other individuals outside of the department are also honored for their work. Held at DAR Constitution Hall, this annual ceremony recognizes both department employees and others for their dedication to carrying out the Department of Justice’s mission.
