News from October 2009
By Commerce News Now | Oct 30, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 30, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 30, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By State Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry released the following statement today in response to yesterday's developments in the Honduran negotiations.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009; 10:00 a.m.- 4:00 p.m.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: Background. Everglades National Park proposes to implement a pole and troll boating zone in Florida Bay to help protect seagrass and wildlife habitat, and enhance a range of visitor experiences including shallow-waterfishing, wildlife viewing and paddling opportunities. The park is seeking public input...

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley today said he welcomed a commitment from the secretary of Health and Human Services to respond more quickly to fraud alerts involving federal health care programs, a commitment that came after Grassley wrote a detailed letter outlining the agency’s failure to respond to fraud reports.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: Rare and endangered orchids, lovely but threatened bromeliads and other exotic plants from the subtropical environment of the Everglades are the subjects of an art exhibit in the Everglades National Park entitled "Botanical Treasures of the Everglades" by Kathleen Konicek-Moran.

By DOL Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, announced today that the Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Increasing Health Costs Facing Small Businesses." The hearing will explore the toll high health care costs take on...

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today called on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to improve its notice process for collecting unpaid taxes after a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report found the IRS lacks measures to ensure its collection process works...

By State Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today in response to Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and Roberto Micheletti reaching an agreement to return President Zelaya to power:

By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: In the first trial involving Glen Canyon National Recreation Area’s mussel prevention regulations, a federal judge has ordered a Nevada man to pay a $2500 fine for failing to have his boat inspected for mussels before launching on Lake Powell.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on a report from the Government Accountability Office released today, “Tax Debt Collection: IRS Needs to Better Manage the Collection Notices Sent to Individuals. GAO-09-976, September 30.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON-Connecticut will get 100,000 more H1N1 flu vaccine doses in the coming days, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., announced Friday. Lieberman made the announcement after speaking with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, whose...

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: Dear Chairman Rahall: I’ve read yourpress release on the fact that Indian Health Care Improvement Act reauthorization legislation has been added behind-closed-doors to the Democrat Majority’s massive 1,990-page bill providing for a government takeover of our nation’s health care system. There is bipartisan...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2009
News Release: Representative Sander Levin (D-MI): “This Act provides a major breakthrough after decades of inaction on comprehensive health care reform. Where our present system works, this reform builds on it, maintaining the commitment we made from the beginning: if you like the coverage you have, you’ll be able to keep it.".