News from September 2009
By USDA Wire | Sep 17, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Sep 17, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 17, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: NEWS RELEASE u.s. department of the interior.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today strongly criticized legislation that would dramatically expand the federal government by eliminating the private sector-based federal student loan program and spending tens of billions of dollars on a range of new entitlement programs. The legislation, H.R. 3221, was approved by the House in a vote today largely along party lines.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the 345-75-2 adoption of the Republican Motion to Recommit for H.R. 3221, which denies ALL Federal funding for ACORN...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: The chairman’s mark of health care reform legislation includes a proposal from Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, to improve the community service, transparency, and billing practices of non-profit hospitals. Grassley has long urged more transparency and modernization of tax-exempt groups’ practices, since the last major federal review of tax-exempt laws occurred in 1969.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee reviewed the Treasury Department’s legislative proposal regulating the over-the-counter (OTC) market for derivatives. The Committee conducted the first of two hearings to examine Treasury’s proposals by hearing from two panels of industry stakeholders.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs Susan Collins (R-Maine) and House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) have sent letters to the Inspectors General (IG) for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: Lively tour through national park connects new audiences with maritime history.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: Yosemite National Park and the Yosemite Climbing Association invite the public to participate in the “Yosemite Facelift" September 23-27, 2009. This annual event is organized by the Yosemite Climbing Association to help clean up the park after the long and busy summer season. Volunteers are needed to...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON-U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will present a major new report for public comment next Thursday on the Smart Grid-the planned next-generation network for distributing electricity throughout the country by incorporating modern information technology-in Washington, D.C.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), with 28 additional original cosponsors, today introduced H.R. 3590, the Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009, which would make certain changes to the tax code with respect to provisions included in the Recovery Act to improve how those provisions apply to service members (i.e., members of the uniformed services, members of the Foreign Service, and intelligence employees).
By USDA Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: Rigid, custom-fit foam pieces like those that keep computer monitors firmly in place inside cardboard boxes during shipping could be made with eco-friendly starch from potatoes, wheat or corn, instead of from petroleum, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research plant physiologist Gregory M. Glenn. Opting for starch in place of petroleum-derived polystyrene would lessen America's dependence on petroleum.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 17, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) and other Republican committee members issued the following statements after the second hearing on the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (H.R. 3534). This bill would establish more roadblocks on the road to American energy production and job creation.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: The public is invited to participate in one of two upcoming planning workshops for a proposed interagency visitor center for the Santa Monica Mountains to be located near Calabasas at King Gillette Ranch.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 17, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) issued the following statement today regarding reports that the Obama Administration may not complete a new Outer Continental Shelf lease plan until 2012.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins, R-Maine, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., today made a formal joint request that various Offices of Inspectors General probe recent allegations concerning the activities of ACORN, a community advocacy organization.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: Redwood Creek Restoration Project at Muir Beach Designed to Restore the Natural Creek, Wetlands, and Critical Salmon Habitat.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 17, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park will celebrate National Public Lands Day by waiving entrance fees for all visitors, and providing volunteer opportunities in the park. Park personnel will maintain trails, remove noxious weeds, pick up litter, and paint buildings along with area residents who will join the largest annual coast-to-coast, single-day volunteer effort to improve America’s public lands.
