News from April 2010
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis today named Mount Rushmore National Monument Superintendent Gerard Baker as his Assistant Director for American Indian Relations.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2010
News Release: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del., requested the reports.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, today warned new Obama Administration rules for federal construction projects will reduce competition and drive up costs for taxpayers. The federal procurement agencies announced the final rule - slated for ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2010
News Release: Mr. President, we are starting to come out of the worst recession since the Great Depression.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2010
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore will be hosting a pruning workshop on May 7 in the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. The workshop will be held at the Peter Burfiend Farmstead just north of Glen Arbor.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 10, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Barcelona, Spain—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today visited Barcelona, Spain, to tour Container Security Initiative (CSI) operations and meet with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 10, 2010
News Release: This paper provides data demonstrating that technological innovation is a key driver of a pro-growth, job-creating agenda. It further demonstrates that patent reform legislation, by accelerating the pace of growth and of job creation, will be a powerful and deficit-neutral mechanism for expanding America’s ability to innovate.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 10, 2010
News Release: In 2008, U.S. exports supported more than 10 million full- and part-time jobs during a historic time, when exports as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) reached the highest levels since 1916. The new record, 12.7 percent, shows that the upward growth of trade in an expanding global market holds ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 10, 2010
News Release: The Administration is committed to fostering the development of a clean and energy-efficient economy; that is, a “green” economy. This means encouraging the development of green businesses and green products and services, which in turn will create “green jobs.” Our results suggest that green products ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 10, 2010
News Release: Greenhouse gas emissions have increased markedly since the pre-industrial era and are increasing at such a rate that their concentration in the atmosphere is producing a warming influence on the global climate. In order to make well-informed decisions on ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, it is ...
By Labor Gazette | Apr 10, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the death of 29 miners at Upper Big Branch South Mine: "I offer my sincere and heartfelt condolences to the families. We now know that 29 miners perished at the Upper Big Branch Mine. May they all rest in peace.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 9, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano met with her European counterparts in Madrid, Spain, as part of the U.S.-European Union Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Troika meeting—where she discussed international ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON– A former Jackson County, Mo., sheriff’s deputy was sentenced in federal court today for violating the civil rights of a teenage girl whom he sexually assaulted in his patrol car, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 9, 2010
News Release: Miami residents Jose and Denisse Martinez were each sentenced today to three years in prison for their role in running a Canton, Mich.,-based drug infusion clinic designed to defraud Medicare, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). U.S. District Court Judge Victoria ...
By Commerce News Now | Apr 9, 2010
News Release: Thank you, University of Iowa Executive Vice President Wallach Loh, for that kind introduction. It’s great to be on this beautiful campus of yours.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 9, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced $30 million in Economic Development Administration (EDA) grants in the State of Iowa to assist economic development efforts and help in the ongoing recovery after the 2008 flood. Locke made the announcement at the University of Iowa's P. Sue Beckwith, M.D., Boathouse. He was joined by Iowa Governor Chet Culver, Congressman Dave Loebsack and Iowa City Mayor Matt Hayek.
By USDA Wire | Apr 9, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 9, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 9, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a nine page rule on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 9, 2010
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
