News from December 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today expressed support for China’s recent commitments to better protect U.S. intellectual property rights and to curb policies that discriminate against American companies by favoring home-grown,...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: Lowell, MA. In observance of the upcoming holidays, Lowell National Historical Park is adjusting schedules.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the incoming Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today announced that the House Republican Steering Committee has approved the addition of sixteen new Republican Members to the Committee to join Reps. Dan Burton (R-IN), Jason Chaffetz (R-UT), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Patrick McHenry (R-NC), John Mica (R-FL) and Michael Turner (R-OH) who will remain on the Committee.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today issued the following statement on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual Review:
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: In early December, Barb Sanders and Scott Hartwig at Gettysburg National Military Park received an Excellence in Interpretation Award from the National Park Service Northeast Region. The award recognized their role in the development of the film, "Big Deal at Gettysburg: The Value of Historical Places," a multimedia product aimed at providing an understanding of the value of historic places to students.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: Today the White House is hosting a Tribal Nations Conference, which will provide leaders from the 565 federally recognized tribes the opportunity to interact directly with the President and representatives from the highest levels of his Administration. As part of this gathering, the Department of Energy...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park News Release.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
Release: Washington, DC, Dec. 16, 2010 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the award of demonstration grant to Texas to test new ways to provide nutrition assistance and access to healthy foods to low-income children during the summer. The grant is part of the Obama Administration's efforts...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) delivered the following statement today on the House Floor during debate of H.R. 4853, the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Walk off some of those holiday calories by joining this month’s Wind Cave Prairie Walkers as they continue their exploration of the park’s seldom seen backcountry areas. The group meets the last Monday of every month at 1 p.m. at the Wind Cave National Park Visitor Center.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Senate unanimously passed S. 3874, a bipartisan bill sponsored by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and Ranking Member, Senator James Inhofe (R-OK). The legislation strengthens and clarifies standards to protect people from toxic lead in drinking water by uniformly reducing the allowable lead content in drinking water pipes, pipe fittings and plumbing fixtures.
By State Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today issued a statement in response to the State Department releasing its first Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR). The QDDR provides a short and long-term blueprint for U.S. diplomatic and development efforts.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the signing of legislation extending through 2011 a fix to the Medicare physician payment formula to ensure seniors and military families can continue seeing their doctors. The legislation ensures Medicare and Tricare,...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: The Superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined that there is adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in areas of the 1980 park additions that are south of the crest of the Alaska Range, including park lands between the Bull River and Windy Creek at the north end of Broad Pass near the town of Cantwell.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: Bryce Canyon National Park Superintendent Jeff Bradybaugh invites you to join Bryce Canyon’s “Dark Rangers" on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, for an evening of programs and activities highlighting two significant astronomical events-both occurring simultaneously: Winter Solstice, and a total lunar eclipse!...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON--Today, the Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation to make government work better by requiring every federal agency to set clear performance goals that can be accurately measured and publicly reported to Congress and taxpayers in a more transparent way. The Government Performance...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 15, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "The fatal shooting of Border Patrol Agent Brian A. Terry last night is an unconscionable act of violence against the men and women of the Border Patrol and all those who serve and defend our country.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against nine defendants in the matter of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The lawsuit asks the court for civil penalties under the Clean Water Act and to declare eight of the defendants liable without limitation under the Oil Pollution Act for all removal costs and damages caused by the oil spill, including damages to natural resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today convened the inaugural meeting of the Justice Department’s Tribal Nations Leadership Council (TNLC), a group of tribal leaders from around the country who will advise him on issues critical to tribal communities. The TNLC marks the first time a council composed of tribal leaders selected by tribal governments will advise a cabinet member on an ongoing basis.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has sued an Orlando, Fla., man seeking to bar him from promoting two alleged tax-fraud schemes, the Justice Department announced today.
