News from December 2010
By Commerce News Now | Dec 9, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that a Water and Energy Efficiency Grant funding opportunity is now available. The grant announcement is available on www.grants.gov using funding opportunity number R11SF80303.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Thursday in response to the release of the administration’s plan to reform federal information technology (IT) management and address the most urgent federal IT challenges, such as cloud computing and acquisition.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded House passage of legislation extending through 2011 a fix to the Medicare physician payment formula to ensure seniors and military families can be confident they will be able to continue seeing their doctors. The...
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: Later this month, the administration will release its plan for updating our diplomatic and development architecture to meet the needs of the 21st century. The Quadrennial Review of Diplomacy and Development, or QDDR, has been 1 1/2 years in the making and represents a serious and thoughtful attempt to identify and repair.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., December 9, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman-elect Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the decision to not consolidate energy jurisdiction into one Committee - from Energy and Commerce to Natural Resources.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., released the following statement in support of companies that have severed their business relationships with Wikileaks and are now facing intimidation from hackers sympathetic to Wikileaks who are attacking the companies’ websites.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- In accordance with Grand Canyon National Park's 2010 Fire Management Plan (FMP) Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), park fire managers will begin to expand the use of non-fire treatments to reduce hazardous fuels in the park's wildland-urban interface.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today following a committee hearing on the nomination of Carolyn Colvin to be the Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (SSA). He made clear his support for Colvin’s confirmation to the position, given...
By State Newswire | Dec 9, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - In response to the White House announcement today on steps taken under the Export Control Reform Initiative, Rep. Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “By launching today the negotiations on the U.S.-EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement between the United States and the European Union, we reaffirm our mutual intention to ensure security, including combating terrorism and ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today joined U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Martha Johnson, Federal Protective Service (FPS) Director Eric Patterson, and GSA Commissioner ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today met with leaders from global shipping companies, including UPS, DHL, FedEx, Atlas and TNT along with U.S. Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe, to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – PrimeLending, a national mortgage lender with 168 offices in 32 states at the end of 2009, has agreed to pay $2 million to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination against African-American borrowers between 2006 and 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today held the fifth of five joint public workshops to explore the appropriate role for antitrust and regulatory enforcement in American agriculture. The workshop, led by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, examined margins at various levels of the agricultural supply chain. The workshop also included opportunities for public comments.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – United Water Services Inc., the former contract operator of the Gary Sanitary District wastewater treatment works in Gary, Ind., and two of its employees, were charged today with conspiracy and felony violations of the Clean Water Act in a 26-count indictment returned by a federal grand ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice on behalf of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, along with the Commonwealth of Kentucky, have filed a complaint and entered into a consent decree with Logan Aluminum Inc. to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act’s National Emission Standards for ...
By Fed Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: James Savage FSPC Spokesman (216) 579-3079 james.g.savage@clev.frb.org Cleveland, Ohio The Federal Reserve's 2010 study of noncash payments released today revealed that in 2009 more than three-quarters of all U.S. noncash payments were made electronically, a 9.3 percent annual increase since the Federal ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Commerce Secretary Gary Locke Remarks at Atlantic/National Journal Event I'd like to thank the Atlantic and National Journal for inviting me to talk about America's current and future place in the global economy.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on the U.S. House of Representatives' vote of 214-193 on the Robert C. Byrd Mine Safety Protection Act of 2010. The measure was taken up by the House as a "suspension" – a legislative mechanism requiring a two-thirds majority of House members agreeing to the motion to allow its passage.
