News from February 2010
By Commerce News Now | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released data on new residential construction in January 2010. Housing starts rose 2.8 percent in January and permits decreased 4.9 percent. Starts have advanced 23.4 percent and permits have risen 24.7 percent above their April 2009 low point.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today visited the Labor's Community Service Agency (LCSA) in Phoenix, Ariz. YouthBuild students at LCSA are working to retrofit a building using green construction skills acquired in a training program funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act), which is one-year old today.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 17, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 17, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 17, 2010
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-developed method to safely and reliably mark termites and other insects over vast acreage so their movements can be tracked is just as effective as the previous method-and more affordable.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Domestic Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) today sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner asking Treasury to disclose crucial numbers deleted from its monthly reports on the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 17, 2010 - Today, on the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Obama Administration’s $787 billion so-called “stimulus" bill, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement noting its failure to create jobs and the lethargic release of funds paid out by the U.S. Interior Department.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 17, 2010 - Today, USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon marked the one year anniversary of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA) of 2009, also known as the stimulus or recovery package, by announcing that ARRA invested more than $8 billion in local economies to feed...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: “It's clear that the Recovery Act has helped pull the economy back from the brink".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: Dear Commissioner Hamburg: The United States Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) has jurisdiction over, among other things, the Medicare and Medicaid programs. As Ranking Member of the Committee, I have a responsibility to the more than 100 million Americans who receive health care coverage under...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today appointed three members to serve on the Mushroom Council. They will serve three-year terms beginning immediately and ending on Dec. 31, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: Climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting peregrine falcons at Zion National Park will be temporarily closed on March 1, 2010, in order to protect the nesting success of this bird which is in recovery from “endangered species" status. The closing date is based on analysis of information collected from 2001-2009 regarding the peregrines’ arrival time to their nesting cliffs in the park.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park announces the 3rd annual LBJ 100 Bicycle Tour, “A Ride to Preserve History," which begins on the historic LBJ Ranch airstrip near Stonewall, Texas on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. The tour provides four separate routes of 10, 30, 44 and 65 miles throughout...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: Everglades National Park is pleased to announce that new regulatory markers are being installed in Chokoloskee Bay near Chokoloskee Island. Sixteen (16) markers will be installed along with signs that identify new boating speed zones. The purpose of these zones is to improve manatee protection in this area of the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Edolphus “Ed" Towns and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today wrote to several major auto insurance companies asking whether any of these companies reported sudden unintended acceleration (SUA) incidents to the National...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 17, 2010
News Release: Alexandria, VA - U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman today addressed the opening session of the second annual Nuclear Deterrence Summit and discussed the Department of Energy's commitment to helping achieve the President's goals of reducing nuclear dangers and expanding the use of nuclear energy in a manner that minimizes the risks of proliferation.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) pledged their support for a new program to help strengthen Haiti’s economyand create sustainable employment in Haiti’s apparel sector. The program was announced today by U.S.Trade Representative...
