News from February 2010
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Senior Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today urged Senators to reject the nomination of Service Employees International Union Associate General Counsel Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Previously, Kline called on the Senate ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Rep. Darrell Issa, Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder asking for all records relating to President Obama’s January 2009 decision to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility as well as all documents related to Attorney General’s decision to prosecute five Guantanamo detainees in the New York Federal court system, including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: “We are here today to take up the nomination of Craig Becker for the National Labor Relations Board. This is the second time the Committee has taken up this nomination, and the second time that I am proud to support it.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are tapping into the DNA of a wild oat, considered by some to be a noxious weed, to see if it can help combat crown rust, the most damaging fungal disease of oats worldwide.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Mark Pryor (D-AR), George Voinovich (R-OH) and Mary Landrieu (D-LA), today introduced legislation to extend for five years the law that addresses a major homeland security vulnerability by...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced several new initiatives to assure the safety and quality of food purchased by USDA for the National School Lunch Program and other food and nutrition assistance programs.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: Patchogue, New York- National Park Service Northeast Regional Director Dennis Reidenbach announced the winners of the Regional Director's Natural Resource Awards. The awards recognize outstanding contributions to natural resource stewardship in five categories that include park management, resource management...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: Join a Park Ranger each Sunday in February ( Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28 ) at Sagamore Hill for our free Winter Nature Walks down to our beach on the Cold Spring Harbor side of the Oyster Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Discover the fascinating world of nature during winter and learn about the wildlife that call...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Thursday welcomed the confirmation of Martha Johnson to be General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator. Johnson, who was unanimously approved by the Committee on June 8, 2009, was confirmed by a vote of 96-0. Her confirmation had been blocked for six months for reasons unrelated to her qualifications.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, today issued the following statement following Senate confirmation of Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor at the U.S. Department of Labor. The full Senate voted 60 to 37 for confirmation. The HELP Committee approved her nomination on October 7, 2009.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack today appointed six members to serve on the National Mango Board. The members will serve three-year terms beginning immediately and ending on Dec. 31, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: BOULDER, Colo.-Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built an enhanced version of an experimental atomic clock based on a single aluminum atom that is now the world's most precise clock, more than twice as precise as the previous pacesetter based on a mercury atom.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to ensure that applicants for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability programs get the help they need to navigate the complex appeals process. H.R. 4532, the Social Security Disability Applicants’ Access to Professional Representation Act of 2010, will improve access to quality, professional representation for disability applicants. It was adopted today by a vote of 412 - 6.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: I would like to thank the Chairman for scheduling this hearing and the opportunity to review the President’s budget for Fiscal Year 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI) issued the following statements today following U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Locke’s announcement regarding the Administration’s export promotion strategy...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Voyageurs National Park plans to capture up to 14 adult moose to attach state-of-art telemetry collars in February 2010 as part of a continuing project to investigate the potential effects of climate change and other factors on the long-term viability of moose in the park. The project is a collaborative effort among scientists from Voyageurs National Park, the University of Minnesota-Duluth’s Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI), and the U.S. Geological Survey.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and the Honorable Vic Toews, Canadian Minister of Public Safety, today announced a new Shiprider pilot project designed to bolster cross-border security operations ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today met with members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC)—comprised of leaders from state and local governments, first responder communities, the private sector and academia—in New York City, and delivered remarks emphasizing her commitment to strengthening comprehensive partnerships with faith-based and community groups.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — Atlanta real estate firms Coldwell Banker Joe T. Lane Realty Inc., Coldwell Banker Bullard Realty Company Inc. and Rodney Lee Foreman, one of their former real estate agents, have agreed to pay $160,000 to settle allegations that they illegally steered prospective homebuyers toward and away from certain neighborhoods based on race and color, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter today to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. An identical copy was sent to Senators Bond, Coburn, Collins, Cornyn, Graham, Grassley, Hatch, Kyl, McCain and Sessions, each of whom had written the Attorney General requesting information on the detention and interrogation of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab.
