News from February 2010
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: Studies conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are helping to increase understanding about the environmental factors that regulate avenanthramide (Avn) production in oat grain.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The National Park Service has awarded Scottsdale, Ariz. based Forever Resorts, LLC a three-year temporary contract to operate concessions at Echo Bay. Beginning today, Forever Resorts assumes management from Seven Crown Resorts, which operated the area for 38 years.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., delivered the following statement on the Senate floor Monday calling for Senate confirmation of Government Services Administration nominee Martha Johnson. Johnson’s nomination has been held up since June, when she was unanimously approved by the Committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 1, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding President Obama’s FY 2011 budget.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, commented today on President Obama’s FY 2011 budget request, applauding some key education investments and reform proposals while questioning a pervasive culture of favoritism that pits union leadership against rank-and-file workers while emphasizing “gotcha" policies that penalize job creators.
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC -- In response to the Administration’s release today of its Fiscal Year 2011 request for the International Affairs Budget, Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued this statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to the release of President Obama’s budget outline for Fiscal Year 2011...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today called on EVERY member of Congress to review the quarterly report released by SIGTARP Neil Barofsky and to take to heart what Barofsky warns will happen if policymakers continue to ignore the role that government intervention has played in contributing to and prolonging the economic crisis.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: Responding to new allegations that a leading official at the U.S. Department of Education was fired for raising concerns about proposals that could compromise student privacy, Rep. John Kline (R-MN) today spoke out about the importance of federal education privacy protection laws and highlighted a recent report calling into question data collection initiatives that could compromise students’ personal information.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: (Keystone, SD) Mount Rushmore National Memorial Superintendent Gerard Baker announced that South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds presented the 2010 George Mickelson Great Service Award to Xanterra Parks and Resorts at the Governor’s Conference on Tourism held in Pierre, SD, in January. Xanterra Parks and...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: (Calumet, Michigan) The National Park Service at Keweenaw National Historical Park invites the public to review and comment on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Union Building Interpretive Facility. The facility is located in downtown Calumet on Red Jacket Road near Fifth and Scott Streets.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 1, 2010 - During President Obama’s State of the Union address he said, “Like any cash-strapped family, we will work within a budget to invest in what we need and sacrifice what we don't.".
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Obama's FY 2011 budget seeks $760.4 million for the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) to support improved energy security and rapid development of climate-oriented technology. The request includes $586.6 million for Fossil Energy Research and Development, $138.9 million for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, $11.3 million for the Northeast Heating Oil Reserve and $23.6 million for the Naval Petroleum Reserves.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service is now accepting applications for noncommercial river trip permits to raft the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park. The permits are for specific launch dates within calendar year 2011. A total of 274 permits will be awarded for 12- to 25-day...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) called the report released today by SIGTARP Neil Barofsky should serve as a call to action for the Obama Administration and the Democratically-controlled House and Senate to acknowledge the role that government intervention has played in contributing to and prolonging the economic crisis.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: Price Statement. "The President is laudably seeking to strike a balance between achieving fiscal sustainability and addressing critical security challenges".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C.- President Barack Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget submitted today to Congress for the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) proposes a funding level of $918.9 million, a 7.3 percent increase over the FY 2010 appropriations for the agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2010
News Release: To: Reporters and Editors. Fr: Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522. Re: Tax proposals in President’s proposed budget. Da: Monday, Feb. 1, 2010. Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member and former chairman of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over tax policy, made the following comment on...
