News published on Federal Newswire in January 2010

News from January 2010


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Grassley asks VA secretary about exposure of VA patients to infectious diseases due to health system mishaps

News Release: WASHINGTON --- Based on an internal agency memo documenting the incident, Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to respond to information about the wrong filter being used in dialysis machines at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System last year, putting 83 patients, and possibly...


News Release: (Calumet, MI) The Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission and the National Park Service at Keweenaw National Historical Park have rescheduled the grants workshop that was originally to have been held on December 8, which was cancelled due to weather. The workshop is being held to prepare potential applicants...


News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Questioning why EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson continues to move full speed ahead on the Obama Administration’s efforts to create costly new regulations that harm efforts of small businesses to create jobs without addressing information about corrupted science and the impact on small...


Release: WASHINGTON, DC, Jan. 14, 2010 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the availability of $25 million in grants to help schools operating a National School Lunch Program replace outdated equipment with new, energy efficient, appliances such as refrigerators, ovens, and other food service...


Kline Blasts Special Interest Health Care Deal

News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), Senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement today in response to reports that the White House has negotiated with Big Labor to exempt union health care plans from a proposed excise tax. In recent days, congressional Democrats have ...


SENATORS COLLINS, McCASKILL CALL FOR REVIEW OF POSTAL SERVICE CONTRACT POLICIES

News Release: WASHINGTON - Citing concern about its huge annual deficits, Senators Susan Collins, R-Me., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., today sent a letter to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Inspector General, asking for a review of the service’s procurement policies and regulations.


Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission Meeting - January 2010

News Release: The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010 at park headquarters located on the corner of Red Jacket Road and U.S. Highway 41. Agenda items include the 2010 Keweenaw Heritage Grants program, a report from the Preservation-Stewardship Committee, and an update from the Partnerships Committee.


News Release: Washington, DC - In response to Iran’s arrest of Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Khalaji, the father of Mehdi Khalaji, a senior research fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), and Ranking Member Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) issued the following statement...


SENATOR COLLINS ISSUES STATEMENT REGARDING TRAGIC SITUATION IN HAITI

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins, R-Me., Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on Thursday made the following statement about the ongoing deployment of federal emergency assistance to the island nation of Haiti...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Republicans today sent letters to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) Acting Director Vincent Snowbarger asking for all records and communications relating to General Motors Corporation’s decision to funnel funds to the pensions of 46,000 Delphi corporation union workers while denying over 21,000 Delphi non-union employees the same benefit.


New Farming Wrinkle May Help Peanut Growers

News Release: Using a combination of conservation tillage and deficit irrigation management in peanut production can promote conservation of water during the early growing season without hurting yields, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist reports.


volunteer hikers wanted

News Release: Haleakala National Park is seeking volunteers for its Volunteer Trail Safety Patrol (VTSP). VTSP volunteers will hike Haleakala’s numerous trails, educating visitors about wilderness ethics, Leave No Trace principles, and the park’s cultural and natural resources. As a VTSP volunteer you could play a...