News from July 2010
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: This notice is to inform visitors of a temporary closure to all human use along the Bartlett River upstream of the boardwalk (see map). On July 27 an NPS employee hiking in this area was charged by a brown bear (ran directly towards person at a fast pace) beginning on the other side of the river 150...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON DC -Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) today introduced H.R. 5893, the Investing in American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act of 2010. By closing loopholes that encourage companies to ship jobs overseas, the legislation would spur job creation here in the U.S. by extending...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Marc Jean-Baptiste of the Seychelles Islands Foundation spent two months immersed in the details of people and park management at Grand Canyon National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Small businesses are the backbone of America’s economy and the principle engine of job creation. In fact, over the past 15 years, small businesses have created two-thirds of all new jobs. However, small businesses have been hit hard by the recession - losing more than six million jobs since December...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today unanimously approved a bipartisan bill, authored by Ranking Member Susan Collins, to extend the current federal law governing security at America's chemical facilities for three years, ensuring that a significant homeland security vulnerability continues to be addressed.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., delivered the following statement at a Committee markup of H.R. 2868, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) joined House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, members of the House Democratic Leadership, and House Democrats at a press event this morning on the Steps of the Capitol to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Social Security Act, which President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law on Aug. 14, 1935. Below are Chairman Levin’s remarks during the event...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - The JASON Project's multimedia energy curriculum has earned three CODiE Awards from the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA). Developed with assistance from the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Operation: Infinite Potential explores past, current, and future challenges of energy generation, storage, and consumption.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today voted to support the "Earmark Transparency Act of 2010," which was approved by the full Committee by a vote of 11-5. The legislation would set up a user-friendly, online...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: The House passed the Bill by a vote of 411 to 6.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: AMS No. 153-10. Nadine Wilkins (202)720-8998Nadine.wilkins@ams.usda.gov. WASHINGTON, D.C., July 28, 2010 -- On July 7, 2010, AMS release number 120-10 included the wrong state in the headline. The correct headline should read “Florida Produce Business Settles Reparation Award". All other information...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564. James Ryder (202) 225-0020. - Today, Congressman Joe Baca, D-Calif., Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, held a hearing to review quality control systems in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A report from Huffington Post revealed that “the Obama Administration has revised its latest monthly report on its signature foreclosure-prevention plan, deleting a heavily-criticized performance metric used to measure whether assisted homeowners are re-defaulting on their taxpayer-financed mortgages."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Hours before The Washington Post ran an editorial entitled “The public deserves a hearing for a Medicare appointee, " the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, Sander Levin (D-MI), denied a request from the Committee’s Republican members for such a hearing with recently appointed CMS Administrator Dr. Donald Berwick.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: The House passed the Bill by voice vote.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today criticized House Democrats’ refusal to pay for needed unemployment benefits and sending a bill to the Senate that has no hope of passage. The Senate’s rejection of an unpaid-for extension of unemployment benefits yesterday caused the Associated Press to label today’s House action as a “futile gesture.".
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Vista), a member of the House Judiciary Committee and the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released the following statement today regarding a federal judge’s ruling to block key provisions of legislation passed by the State of Arizona providing state law enforcement with the authority to enforce immigration laws...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals. This quarterly online newsletter compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural livestock, poultry and fish.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for Vegetation Management Plan.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 28, 2010 - While Americans continue to ask “where are the jobs?" House Democrats are preparing to pass legislation that will send even more American energy jobs overseas. The CLEAR Act (H.R. 3534) puts the jobs supported by American oil and natural gas at risk by raising taxes, blocking American energy development, continuing a moratorium on deepwater drilling and completely eliminating economic liability caps.
