News from July 2010
By DOT News Wire | Jul 22, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Though you may not have type 2 diabetes, you probably know someone who does. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) research physiologist Sean H. Adams is conducting studies to discover more about this complex disorder and especially to determine how better nutrition and regular physical activity might help prevent it.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Dear Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Inspector General (IG) David Kotz has agreed to a request from Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, to broaden his current investigation examining the SEC’s decision to move forward with action against Goldman Sachs “to include the circumstances surrounding the timing of the SEC’s settlement reached with Goldman on July 16, 2010."
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Dear Special Inspector General Barofsky: I read with concern reports that General Motors has announced it is paying $3.5 billion in cash to purchase AmeriCredit Corp., a company that specializes in auto loans to borrowers with poor credit. As you know, GM is a major TARP recipient that received a $49.5...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) lauded House passage today of legislation he introduced with Majority Leader Harry Reid in the Senate to reinstate federal unemployment insurance benefits for Americans who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. The Senate passed the extension yesterday and the legislation is now headed to President Obama to be signed into law.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa today blasted Committee Democrats for stonewalling efforts to question White House officials on record keeping abuses related to the Presidential Records Act and Federal Records Act by using personal e-mail accounts...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Thank you, Tony, for that kind introduction. I am pleased to be here today to talk about patient-centered research in the new health reform law.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22, 2010 - In response to a letter from Natural Resources Committee Republicans, Department of Interior (DOI) Acting Inspector General Mary Kendall today confirmed she is conducting an open investigation into allegations that the Department altered the 30-day safety report to the...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, stood with colleagues and the President today as he signed into law the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act. Attending the White House ceremony with Senator Collins,...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- Grand Canyon National Park is valued worldwide as one of the world’s most powerful and inspiring scenic landscapes. It has inspired artists from painters Thomas Moran and Gunnar Widforss to composer Ferde Grofé; and now, it has inspired a group of nine high school youth participating in the park’s first Grand Inspiration program.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
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By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 22, 2010 - Today, during Full Committee markup of H.R. 5388, a bill to expand boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Ranking Member Rob Bishop (UT-01) offered an amendment to allow hunters the...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564. James Ryder (202) 225-0020. Today, House Agriculture Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Leonard Boswell, D-Iowa, held a hearing to review current issues facing the U.S. crop insurance industry. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: “Thank you, Susan Schwab, for your kind introduction. Your distinguished service as U.S. Trade Representative was marked by many accomplishments. But Montanans will remember you most fondly for bringing the fifth round of the Korea FTA negotiations to Big Sky in 2006.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Searchers found the body of a missing hiker in Zion National Park at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 22. A ground search team located the body of Corey Buxton, 17, of Las Vegas, Nevada near the Hop Valley Trail in the Kolob Terrace section of the park.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Senators Urge Interior Secretary Salazar to
By Interior Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - It is the peak season at Glacier National Park and that means an increased chance of people encountering wildlife both on park trails and roads. Glacier is home to many large mammals including elk, moose, deer, bears, wolves, mountain lions, lynx, wolverines, bighorn sheep and mountain...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Madame President, today the Senate considers extension of economic sanctions against the Burmese regime. The Senate should pass this resolution.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 22, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced proposed revisions of 18 U.S. Grade Standards for Frozen Vegetables issued on or before July 22, 1985.
