News from July 2010
By USDA Wire | Jul 20, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 20, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Liz Friedlander (202) 225-1564. James Ryder (202) 225-0020. Today, Congressman Mike McIntyre, D-N.C., Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture, held a hearing to review the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Mr. President, this week, the Senate has returned to the small business jobs bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA) convened a hearing on the implementation of the health information technology (IT) provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (H.R. 1). Below are highlights from the hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: The United States District Court in the District of Columbia has issued a ruling regarding a lawsuit filed by the Bluewater Network, the Wilderness Society and two individuals regarding the regulations that allowed limited personal watercraft (PWC) use at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Gulf Islands National Seashore. The regulations for Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore were implemented in 2005.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Mr. President, this bill is about jobs. And this bill is about compassion.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Energy today announced 15 research and deployment partnerships to help dramatically improve the energy efficiency of American homes. These highly-qualified, multidisciplinary teams will receive a total of up to $30 million for the initial eighteen months of the projects...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement today after the Senate voted to overcome the GOP filibuster and move to a vote on legislation that would extend Federal unemployment insurance (UI) programs. The House of Representatives sent similar...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to consider important legislation to support thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs this week. H.R. 4380, the U.S. Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010, contains hundreds of tariff suspensions and reductions that will help American companies manufacture and sell goods to continue growing and supporting American jobs. The bill is scheduled to be considered by the Full House as early as tomorrow.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina -- Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Russel J. Wilson is pleased to announce that the Cape Lookout Lighthouse reopened to the public for regular climbing on July 15, 2010. Previously open four times per year, the lighthouse will be open three days per week - Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through September 25 of 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA), delivered the following statement today at a Subcommittee hearing on the Immediate Need for Charitable Assistance in the Gulf Coast Region...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Two tips for preventing Johne's disease on dairy farms: Use stainless steel water troughs and add chlorine to the water. That's according to Kim Cook, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) microbiologist at the agency's Animal Waste Management Research Unit in Bowling Green, Ky. Cook did the research with Carl Bolster, a hydrologist at Bowling Green, and other colleagues.
By State Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C.---Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), East Asia and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee Chairman Jim Webb (D-VA), Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), Blanche Lincoln (D-AR), Mark Begich (D-AK), along with five Democratic senators, today endorsed the President’s call for a prompt ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - An investigation conducted by Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee is revealing new insights into the inner workings of Countrywide’s Financial Corporation’s infamous VIP and Friends of Angelo Program that existed to buy friends in critical...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 16 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include broccoli, burnet, carrot, coleus, cucumber, forget-me-not, sneezeweed, spinach and watermelon.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Natural Resources Canada announced today a total of $5.2 million has been committed by the two governments to bring a benchmark carbon dioxide (CO2) injection project to successful conclusion in 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 20, 2010 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), Energy and Minerals Subcommittee Ranking Member Doug Lamborn (CO-05), and Reps. John Duncan (TN-02), Bill Cassidy (LA-06), Paul Broun (GA-10), Jason Chaffetz (UT-03) and John Fleming (LA-04)...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 20, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the Obama Administration released its monthly performance report for the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) and its monthly “Housing Scorecard." Both further demonstrate that HAMP has failed to address, or even significantly affect, the nation’s foreclosure rates.
