News from July 2010
By DOT News Wire | Jul 13, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 13, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 13, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 13, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior, has awarded a $991,280 contract to Briston Construction, LLC, of Tempe, Ariz., under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: ARS researchers have found a tiny insect in Thailand-Himalusa thailandensis-that may be a biological control for the invasive skunk vine. Photo courtesy of Ted D. Center, ARS.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) announced that as a result of a request from Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, an audit of the Treasury Department’s $2 billion Housing Finance Agency Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Market (Hardest Hit Fund) will be initiated.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) today applauded a final rule released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that will ensure patients receive higher-quality,...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin recently welcomed two new division chiefs to the park’s management team.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today announced that David Schwartz will be promoted to Acting Chief Health and Welfare Counsel on the Senate Finance Committee staff. Schwartz will replace Liz Fowler, who will serve as Deputy Director of the Office of Consumer...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA) today commented on the release of rules by the Administration clarifying incentives for adoption of health IT systems by health care providers. These incentives were part of H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today expressed strong support for mine safety reforms that will identify and clamp down on unsafe mines and mine operators, modernize safety standards, and ensure federal oversight authorities are enforcing the ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: Kids don't float, but if the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary has its way, they will.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) provided recent findings from their ongoing inquiry into diabetes drug Avandia to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday. The Finance Committee inquiry uncovered documents suggesting...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) provided recent findings from their ongoing inquiry into the diabetes drug Avandia to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 12, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C.—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks highlighting the Department's continued commitment to enhancing information sharing with state and local law enforcement partners to better protect the public at the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives Annual Training Conference and Exhibition.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor the primary runoff elections on July 13, 2010, in Barbour, Lee and Russell Counties Ala. , to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 12, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the issuance of a Prompt Corrective Action Directive with the consent of Home Valley Bank, Grants Pass, Oregon, a state-chartered member bank.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 12, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between A. E. Bancorp, Inc., Buffalo Grove, Illinois, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
