News from May 2010
By Commerce News Now | May 3, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 3, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 3, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said she and Committee Chairman Senator Joe Lieberman were briefed Monday morning by Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, about the attempted New York City bombing.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Claire McCaskill, chair of the Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, along with her colleagues Ranking Member Scott Brown (R-MA) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Ranking Member of the full Homeland Security Committee, are demanding to know why the Department of Defense (DOD)...
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: LOWELL, MA -On May 13 through May 15, Lowell is throwing open its doors again during National Preservation Month. The ninth offering of Doors Open Lowell provides an inside look at numerous historic buildings, many not normally open to the public. The buildings, located throughout Lowell’s downtown historic...
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Monday issued the following statement about the attempted terrorist attack in Times Square over the weekend...
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson held a field hearing in Fresno, Calif., to review U.S. agriculture policy as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. This is the third in a series of hearings scheduled across the country to consider...
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 3, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statements regarding the oil spill and cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico.
By State Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John F. Kerry (D-MA) today issued a statement in support of the Obama Administration’s efforts to strengthen the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. Senator Kerry emphasized that ratifying the New START treaty and strengthening the NPT are two critical steps toward improving our national security:
By USDA Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: Two Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are part of an international team that has found a way to boost the nutritional value of corn. This has the potential to reduce the number of children in developing countries who lose their eyesight, become ill or die each year because of vitamin A deficiencies.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: Matthew Dillon, Director of the Pryor Mountain Wild Mustang Center in Lovell, Wyo., is a 2010 recipient of the Bureau of Land Management's national "Making a Difference" award. He will be formally recognized at a May 5 ceremony in Washington, D.C. He is one of only five individual volunteers from across...
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WHAT: A surveying retracement camp will be held for Troy University surveying students, private surveyors, and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employees. Participants will be divided into crews in order to perform an actual retracement of historic surveys from field notes and instructions. Their objective...
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter today to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar regarding the Committee’s investigation into “whether the Interior Department’s Minerals Management Service (MMS), which oversees offshore drilling...
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: One brown suit of good American cloth?
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park have announced a three week project to resurface 14.5 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) from the Apgar Transit intersection to the Avalanche Campground area. Much of this stretch of road is in poor condition, and Federal Highway Administration...
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services for additional information about the government’s supply of the H1N1 vaccine, based on information provided by the Secretary in an earlier response to Grassley and policies of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding distribution.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park’s historic River Ranger Station, located along the Colorado River near Phantom Ranch, will soon get a face lift. A National Park Service maintenance crew along with a crew from the Coconino Rural Environment Corps (CREC) and graduates of Coconino County’s Youthbuild Program will begin work on the building next week. The project should be completed by mid-summer.
By State Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Foreign Relations Committee majority staff has issued a report examining the effectiveness of Radio and TV Marti titled, “Cuba: Immediate Action Is Needed to Ensure the Survivability of Radio and TV Marti". Radio Marti was created in 1983 to support the Cuban people in their ...
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2010
News Release: NAMPA, Idaho - Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson held a field hearing in Nampa, Idaho, to review U.S. agriculture policy as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. This is the second in a series of hearings scheduled across the country to consider new ideas regarding Federal food and farm policy. Six Members of Congress attended today’s hearing and heard testimony from ten witnesses on a variety of farm policy issues.
