News from November 2010
By Commerce News Now | Nov 16, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and senior Committee member Tom Carper, D-Del., Tuesday welcomed Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., to the Committee.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today touted new protections and innovations for seniors in Medicare, following the release of a new report showing how sorely needed these new protections are. The policies, which Baucus helped create in the new health care law,...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today as the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released new figures for improper payments made in Fiscal Year 2010...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced new appointments or reappointments of 16 members to Montana's three citizen-based Resource Advisory Councils (RACs), which advise the Bureau of Land Management on public land issues. The RACs are composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds.“The...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released the following statement today regarding the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) report revealing that the federal government’s improper payments for FY-2010 totaled $125 billion, $15 billion higher than the previous year...
By State Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC- Tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA), and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) will hold a press availability to discuss the need for the Senate to approve the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). The availability will take place outside of room S-116 in the U.S. Capitol.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a series of enhancements to the USDA National Farmers Market Directory, including a mapping feature and reformatted data sets. The data sets and widget are also available on Data.gov in support of the USDA's Open Gov efforts.
By State Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement today on ratification of the New START Treaty:
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., questioned federal officials Tuesday about their ability to secure air cargo adequately in the aftermath of the shipment of explosive materials from Yemen aboard cargo and passenger airplanes bound for the U.S.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and senior Committee member Tom Carper, D-Del., Tuesday welcomed Senator Chris Coons, D-Del., to the Committee. Coons was elected November 2 to replace Senator Ted Kaufman, who was appointed to finish out the unexpired term of Vice President Biden.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee executive session to consider several bills, as well as to vote on any pending nominations that may be cleared for action, scheduled for today has been POSTPONED. The new time and date are to be determined.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., questioned federal officials Tuesday about their ability to secure air cargo adequately in the aftermath of the shipment of explosive materials from Yemen aboard cargo and passenger airplanes bound for the U.S.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY: The National Park has awarded a $340,000 contract to BlueScope, Construction Inc. of Kansas City, Missouri to begin phase I of II of a multi-year project to historically rehabilitate the exterior of the Old Orchard Building at Sagamore Hill National Historic Site. Work on the exterior of the building will begin in December.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked the Government Accountability Office to conduct an analysis of who benefits from the federal Build America Bonds program and what portion of tax dollars go to Wall Street banks for fees rather than to the infrastructure projects themselves, among other questions.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 16, 2010
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are helping growers adopt an environmentally friendly practice that is catching on nationwide: "rolling" their rye when they use it as a cover crop.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS), Department of the Interior, announces the availability of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) Off-Road Vehicle Management Plan (plan/EIS). The purpose of the plan/EIS is to develop regulations and procedures...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John Pistole today announced the expansion of the nationwide "If You See Something, Say ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced additional details for the Dec. 8, 2010, public workshop in Washington, which will examine the issue of margins at various levels of the agricultural supply chain. The workshop will be held in the Jefferson Auditorium at USDA, which is accessible through a designated entrance on Independence Avenue between 12th and 14th Streets, S.W.
