News from April 2011
By Labor Gazette | Apr 28, 2011
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Apr 28, 2011
The US Justice Department published a six page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 28, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 28, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: The Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, April 30, is less than one week away. More than 5,000 sites nationwide, including over 130 throughout the El Paso Division, have joined the effort that seeks to prevent pill abuse and theft. The free event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. local time.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Even as Chevron reported $6.2 billion in profits over the first three months of 2011, potentially questionable television advertisements by the company claim that it spent “every penny and more" of the $19.1 billion in 2010 profits on “bringing energy to the world." Rep. Edward J. Markey...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: Kate Kitchell is the new associate state director of the Montana/Dakotas Bureau of Land Management. She replaces Howard Lemm, who retired in July 2010.Kitchell began her federal career in 1975 with the National Park Service and joined the BLM in 1989 in Colorado. She's held BLM management positions in...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) and 90 of his House colleagues today called for full funding for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in 2012. In a bipartisan letter sent to the leaders of the Appropriations Committee responsible for the funding of the program, Rep. Markey and the other members cited high energy prices and lingering effects from the economic downturn as reasons to continue to fully fund the vital program.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment charging Roberto Ceja Sandoval, 44, of Berkeley, with possessing cocaine and methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: Have you ever slept in a slave cabin? Joseph McGill can tell you what it’s like. Over the last year, he has stayed overnight in rural cabins and urban slave quarters throughout the southeast to raise public awareness for the need to preserve them. This impressive project has called attention to these endangered buildings and their historical significance to the American landscape.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides guidelines to secure the earliest stages of the computer boot process. Commonly known as the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), this fundamental system firmware-computer code built into hardware-initializes the hardware when you switch on the computer before starting the operating system. BIOS security is a new area of focus for NIST computer security scientists.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: Some crunchy, good-for-you tree nuts like almonds and pistachios are vulnerable to attack by a troublesome mold known as Aspergillus flavus. The mold produces cancer-causing natural compounds called aflatoxins.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and sea turtle nesting closures may...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: National Park Service and Federal Highways Administration road construction engineers are continuing to plan and prepare for repairs to both the Olympic Hot Springs Road and the Whiskey Bend Road within Olympic National Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General issued a report on the FBI's Ability to Address the National Security Cyber Intrusion Threat. The report can be found here...
By State Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement today in response to President Obama’s announcement that Robert Gates will retire and that he will nominate Leon Panetta as the next Secretary of Defense and Gen. David Petraeus as the next Director of the Central Intelligence Agency:
By Interior Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is making available for public review an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the construction of a new visitor center at Chickasaw National Recreation Area in Sulphur, Oklahoma. The EA evaluated the No Action Alternative, in which case the Travertine Nature Center would...
By EPA Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Congressional Budget Office yesterday released a new estimate of how much taxpayers would save with enactment of H.R. 1213, legislation authored by Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) to repeal the unlimited funding provided under the health care law to provide grants to states for various activities related to health insurance exchanges. The legislation will save more than $14 billion by 2021.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Congressional Budget Office yesterday released a new estimate of how much taxpayers would save with enactment of H.R. 1213, legislation authored by Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) to repeal the unlimited funding provided under the health care law to provide grants to states for various activities related to health insurance exchanges. The legislation will save more than $14 billion by 2021.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Congressional Budget Office yesterday released a new estimate of how much taxpayers would save with enactment of H.R. 1213, legislation authored by Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) to repeal the unlimited funding provided under the health care law to provide grants to states for various activities related to health insurance exchanges. The legislation will save more than $14 billion by 2021.
