News from April 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements today after the White House announced that the Administration and Colombia have reached agreement on an action plan to resolve outstanding Colombian labor issues...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Celebrate National Park Week and find the healing power of nature in your neighborhood national park. April 21 at 11:00 a.m., join us at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore where the National Park Service and Porter Health System will launch "Park Prescriptions," a get healthy program.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - This morning, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) gave the keynote address at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Corporate Disability Employment Summit. A longtime champion for people with disabilities, Harkin sponsored the Americans with Disabilities Act, and as Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Pat Tiberi (R-OH) issued the following statements today in response to the release of a report titled “The Flow-Through Business Sector and Tax Reform: The economic footprint of the flow-through sector and the potential impact of tax reform " examining the role of S Corporations in the U.S. economy.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: The idea of probing the body's interior with radiation stretches back to experiments with X rays in the 1800s, but more than a century later, images taken with radiological scans still are not considered reliable enough to, for example, serve as the sole indicator of the efficacy of a cancer treatment. Lisa Karam, a biochemist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and a few dozen of her colleagues across North America have set out to change that.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: BOSTON, MA. - A Bellingham man was sentenced today in federal court after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute Oxycodone and cocaine.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area Superintendent Niki Nicholas announced today that Charit Creek Lodge is once again open for guests. The lodge had been closed since January 1 of this year pending the selection of a concessions operator to provide services. Superintendent Nicholas stated...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA) issues the following statement regarding H.R.1473, the agreement reached last week to fund the government through the remainder of the current fiscal year.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: As a special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Tours of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of April 17. Two tours will be given, one at 7:30 p.m. and a second at 8:30 p.m.; each tour is limited to 30 people. Tickets must...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, April 14 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, "Examining the Department of Labor’s Implementation of the Davis-Bacon Act." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - With tax filing day approaching, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today to discuss ideas on simplifying tax administration and easing filing burdens for individuals and businesses. Today’s hearing is part of a Finance Committee series examining ways the tax code can be more fair and simple, boost the economy and increase the competitiveness of U.S. businesses at home and in the global market.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement upon passage of H.R. 4 - the House-passed 1099 repeal legislation...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced that John Richard Shanks, 62, of Bakersfield, was sentenced yesterday by United States District Judge Anthony W. Ishii to 20 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release, for conspiring to distribute marijuana. Shanks pleaded guilty on February 8, 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA), Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) and Congressman Dave Reichert (R-WA) sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, requesting IRS to review and examine whether AARP, Inc.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Washington- U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks, ranking Democratic Member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement today regarding H.R.1473, the agreement reached last week to fund the government through the remainder of the current fiscal year.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: For the many states, communities, new-home builders and prospective buyers now mulling over the pluses and minuses of installing residential fire suppression sprinklers, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a free online tool to help them sort through the costs and benefits of the technology.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Entrance Fees Waived During National Park Week.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: Do you hold the key to solving some gadget mysteries from the last century of U.S. science and technology? In its 110 years, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made many innovations in the way we measure things, from basic quantities like the volt and nanometer to specialized questions like the purity of sugar.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today sent a letter signed by all Republican members of the Committee, to Chairwoman Deborah Stabenow (D-MI) calling on her to bring up and have the committee approve the House-passed bipartisan pesticide regulation bill, H.R. 872, as soon as possible.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing to examine the use of spectrum to expand broadband access, advance public safety, create jobs, and lower the deficit. Slade Gorton, former U.S. Senator...
