News from April 2011
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on April 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement today on the anniversary of the Upper Big Branch mining disaster...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: U.S. Borax Inc. - a company that began mining borates in Death Valley in 1872 and played an instrumental role in protecting the land as a national monument in the 1930s - has donated 110 acres of land and associated mineral rights to Death Valley National Park. A dinner to mark the latest donation in...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: This Year’s Programs Include More Than 30 Adventures and Customized Opportunities from Backpacking and Photography to Native American History.
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Last night, Haitian election authorities officially announced that Michel Martelly won the second round presidential election, held on March 20. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement:
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service is developing a combined Wilderness and Backcountry Stewardship Plan for Death Valley National Park. The purpose of the Plan is to guide the National Park Service in making decisions regarding the future use and protection of the park’s vast wilderness and backcountry lands.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: With the help of Valerie Schafer from WNPA, the park recently renovated its book sales area. The original design of the book sales area had been in place since the visitor center first opened. While it offered plenty of storage space for back stock items, it was never a true book sales area as the space for displaying items was limited.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers (D-Mich.) issued the following statement in response to the Attorney General’s announcement that the Department of Justice will refer Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the 9-11 co-conspirators to the Defense Department for military commission prosecution...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for a project to construct five Wildlife Viewing Pullouts along the main park road at Bryce Canyon National Park. Intermountain Regional Director John Wessels approved the FONSI based on the environmental assessment recommended...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: The Gunston Elementary School PTA will host a ribbon cutting ceremony April 9 at 9:00 a.m. for the new Gunston Elementary School / Meadowood Educational 1,240-foot loop trail. The event is open to the public. Meet at the trailhead behind the school at 10100 Gunston Road in Lorton. The Bureau of Land...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: CANCUN - Administrator Michele M. Leonhart is leading a delegation of DEA personnel attending the 28 th International Drug Enforcement Conference in Cancun, Mexico, April 4-7. IDEC, which was first held in 1983 with nations of the Americas and Caribbean in attendance, has today become a global forum...
By State Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s committee hearing entitled ““Watching the Watchers: The Need for Systemic Reforms and Independence of the State Department Inspector General"...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, April 5, 2011 - Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced that more low-income kids will have access to nutrition assistance when school is out and during critical gap periods. USDA's Food and Nutrition Service provided waivers to simplify existing regulations making...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Due to the potential House Republicans’ forced government shutdown, for the first time since early 1996, America’s national parks and Smithsonian museums may shutter this weekend, canceling plans for countless American families. Hundreds of oil rig inspectors could be sent home, threatening the safety of workers. And any permitting of new resource development would stop, turning a Republican-created moratorium myth into reality.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement in response to yesterday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold a state law providing a tax credit on donations to organizations offering private school scholarships. Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn was decided yesterday by a vote of 5 to 4...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: Burgers, meat loaf and other lean ground beef favorites may be made from "trim," the meat that's left over after steaks and roasts have been carved from a side of beef. A study conducted several years ago to ensure that imported beef trim is safe to eat has led to an ongoing collaboration between U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists who conducted the research and colleagues from Uruguay, which exports this in-demand beef.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park is pleased to join the United States Mint for the launch of the seventh coin in the America the Beautiful Quarters® Program. The ceremony will take place on April 13, 2011 at the Columbia Falls High School Gymnasium at 1:00pm, and the public is invited to attend.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5, 2011 - On Monday, April 18th the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a Full Committee oversight field hearing in Houma, LA entitled “Gulf of Mexico: A Focus on Community Recovery and New Response Technology.".
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today blasted a House Republican budget proposal to cut more than $2 trillion in health care benefits and nursing home coverage for seniors. According to the Wall Street Journal, the proposal would “essentially end Medicare" as it...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA) are criticizing the House Republican Budget that would destroy Medicare and replace it with a voucher program.
