News from August 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, made the following statement after tonight’s vote to avoid default on our national debt and put our fiscal house back in order. The Budget Control Act of 2011 passed the House by a vote of 269-161 and now heads to the Senate for consideration.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House of Representatives voted today to protect jobs and reduce onerous regulations with passage of H.R. 2715, a bill to provide the Consumer Product Safety Commission with greater authority and discretion in enforcing the consumer product safety laws. The measure passed the House with strong bipartisan support by a vote of 421 to 2.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: Egyptian archaeological sites, storerooms and other locations are under serious threats of pillage, theft and illicit trafficking. That's why U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) joined forces with the U.S. Embassy to Egypt to present a four day workshop titled "Countering Antiquities Trafficking at Egypt's Ports and Borders."
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: The Jefferson County Public Works Department has announced that repairs to the Willoughby Creek Bridge, on Upper Hoh Road near milepost 3.5, will start on August 1.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation announced today that the sponsors of 13 projects have been awarded $2.12 million to fund feasibility studies that assess the opportunity for reclamation and reuse of wastewater and naturally impaired ground and surface water.
By EPA Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today called on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to explain what rights a person or entity would have to legally challenge a decision or recommendation made by the controversial Independent Payment Advisory Board...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: At approximately 12:00 p.m. Sunday, July 31, 2011, Yosemite National Park’s Emergency Communication Center received a 911 phone call reporting a fall of a hiker on the Half Dome cables. Hayley LaFlamme, a 26 year old female from San Ramon, California, had gone to the top of Half Dome and was descending when she fell 600 feet off the cables. National Park Rangers pronounced her deceased upon arrival on scene.
By DOL Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, issued the following statement on Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius’s acceptance of the Institute of Medicine’s guidelines for women’s preventive health services...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: The Draft Denali Park Road Vehicle Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be available for public review and comment beginning Monday, Aug. 1, announced Superintendent Paul Anderson. The draft plan describes two action alternatives and a no action alternative for managing vehicle use on the 92 mile long Denali Park Road for the next 15-20 years.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Chairman Dave Camp delivered remarks at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, below are excerpts followed by the full remarks.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: MANHATTAN, NY. - John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA), Bridget G. Brennan,
By Interior Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: VOLUNTEERS SELECTED FOR 2011 ELK REDUCTION PROGRAM.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 1, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 raw and refined sugar tariff-rate quotas (TRQs), an extension of the FY 2012 raw sugar TRQ time period, and an increase in the FY 2011 specialty sugar TRQ.
