News from December 2011
By Commerce News Now | Dec 21, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 21, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 21, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 21, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Springfield Armory National Historic Site commemorates the 225th Anniversary of Shays's Rebellion - one of the most significant, yet tragic, moments in the history of the United States. On Saturday, January 21st, 2012, from 1:30pm to 2:30pm, Richard Colton, Park Ranger, will introduce...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, applauded an agreement announced last night between New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg to create 2,000 more wheelchair-accessible cabs. Harkin, a longtime...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Research projects to study ways for improving the environmental performance of unconventional gas development are being sought by the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), a facility of the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today commented on the Environmental Protection Agency’s release of the final National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from Coal- and Oil-Fired Electric Utility Steam Generating Units, or Utility MACT.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: Wednesday, December 21 at 3:00 p.m., Colorado National Monument will temporarily close the upper section of Rim Rock Drive from DS Road to Independence Monument Overlook to all traffic in anticipation of hazardous driving conditions.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: Recent storms have brought additional snow to the park, and the Superintendent has determined that there is now adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in all of the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve. The open areas include the park and preserve additions north and south of the crest of the Alaska Range.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC -Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that it has issued the nation’s first standards to reduce toxic pollution emitted from coal-fired power plants...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: With just 10 days until the Dec. 31 expiration of the 2 percent payroll tax cut, House Republicans are threatening to impose a tax increase on 160 million Americans. Maybe it’s because many House Republicans - including the most senior among them - didn’t support extending the payroll tax cut in the first place...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The first round of competition in "Parks for the People: A Studio Competition to Re-imagine America's National Parks" is complete. Teams from nine colleges and universities advanced from a field of 41 entries to design studio exercises and face a second jury review next summer.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, released the following statement welcoming the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) decision to finalize modernized election rules, which will clear the way for workers to vote on unionization by streamlining regulatory processes...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Sobriety safety checkpoints will be set up within Grand Canyon National Park this holiday season in an effort to assure the safety of park visitors and residents.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) final ambush election rule...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: Today, the House of Representatives approved a Senate amendment to H.R. 1059, a bill authored by House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.). H.R. 1059, as amended, extends by six years the authority of the Judicial Conference of the United States to redact personal and sensitive ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: Olympic National Park has finished reviewing public comments received on the Spruce Railroad Trail Expansion and Improvement Environmental Assessment (SRRT EA) and has determined that a revised SRRT EA will be developed in 2012.
By EPA Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a House-appointed negotiator on the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, this week is discussing efforts to extend payroll tax relief and unemployment benefits, provide certainty for seniors and their doctors, and create jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and a House-appointed negotiator on the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act, this week is discussing efforts to extend payroll tax relief and unemployment benefits, provide certainty for seniors and their doctors, and create jobs.
