News from December 2011
By DOE Gazette | Dec 20, 2011
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement on the floor of the House of Representatives regarding Republicans’ refusal to allow a vote on a short-term extension of the payroll tax cut, federal unemployment insurance and Medicare physician payment rates...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Republicans, led by Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Sam Johnson (R-TX), sent Government Accountability Office (GAO) Comptroller General Gene Dodaro a letter inquiring into the general oversight and effectiveness of the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) representative payee program.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a prototype device capable of absolute measurements of optical power delivered through an optical fiber.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) appointed Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) to serve on a Conference Committee to be made up of House and Senate members to resolve differences over H.R. 3630, The Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: Embrace winter and have some fun at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore's Winterfest Celebration from 12:00 p.m.-4:00 p.m., Saturday, January 7 at the Paul H. Douglas Center for Environmental Education.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Camp Statement on November Jobs Report.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ. - DEA Acting Special Agent in Charge Doug Coleman and Tempe Police Department Chief of Police Tom Ryff along with Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne and Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery announced today the culmination of a 15-month long investigation regarding an extensive trafficking cell associated with the Sinaloa Cartel headed by Joaquin “El Chapo" Guzman and Ismael “El Mayo" Zambada-Garcia."
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) sponsor of H.R. 3630, The Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act, released the following statement upon the bill’s passage...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: STONEWALL,TX - On Sunday, Dec. 11, members of the Friends of LBJ National Park, joined by President Johnson's daughters Lynda Johnson Robb and Luci Baines Johnson, became the first visitors to tour the entire ground floor of the Texas White House.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the world's first reference material for single-wall carbon nanotube soot. Distantly related to the soot in your fireplace or in a candle flame, nanotube-laden soot is the primary industrial source of single-wall carbon nanotubes, perhaps...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - New standards to limit mercury and other toxics from power plants and other sources were finalized today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a move that will protect America’s children and pregnant mothers from health hazards, and encourage the development of cleaner energy technologies.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Ways and Means Committee Chairman and member of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, released the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the announced retirement of fellow Committee member Rep. Geoff Davis (R-KY) at the end of the 112th Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Lowell, Massachusetts.In observance of the upcoming holidays, Lowell National Historical Park is adjusting schedules.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: A new collaboration between the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP), the Alliance for Performance Excellence and The Alternative Board (TAB) will provide resources and training for small businesses to improve their performance through the use of the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: DALLAS - A federal grand jury in Dallas indicted a Plano, Texas, resident for misrepresenting his immigration and naturalization documents to fraudulently obtain his U.S. citizenship through naturalization.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) introduced H.R. 3630, The Middle Class Tax Relief & Job Creation Act. The legislation extends a number of provisions scheduled to expire at the end of the year and includes fully paid-for extensions of the payroll tax holiday and a reformed...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: Festive cookies, served at year-end holiday gatherings, may in the future be made with a larger proportion of whole-grain flour instead of familiar, highly refined white flour. That's a goal of ongoing studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists in Wooster, Ohio.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 20, 2011
News Release: A long legacy of art in the National Parks continued at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore when four artists unveiled their visual interpretations of the park during a brief ceremony on December 12th in the park's visitor center. Mark Burkett (Mooresville, IN), Susan Henshaw (Union Pier, MI), Nancie King...
