News from December 2011
By DOT News Wire | Dec 19, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 19, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 19, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Dec 19, 2011
The US State Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 19, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) praised news today that Japan has initiated steps to improve access for U.S. beef. Baucus has led efforts urging Japan to lift its unscientific restrictions on U.S. beef. Despite the World Organization for Animal Health’s declaration that U.S. beef from cattle of all ages is safe, Japan currently limits imports of U.S. beef to beef from cattle aged twenty months or younger. From Chairman Baucus...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: TEMPE, AZ. - U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Tempe Police Department along with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office and the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office will host a press conference tomorrow morning, Tuesday December 20th, 2011 at 11:00 AM to announce the results of a 15-month long investigation...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: ST. LOUIS, MO. - The DEA and The United States Attorney’s Office in St. Louis announced today that Gregory L. Loomans pled guilty to one charge of conspiracy to possess and distribute human growth hormone drugs.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: Washington DC- Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave the following statement on the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Director Patrick Gallagher today announced establishment of a National Program Office for the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership (AMP). AMP is an effort initiated by the White House that...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed a decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to grant road access to the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A) via construction of a bridge across the Colville River.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., has requested that Attorney General Eric Holder testify before the Oversight Committee on Jan. 24, 2012. Issa noted that the committee has offered AG Holder six alternate dates.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Abdu Newby, 29, from Belleville, IL, was sentenced on Dec. 19, 2011 in District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of Possession with the Intent to Distribute Crack Cocaine, the DEA announced today.
By State Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - As part of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s ongoing oversight of U.S engagement in Afghanistan and the broader region, Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today released a report examining Central Asia’s critical role in Afghanistan.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: Rep. John Conyers, Jr. today commended President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for initiating the Nation’s first-ever National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. By Executive Order, the President has formally directed that the Plan be implemented, which is the product ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: The two-hundred and eighty-second meeting of the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission will take place on Monday, January 9, 2012, at 1 PM, in the meeting room at Headquarters, 99 Marconi Station, in Wellfleet, Massachusetts to discuss the following.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: The Blue Ridge Parkway was established for scenic driving and recreational purposes with a focus on the automobile. Over time, visitation trends have changed with an increased variety of uses, with both recreational vehicles and bicycles enjoying a scenic recreational experience.Both types of use have...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Government Accountability Office released today the first detailed accounting of the degree of U.S. financial support for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report was initiated in May 2010 at the request of Energy and Commerce Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Government Accountability Office released today the first detailed accounting of the degree of U.S. financial support for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report was initiated in May 2010 at the request of Energy and Commerce Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Government Accountability Office released today the first detailed accounting of the degree of U.S. financial support for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The report was initiated in May 2010 at the request of Energy and Commerce Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton...
