News from December 2011
By DOE Gazette | Dec 8, 2011
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 8, 2011
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 8, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 8, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
The US Interior Department published a six page rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) made the following statement regarding the GOP unemployment insurance proposal, which would slash federal unemployment insurance next year from a maximum of 73 weeks to 33 weeks...
By State Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today delivered a major policy speech calling for increased pressure on Iran to prevent the regime from developing a nuclear weapons capability. The remarks were delivered at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Washington Forum 2011.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: WASHNGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, issued the following statement Thursday in reaction to the implementation plan issued today to guide the Administration’s countering violent extremism strategy...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing to request that the Committee hold a hearing with former Attorney General Michael Mukasey in order to assist our efforts in understanding the inception and development of so-called “gun-walking" operations over the past five years. The Mukasey Memo. Documents obtained...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee held an oversight hearing on the United States Department of Justice at which U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified. The Majority focused most of their questioning on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) tactics during Operation Fast ...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement after Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis proposed a new rule requiring federal contractors to set a hiring goal of having 7 percent of their workforces be people...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed support for nominee Arunava Majumdar to be the Under Secretary of Energy during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources nomination hearing.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement regarding the White House release of the Strategic Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: SPRINGFIELD: You have already bought the kids their gifts at Wal-Mart, shopped for mom at Macy's, and hit Target for electronic toys. Who would think to do their holiday shopping at a gun museum? Other than those in the military (past and present) or weapons' enthusiasts, a museum like the Springfield Armory National Historic Site is probably the last place many people would think of to buy that very special gift.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA - Federal and local authorities arrested 14 defendants named in a federal indictment that alleges widespread drug trafficking activities by a Whittier-based organization and its Mexico-based suppliers of cocaine and methamphetamine on December 8. An additional five defendants named in the indictment are already in custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: CHICAGO, IL. - Two Chicago lawyers are among four defendants who were found guilty yesterday of participating in a $9.2 million mortgage fraud scheme by a federal jury after a nine-week trial. All four defendants were convicted of multiple counts of mail and wire fraud, and three of them on other related...
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: Today, members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced two additional proposals to reform the nation’s workforce investment system. The federal government currently administers at least 47 separate job training and employment programs, representing an annual taxpayer investment ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: The Superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined that there is adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in areas of the 1980 park additions that are south of the crest of the Alaska Range.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2011
News Release: A WaterSMART Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Feasibility Studies funding opportunity is now available for non-federal government entities, Indian tribes, water districts, wastewater districts or rural water districts in the 17 western states to submit proposals for the development of new feasibility studies for Title XVI projects.
