News from February 2011
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-OK) are pleased to announce the membership of the Environment and Public Works subcommittees for the 112th Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today adopted a Committee Oversight Plan for the 112th Congress and passed four pieces of health care legislation: the Protect Life Act, H.R. 358 ; the Veterinary Public Health Workforce and Education Act, H.R. 525 ; the Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act, H.R. 528 ; and the Dental Emergency Responder Act, H.R.570.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee today held a hearing on “Environmental Regulations, the Economy, and Jobs." The panel, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), examined how and whether federal regulatory agencies are conducting the...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that he is offering an amendment to the Continuing Resolution to prohibit the FCC from using funds to implement the controversial internet regulations that the commission adopted in December.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee, chaired by Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), today adopted a Committee Oversight Plan for the 112th Congress and passed four pieces of health care legislation: the Protect Life Act, H.R. 358 ; the Veterinary Public Health Workforce and Education Act, H.R. 525 ; the Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act, H.R. 528 ; and the Dental Emergency Responder Act, H.R.570.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Michael Cupeto, 48, of Elk Mills, Maryland, was sentenced to 15 years in prison by U.S. District Court Senior Judge John P. Fullam for conspiracy to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine, announced...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: Climbing routes on cliffs used by nesting Peregrine Falcons at Zion National Park will be temporarily closed beginning March 1, 2011, in order to protect the nesting success of this bird which is in recovery from "endangered species" status. The closing date is based on analysis of information collected from 2001-2010 regarding the peregrines' arrival time to their nesting cliffs in the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee today held a hearing on “Environmental Regulations, the Economy, and Jobs." The panel, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), examined how and whether federal regulatory agencies are conducting the...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that he is offering an amendment to the Continuing Resolution to prohibit the FCC from using funds to implement the controversial internet regulations that the commission adopted in December.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced that he is offering an amendment to the Continuing Resolution to prohibit the FCC from using funds to implement the controversial internet regulations that the commission adopted in December.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 15, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee today held a hearing on “Environmental Regulations, the Economy, and Jobs." The panel, chaired by Rep. John Shimkus (R-IL), examined how and whether federal regulatory agencies are conducting the...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Fact Sheet: Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request (PDF, 11 pages – 573 KB) Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today unveiled the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) $57.0 billion fiscal year 2012 budget request – prioritizing ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will travel to New Zealand and Australia on Feb. 20-25 to meet with her international counterparts and build on the Department’s new partnership with the World Customs Organization ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that President Obama’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 budget proposal totaling $28.2 billion for the Department of Justice identifies $2.0 billion in efficiencies and savings while providing resources to strengthen national security, preserve the department’s ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Tan Nguyen, 35, from Oceanside, Calif., was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David O. Carter to one year and one day in federal prison for his conviction last year on a federal obstruction of justice charge stemming from lies he told California investigators about his involvement ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: Commerce Department 2012 budget proposes to spend $242 million less The Commerce Department’s proposed 2012 budget makes tough choices and reduces spending by $242 million, while making important investments that will help America out-build and out-innovate our economic competitors.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: Acting Commerce Deputy Secretary Rebecca Blank Remarks on Release of Department of Commerce Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Good afternoon, everyone; thank you for joining us. I’m Rebecca Blank, Acting Deputy Secretary at the Department of Commerce.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 14, 2011
News Release: Budget reflects fiscal responsibility while investing in job training and worker protection WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today outlined its part of the president's fiscal year 2012 budget request to Congress. The department's budget request focuses on efficiently achieving the department's goals while exercising fiscal restraint.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 14, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Feb. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
