News published on Federal Newswire in February 2011

News from February 2011


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a six page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Finance Committee Approves Bill Reauthorizing Airport and Airway Trust Fund

News Release: Washington, DC - The Senate Finance Committee today approved Chairman Max Baucus’s (D-Mont.) legislation to help create jobs, improve safety and reduce travel delays through reauthorization of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. The fund provides the resources the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)...


Hatch Requestions Information From Obama Administration on Massive Spike in Waivers for Companies, Unions to Circumvent Onerous HealthLaw

News Release: Dear Administrator Berwick: As the Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance (Committee), it is my responsibility to conduct oversight of the Department of Health Human Services (HHS), including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and the federal healthcare programs. In this...


DOE Program Offers Participants Unique Opportunity to Gain Carbon Capture and Storage Knowledge

News Release: Washington, DC - Future leaders and innovators in the area of carbon capture and storage (CCS) can gain a unique and intensive tutorial on the subject by participating in the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Research Experience in Carbon Sequestration (RECS) program.


Baucus Opening Statement Upon Marking Up the Airport and Airway Trust Fund Reauthorization Act

News Release: We’re here to consider reauthorization of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, also known as the Aviation Trust Fund.


Aviation Subcommittee Holds Hearing on FAA Reauthorization

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation today received testimony from Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator J. Randolph Babbitt on the reauthorization of the FAA.


News Release: Washington, D.C.- Ranking Member Norm Dicks gave the following remarks at the Appropriations Committee Organizational meeting for the 112th Congress where it considered subcommittee allocations, committee rules and other committee business.


Hatch Blasts Latest Administration Proposal to More Than Double Unemployment Taxes

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after numerous press reports have revealed that the Obama Administration is considering doubling taxes on unemployment benefits thereby threatening employed American workers and employers...


News Release: Dear Secretary Clinton: This is to urge that the United States move expeditiously to join the European Union in locating and seizing Tunisian government funds misappropriated by the former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his associates and moved out of Tunisia. As much as $5 billion of state funds...


Hatch Statement At Markup of The Airport and AirwayTrust Fund Reauthorization Act of 2011

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a committee markup of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund Reauthorization Act of 2011...


News Release: On Thursday, February 10 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing on “Education in the Nation: Examining the Challenges and Opportunities Facing America’s Classrooms" in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.


Hastings Questions Administration’s Proposed Rewrite of Mining Regulations that could Cost Thousands of American Jobs

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 8, 2011 - Today, House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a to Joseph G. Pizarchik, Director of the Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) expressing concern that the Obama Administration is proposing sweeping new rewrites to coal mining regulations that will cost U.S. jobs and decrease American energy production.