News published on Federal Newswire in January 2011

News from January 2011


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Congressman John Conyers (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, joined by the other fifteen Democrats on the Committee, today asked Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) to hold hearings on gun safety in the wake of the recent Tucson shootings.


Central Falls Man Charged With Conspiring To Traffic Five To Seven Kilos Of Cocaine

News Release: PROVIDENCE, RI. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the New England Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha announced a federal criminal complaint and supporting affidavit unsealed in U.S. District Court in Providence detail the alleged participation of...


News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.


News Release: After months of construction work, Superintendent Bruce Noble is proud to announce that the Veterans Lake area of Chickasaw National Recreation Area’s Platt Historic District has reopened. Thanks to favorable construction weather, the area is reopening several months earlier than anticipated.


News Release: Fire Island National Seashore is offering a variety of winter hikes and other programs this year including several at the William Floyd Estate in Mastic Beach. While the 613-acre Estate is closed over the winter, its grounds will be open for several special weekend tours, weather and conditions permitting.


Upton Questions HHS Credibility After Release of Dubious Report on Costs

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today raised serious questions about the credibility of the federal agency charged with implementing the massive new health care law after the release of a questionable new study that is inconsistent with other nonpartisan government analyses...


News Release: 2011 SUPERINTENDENT’S COMPENDIUM. Of Designations, Closures, Permit Requirements and Other Restrictions Imposed Under Discretionary Authority. Superintendent Marie Sauter announced today that Fort Union National Monument has released an update to the park’s Superintendent’s Compendium of Designations...


Process to Allow Private Contractor Airport Screeners to End

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in response to the Transportation Security Administration's decision to stop accepting new applications for the Screening Partnership Program (SPP), which allows airports to have private contractor screeners and opt-out of using TSA screeners...


DEA Task Force Investigation Leads To Eleven Charged In Alleged New Haven Heroin Ring

News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) New England Field Division and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that 11 individuals have been charged with various federal narcotics trafficking offenses related to distribution of heroin in the New Haven area.


Public Invited to Meet Park Superintendent

News Release: (Calumet, MI) The National Park Service at Keweenaw National Historical Park and the Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission will host an open house to greet new superintendent Mike Pflaum as he assumes the helm this week. The public is invited to meet Mike at the open house on Thursday, February 3 from 5:00 to 6:30 pm at park headquarters located at the corner of Red Jacket Road and US Highway 41 in Calumet.


Come to the Water: Teaching San Francisco Black History

News Release: Come to the Water: Teaching San Francisco Black History.


Upton Questions HHS Credibility After Release of Dubious Report on Costs

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today raised serious questions about the credibility of the federal agency charged with implementing the massive new health care law after the release of a questionable new study that is inconsistent with other nonpartisan government analyses...


Chairman Kerry On The Situation In Egypt

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement on the situation in Egypt:


News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Friday welcomed to the Committee one new Democratic member and three new Republicans.


News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Heeding a damning report from Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) Neil Barofsky, Representatives Jim Jordan (R-OH), Darrell Issa (R-CA), and Patrick T. McHenry (R-NC), announced the introduction of H.R. 430, a bill to repeal the Home Affordable...


News Release: Washington - USDA's Acting Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services Michael Scuse will lead 20 U.S. companies on an Agribusiness Trade and Investment Mission to Lima, Peru, Jan. 31-Feb. 3, 2011, to meet with 150 Peruvian and Ecuadorian entrepreneurs and buyers to develop business ties...


Upton Questions HHS Credibility After Release of Dubious Report on Costs

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today raised serious questions about the credibility of the federal agency charged with implementing the massive new health care law after the release of a questionable new study that is inconsistent with other nonpartisan government analyses...