News from July 2011
By DOT News Wire | Jul 18, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 18, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 18, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 18, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 18, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on July 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley today pressed Attorney General Eric Holder about the Justice Department’s unsatisfactory responses and lack of cooperation with an investigation into the highly...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposed rules for Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs), which are private, nonprofit health insurance providers governed by their members. The CO-OP program was created by the Affordable Care Act, of which Chairman Baucus was a chief architect in the Senate. From Chairman Baucus...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 15, 2011, Raymond Woods, a 47 year-old Cahokia, Illinois man, pled guilty to one count of possessing in excess of five grams of crack cocaine. Sentencing is set for Nov. 18, 2011 in East St. Louis, Illinois. At sentencing, Woods faces penalties of five to 20 years’ imprisonment; a fine not to exceed $1,000, and a $100 special assessment.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: Brookline, MA - On July 23, 2011 John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site will celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy by offering special programs and tours led by National Park Service Rangers from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The event coincides with Rose Fitzgerald...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The mercury may be rising across the country, but House Republicans are reducing the funding that allows our government's weather and climate experts to better forecast short-term extreme weather events and long-term climate trends. The cuts, engineered by a House Republican caucus that...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park’s Division of Science and Resource Management will host a public open house on July 25 in the Grand Canyon Lodge Auditorium on the North Rim from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Open House will include posters, archeological artifacts, and wildlife displays. Biologists, archeologists, physical scientists, GIS specialists and other staff members will be present to provide further information about their program and answer questions.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Glacier National Park’s Citizen Science Program announces the second annual Noxious Weed Blitz on Thursday, July 28th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the West Glacier Community Building. In 2008, the Invasive Plant Management Program and Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center established...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: BOSTON, MA. - A Georgia man was sentenced today in federal court for conspiring to distribute eight pounds of pure methamphetamine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: SEATTLE, WASH - Andres Rene Rodriguez, 25, of Shoreline, Washington, was sentenced on July 15, 2011 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to 40 months in prison and three years of supervised release for nine counts related to drug trafficking and gun possession. Rodriguez was convicted March 3, 2011. The jury deliberated approximately five hours following a two day trial.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park is excited to announce that a new webcam at Camp Muir is now fully operational and available online to the public. This is a unique location for a webcam as it is certainly the highest webcam in Washington State and one of the most remote in the United States. This project...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) are spearheading a...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released “Meet Your Oversight Watchdogs: Rep. Blake Farenthold, " the eighth in a series of videos introducing committee members to the American people. Rep. Farenthold serves Texas’ 27th Congressional District as a member...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Domenico Sandalo, also known as “Dominick," 37, of Mohackemo Drive, Norwalk, was sentenced today by...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY), Environment and the Economy Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL), and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) are spearheading a...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2011
News Release: At a White House award ceremony today the Channel Islands Naturalist Corps was named the Take Pride in America Outstanding Federal Volunteer Program.
