News from July 2011
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: Porter, IN: The National Resources Defense Council's (NRDC) recently released Testing the Waters 2011 Report shows that Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore beaches are rarely affect by pollution and are among the cleanest beaches in Indiana. Two Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore beach sites have had only...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Department of Health and Human Services released its proposed regulatory framework for states to set up insurance exchanges under the new $2.6 trillion health law. Utah was only one of two states that had a functioning insurance exchange prior to the passage of the partisan health...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 11, 2011, Corey King, a 34-year old Crestwood, Missouri man, pled guilty to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute 50 grams or...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
Release: Nashville, TN, July 11, 2011 - USDA Deputy Undersecretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Janey Thornton today highlighted the importance of USDA Foods and the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act during the 2011 School Nutrition Association national convention. Thornton joined thousands of school...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: (Keystone, SD) On Tuesday, July 12, 2011 Mount Rushmore National Memorial will continue implementing the Mountain Pine Beetle Assessment and Action Plan to address the mountain pine beetle (MPB) epidemic that is occurring in the central Black Hills.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: Dear Mr. Reid, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Boehner, and Ms. Pelosi...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON)-House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding an executive order covering federal independent agency regulatory reform issued today...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park has received wetting rains over the last week due to the onset of monsoonal moisture patterns in Northern Arizona. As a result, fire managers on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park are making plans to burn piles of woody debris within the next 30 days as weather and fuel conditions allow.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: Berlin, Maryland - Superintendent Trish Kicklighter today announced several new initiatives to help prevent harmful interactions between the wild horses of Assateague Island National Seashore and the visiting public. The initiatives include a renewed effort to educate the public about the dangers of close interactions with the horses and the adoption of two new regulations.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site presents the 30th Annual Culture Fest July 30 and 31, 2011, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Central Time Saturday and Sunday. Admission to Culture Fest is free.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that a Marion, IL, man pled guilty on July 7, 2011, in Federal District Court in Benton, IL, to Conspiracy to Distribute Crack Cocaine.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, July 13 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 markup of the State and Local Funding Flexibility Act (H.R. 2445) and the Federal Workers’ Compensation Modernization and Improvement Act (H.R. 2465). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: The Buttonwood Café in the Flamingo District of Everglades National Park will be closed for the rest of the summer season, reopening in November 2011.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 110,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to China during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders welcomed today’s action by President Obama to encourage independent government agencies to identify and weed out outdated and onerous regulations that are undercutting job growth. The president’s move follows regulatory czar Cass Sunstein’s startling...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: MANHATTAN, NY. - John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that David Eduardo Helmut Murcia Guzmán, the founder of the Colombian marketing giant...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders welcomed today’s action by President Obama to encourage independent government agencies to identify and weed out outdated and onerous regulations that are undercutting job growth. The president’s move follows regulatory czar Cass Sunstein’s startling...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee leaders welcomed today’s action by President Obama to encourage independent government agencies to identify and weed out outdated and onerous regulations that are undercutting job growth. The president’s move follows regulatory czar Cass Sunstein’s startling...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: Two special film screenings of the documentary film Waterbuster will be held on Saturday, July 16, 2011 at Knife River Indian Villages NHS.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), the Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services announced proposed rules to help states establish state-based competitive marketplaces where Americans...
