News from June 2011
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Continued hot and dry weather combined with consistent windy conditions is quickly drying out fuels at Grand Canyon National Park. The park is currently at “Very High" fire danger; and based on predicted weather forecasts, conditions are trending toward “Extreme" fire danger in the very near future.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following last night’s PBS Frontline segment documenting the mistreatment of America’s veterans by some for-profit colleges, a group of Senators condemned the practices brought to light. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA), along with...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Tuesday, June 28, at 3:15 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report from Grand Canyon Railways staff of a train passenger with difficulty breathing.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: Tuesday, June 28 - Lake Haiyaha.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By State Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) submitted a hearing statement on U.S. Burma policy at the nomination hearing for Derek Mitchell to be the Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma. Chairman Kerry was an original co-sponsor of ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - On Thursday, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will convene a forum on the flow of illegal guns on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border. Law enforcement officials have testified that improvements to our nation’s gun...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, U.S. Senators Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Lamar Alexander (R-TN), and Susan Collins (R-ME) announced the Senate’s passage of bipartisan legislation to clear the backlog of stalled executive nominations by permanently exempting a range of positions from Senate...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- Grand Canyon National Park and partner Grand Canyon Youth invite you to enjoy an evening program and exhibit presented by 15 young artists.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Gil Kerlikowske, Director of National Drug Control Policy, presented the New York/New Jersey High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) a national award at the 2011 National HIDTA Conference in Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: MIAMI, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, and John V. Gillies, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Miami Field Office, today...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: Art on the Rim, the 2nd annual Art Show to be held at Crater Lake National Park, is scheduled for July 9th and 10th at the Rim Village Community House from 10:00am to 5:00pm both days. The artwork being featured was created by the park's fall 2010 and spring 2011 Artists-in-Residence. The park Artist-in-Residence...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: SAN JUAN, P.R. - A federal grand jury indicted 114 individuals on June 27 as a result of an investigation lead by the Drug Enforcement (DEA), with the collaboration of Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security (ICE), Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Puerto Rico Police...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced the selection of three feasibility studies and five appraisal investigations with the goal of improving water supplies for rural communities in six western states. The eight awards, totaling $2.3 million, will help these towns and Tribal communities explore options to help meet their future water needs.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, continued his push for a Balanced Budget Amendment (BBA) to the Constitution - leading a group Senate Republicans in a floor debate and participating in a news conference calling for the enactment of a Balanced Budget Amendment to confront the nation’s over $14 trillion debt. Hatch is the lead sponsor of the BBA that has the backing of all 47 Senate Republicans.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA) today welcomed the ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit upholding the Affordable Care Act’s Constitutionality.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are further expanding their investigation of the now 3-year unsolved case of toxic and sometimes lethal contaminated heparin supplies that were imported from China and given to U.S. patients. Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman Emeritus...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Two of the leading congressional voices on privacy issues today announced plans for the first in a series of hearings in the coming months to examine how information is collected, protected, and utilized in an increasingly interconnected online ecosystem. Rep. Mary Bono Mack, chairman...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - On Thursday, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will convene a forum on the flow of illegal guns on both sides of the U.S./Mexico border. Law enforcement officials have testified that improvements to our nation’s gun...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 29, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Two of the leading congressional voices on privacy issues today announced plans for the first in a series of hearings in the coming months to examine how information is collected, protected, and utilized in an increasingly interconnected online ecosystem. Rep. Mary Bono Mack, chairman...
