News from June 2011
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on June 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday morning, June 15, 2011, a Big Bend National Park employee was flagged down by three illegal immigrants asking for help at the Tornillo Creek bridge near Rio Grande Village. They had been lost in the desert since Sunday and had run out of water the previous day. They indicated that there...

By DOL Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, June 23 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled, “Demanding Accountability in National Service Programs." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) archeologists at Monocacy National Battlefield near Frederick, Maryland are entering a second year of archeological excavations at one of the largest known slave sites in the region. From June 21 - 30, the NPS will host students and faculty from Howard University for a two-week archeological field school aimed at providing exclusive and enhanced learning opportunities for students interested in archeology.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: Media Contact: Liz Friedlander. 202-225-1564, U.S. House Agriculture Committee Ranking Member Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., today joined Rep. Aaron Schock, R-Ill., to introduce the Biodiesel Tax Incentive Reform and Extension Act (H.R. 2238). The legislation extends the $1 per gallon biodiesel tax credit...
By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) held a nomination hearing for Ambassadors to Egypt, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, and Kazakhstan.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, Senators Joe Lieberman and Susan Collins state their concern for the care, support, treatment, and rehabilitation for our service members returning from battle with injury and illness.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today increased the fiscal year 2011 raw sugar tariff-rate quota (TRQ) by 120,000 short tons raw value (STRV).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: Search Efforts Scaled Back on Fifth Day of Search.

By State Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) went to the floor of the United States Senate to announce the introduction of a bipartisan joint resolution authorizing the limited use of United States Armed Forces in Libya.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD. - On June 21, 2011, U.S. District Judge Benson E. Legg sentenced Kevin Jenkins, a/k/a “Mud,", age 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, to 160 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to distribute drugs in the Gilmor Homes public housing complex in Baltimore. Judge Legg enhanced Jenkins’ sentence upon finding that he is a career offender based on two previous drug convictions.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD. - On June 21, 2011, U.S. District Judge Benson Everett Legg sentenced April Lynn Baker, age 30, of Greencastle, Pennsylvania, formerly of Clear Spring, Maryland, to three years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for conspiring to distribute, and distributing, morphine and methadone, the use of which resulted in the death of Brandon Sgaggero.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: Most industry executives, military planners, research managers or venture capitalists charged with assessing the potential of an R&D project probably are familiar with the wry twist on Arthur C. Clarke's third law*: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo."

By DOL Newswire | Jun 21, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to the National Labor Relations Board's proposal of modernized election rules, which will clear the way for workers to vote on unionization by streamlining regulatory processes...