News from June 2011
By DOE Newswire | Jun 20, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - A newly signed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for the purchase of electricity produced by the Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP) is an important step forward for what will be one of the world’s most advanced and cleanest coal-based power plants, funded in part by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2011
News Release: Yosemite National Park is seeking volunteers to become a Habitat Protector of Yosemite (HaPY) Volunteer. The park's Resources Management and Science Division is seeking help from the interested people to assist in preserving, restoring, and enjoying the natural resources in Yosemite Valley. Volunteers...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 20, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, June 22 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 Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218). The markup will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA) released the following joint statement today in response to McKinsey’s release of its survey methodology after repeated requests from House and Senate Democrats. Reps. Levin and Stark were among nine members who last week sent a letter to McKinsey requesting the survey methodology.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 20, 2011
News Release: The southern portion of the main road through Lassen Volcanic National Park will open to the Bumpass Hell parking area beginning this Saturday, June 18, announced Park Superintendent, Darlene M. Koontz. "The park road crew has been diligently working the past several weeks to clear snow up to depths of 25 feet along this eight-mile section of the road.".
By DOL Newswire | Jun 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement after the Supreme Court ruled that a sex discrimination class-action suit against Wal-Mart cannot move forward...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 20, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee that has jurisdiction over all tax policy, today reiterated that tax reform is essential to ensuring America’s international competitiveness and that it must remain separate from the debt reduction discussions.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) recommends that the federal government set clear strategic priorities and goals to align funding for emissions-reducing technologies and climate research with national efforts to address climate...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2011
News Release: Yosemite National Park is searching for 30 year old George Penca, from Hawthorne, California. Penca was last seen on the Upper Yosemite Fall trail in Yosemite Valley where he was hiking with a group of people from his church. He has been missing since Friday, June 17.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) praised the Department of Interior today for their actions to prevent the expansion of potentially damaging uranium mining surrounding the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Natural Resources Democrats passed in 2008 a resolution requiring then-Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to suspend mining operations. The Bush administration ignored the recommendation, but the Obama administration is following those recommendations today.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the 8-0 decision by the Supreme Court of the United States to uphold the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate heat-trapping emissions, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), co-author of the only climate bill to have passed a body of Congress and the Ranking Member of the Natural Resources Committee, issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2011
News Release: The story of 12 million immigrants who came to the United States through Ellis Island in search of the "American Dream" began with them sitting on a bench in the Great Hall. It was a wait of a lifetime, to begin a new life. If they passed the mental and physical exams they would be able to start a new chapter in their lives in America.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - William (Billy) Driscoll was found yesterday as the National Park Service and the Coconino County Sheriff's office, with the assistance of the Department of Public Safety (DPS), made plans to ramp up search efforts.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2011
News Release: First Day of Summer is Free at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today met with Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews to discuss the United States' and Canada's shared commitment to protecting the global supply chain, enhancing security within, at, and away from our borders, and expediting legitimate travel and trade that is critical to the economies of both countries.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice today released an updated version of the Antitrust Division’s Policy Guide to Merger Remedies. The policy guide is a tool for Antitrust Division staff to use in analyzing proposed remedies in its merger matters. It also provides transparency into the division’s approach to merger remedies for the business community, the antitrust bar and the broader public.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius visited Philadelphia today where they participated in the sixth regional health care fraud prevention summit. The summits bring together a wide array of federal, state and local partners, beneficiaries, providers and other interested parties to discuss innovative ways to eliminate fraud within the U.S. health care system.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Ibrahim Diallo, 27, of Atlanta, was sentenced to 38 months in prison today by U.S. District Judge William S. Duffey Jr., in Atlanta for his involvement in a counterfeit DVD and CD ring, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 17, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that Nixon State Bank of Nixon, Texas, will establish uniform pricing policies, conduct employee training, and pay nearly $100,000 as part of a settlement to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination on the basis of national origin.
