News from June 2011
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Superintendent Dan Kimball announced that the National Park Service (NPS), in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, is initiating an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to evaluate options and potential impacts of acquiring lands owned by the Florida Power and Light Company...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Factory trials conducted by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have led to recommendations for controlling or preventing starch buildup in processed raw sugars and products made with those sugars. The study was led by chemist Gillian Eggleston with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Commodity Utilization Research Unit in New Orleans, La. ARS is USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore superintendent, Costa Dillon, has been awarded the Meritorious Service Award of the Department of the Interior. The presentation was made by National Park Service Deputy Director Mickey Fearn.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting comments on a proposal for the construction of a storage building at Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve. Your comments can be provided in writing at the address given in this notice, or they may be tendered via E-Mail to the contact person...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today released a Committee Minority analysis, Physician Owned Distributors (PODs): An Overview of Key Issues and Potential Areas for Congressional Oversight, detailing a spike in the utilization of medical...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By USDA Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park to Commemorate Completion of Park’s new General Management Plan.
By State Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - One month from today, Southern Sudan is expected to become an independent country. What should be a moment for celebration is in danger of disintegrating into conflict and instability that can rob North and South Sudan alike of a brighter future that is within their grasp. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement on the situation:
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, led a group of 28 Senators in sending a letter to Dr. Donald Berwick, the Administrator for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), urging him to reconsider Indiana’s Medicaid State Plan,...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Join Artist-in-Residence Dian Disantis 9:30 am-11 am on Sunday, June 26, 2011 at the Ernest Coe Visitor Center for a demonstration and discussion of her painting techniques. Disantis will also show some of her photography and previous works, as well as paintings that she has created this June during her Everglades residency as part of the Artist-in-Residence-in-Everglades (AIRIE) Program.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA - The National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site has announced a full schedule of family-friendly activities for the Brigade Encampment special event, scheduled for Saturday, June 18, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) was a guest on C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers" program June 5. He touched on a variety of issues, including the state of the economy, the debt limit discussions, the Republican budget and tax reform.
By State Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today welcomed the decision by the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna to refer Syria’s noncompliance with its safeguards obligations to the United Nations...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 9, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings today unveiled a discussion draft of, a bill to cut through bureaucratic red tape and unlock the full potential of energy resources in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A). As part of the American Energy...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: AEP: EPA Plan Expected To Cost $6 Billion To $8 Billion Through Decade’s End
By DOE Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: AEP: EPA Plan Expected To Cost $6 Billion To $8 Billion Through Decade’s End
By Interior Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: LAS VEGAS - The National Park Service is inviting prospective bidders for the Lake Mead Cruises tour operation to attend a site visit on Weds., June 22. The contract prospectus for sightseeing boat tours on Lake Mead within the Lake Mead National Recreation Area will soon be advertised for open competitive bidding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: BEAUMONT, TX - A 51-year-old Richmond, Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for knowing about a major drug conspiracy in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Thomas E. Hinojosa and U.S. Attorney John M. Bales.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 9, 2011
News Release: AEP: EPA Plan Expected To Cost $6 Billion To $8 Billion Through Decade’s End
