News from June 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Commerce today released a report that proposes voluntary codes of conduct to strengthen the cybersecurity of companies that increasingly rely on the Internet to do business, but are not part of the critical infrastructure sector. The report, Cybersecurity, Innovation...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: Fort Union National Monument Announces Summer Junior Ranger Camps.
By State Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) held a nomination hearing for Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker to be Ambassador to Afghanistan.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: Gilahina Fire Stays Quiet. (Copper Center, AK) - The weather started out warm and dry on the Gilahina Fire on Tuesday.The temperature rose to 64 degrees and the relative humidity dropped to 25% by early afternoon.It looked like the Red Flag Warning for elevated fire danger was merited.Then the clouds...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, slammed the Obama Administration’s agenda of more regulation, more taxes, and more debt, saying the White House’s response to the current economic downturn has, “either not worked or made things worse for our small businesses, middle class families and job creators.".
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Tuesday, June 7, Grand Canyon firefighters responded to two separate human-caused fires in Grand Canyon National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 8, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after ExxonMobil announced a discovery of more than 700 million barrels of oil equivalent in the Gulf of Mexico in the company's first post-moratorium deepwater exploration well.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate notified Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, that FEMA will extend its disaster assistance recoupment appeals process deadline.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce leaders who are closely following the deadly E. coli outbreak in Germany are seeking answers from the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to protect the public health. The outbreak, which has infected at least one American, has triggered global concern given the symptoms associated with the bacteria.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park is hosting a migratory bird bash. Join us for an opportunity to learn more about migratory birds while exploring the park with experienced bird watchers. "Go Wild, Go Birding" is this year's theme, created to celebrate the migration of birds to North American breeding grounds from South American wintering grounds.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - With the stunning decision by the Organization for Petroleum Exporting Countries to not increase production despite continued high prices, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today said that the United States must engage in a full-scale OPEC oil independence campaign in the long-term to reduce our...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement in response to today’s news that exploration in the Gulf of Mexico has uncovered existence of a massive oil and gas field.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed news that the Federal Communications Commission Chairman has finally agreed to remove the “Fairness Doctrine" and several related rules...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement in response to today’s news that exploration in the Gulf of Mexico has uncovered existence of a massive oil and gas field.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: As part of an upcoming rock crushing and surfacing project in Big Bend National Park, a few backcountry roads will be closed in the near future. The roads listed below will be closed starting June 13th. The closures are expected to last at least through July 8, 2011.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - During last week’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee hearing on “The Department of Energy’s Role in Managing Civilian Radioactive Waste," witnesses revealed that Energy Secretary Steven Chu simply ignored the technical components of the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository when withdrawing the project’s license application.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - During last week’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee hearing on “The Department of Energy’s Role in Managing Civilian Radioactive Waste," witnesses revealed that Energy Secretary Steven Chu simply ignored the technical components of the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository when withdrawing the project’s license application.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) released the following statement in response to today’s news that exploration in the Gulf of Mexico has uncovered existence of a massive oil and gas field.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - During last week’s Environment and the Economy Subcommittee hearing on “The Department of Energy’s Role in Managing Civilian Radioactive Waste," witnesses revealed that Energy Secretary Steven Chu simply ignored the technical components of the Yucca Mountain nuclear repository when withdrawing the project’s license application.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today welcomed news that the Federal Communications Commission Chairman has finally agreed to remove the “Fairness Doctrine" and several related rules...
