News from March 2011
By Commerce News Now | Mar 30, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 30, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Mar 30, 2011
The US Energy Department published a six page proposed rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 30, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Mar 30, 2011
The US Energy Department published a five page proposed rule on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Get Outdoors, It’s Yours Day. at San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. March 5. 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Mission San José, 6701 San José Drive. Free family fun at Mission San José, learning about the many outdoor recreational activities available in and around San Antonio. The prime goals of the...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C.- U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today released the following statement after President Obama outlined plans to reduce foreign oil imports...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WHITE PLAINS, NY. - JOHN P. GILBRIDE, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and PREET BHARARA, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, today announced the arrest of ELSA RODRIGUEZ, MAINOR GOODY-BERNAL, IVAN ENRIQUE BARRAZA-TORRES, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Only weeks after cutting billions in education funding, House Republicans have scheduled a vote today on legislation (H.R. 471) that would increase the federal deficit by reestablishing the failed District of Columbia voucher program.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Superintendent Joe Escoto has issued a burn ban for Padre Island National Seashore. All sizes of campfires are prohibited. The burn ban was issued due to a combination of drought conditions and high wind speeds. In order to prevent the spread of unplanned wildfires, only charcoal and gas grills are permitted.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Visitor Center Theater at Mission San José Closed for Renovation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today to examine the effectiveness of tax incentives for individuals and businesses, with an eye toward ensuring incentives achieve the most value for their costs and effectively work to strengthen the American...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON DC- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at a full Committee hearing on impediments to job creation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining the effectiveness of tax incentives...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Committee Member John McCain, R-Ariz., Wednesday sought an objective definition of successful border security.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Two hikers were injured yesterday in a human-caused rock fall incident on the South Kaibab Trail below the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a way to measure the wear and degradation of the microscopic probes used to study nanoscale structures in situ and as it's happening. Their technique can both dramatically speed up and improve the accuracy of the most precise and delicate nanoscale measurements done with atomic force microscopy (AFM).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Today, the Humane Society of the United States will award House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) with its annual Legislative Leader award for his work in 2010. The Humane Society singled out Conyers for his leadership on the passage of a ban on the sale of animal torture ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 30, 2011 - In a press conference earlier this month to deflect criticism on rising gasoline prices, President Obama asked the Department of the Interior (DOI) to produce a report on the status of U.S. energy leases. DOI yesterday produced that report, which invents new definitions in order to generate headlines that two-thirds of offshore leases are “inactive" - a claim that President Obama will likely repeat during his remarks today.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Social Security Subcommittee Ranking Member Xavier Becerra (D-CA), responded to the statement by House Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) regarding Social Security : “So we've got to protect today's seniors. But for the rest of us?. We're going to have to come to grips with the fact that these programs cannot exist if we want America to be what we want America to be.".
