News from March 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON DC -Ways and Means Committee Republicans today released a so-called “investigative expose" of AARP summarizing publicly-available information about the organization’s structure and finances. The report, which culminates a year-long effort by Republicans to punish the organization for its support...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - In the tenth year since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday launched a multi-hearing review of the nation’s counterterrorism efforts over the past decade in order to build upon reforms that have worked and to improve those that haven’t.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Patchogue, New York- Fire Island National Seashore will mark National Park Week with hikes and other walks, celebrations of Earth Day, and a special National Junior Ranger Day workshop. "We're once again offering a wide range of activities during this year's National Park Week celebration," said Superintendent...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have for the first time used an apparatus that relies on the "noise" of jiggling electrons to make highly accurate measurements of the Boltzmann constant, an important value for many scientific calculations. The technique is simpler and more compact than other methods for measuring the constant and could advance international efforts to revamp the world's scientific measurement system.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Documents for the March 31st Full Committee Hearing: "Why isn't the DHS meeting the President's Standard on FOIA"
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: KEY QUOTE. Republican Majority Leader Eric Cantor on Social Security: “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.". RENEE MONTAGNE,...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Trace-explosives detectors (TEDs) are an increasingly common sight at airports and on loading docks, and emergency response personnel carry them to evaluate suspicious packages. A new test material developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in cooperation with ASTM International enables users of these products to evaluate their performance and reliability.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: During the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing today, Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chief Actuary Rick Foster provided insight into the true cost of the health care law, including the effects on private policies, the federal deficit, and medical devices.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: During the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing today, Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chief Actuary Rick Foster provided insight into the true cost of the health care law, including the effects on private policies, the federal deficit, and medical devices.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: During remarks this morning at Georgetown University, President Obama proclaimed, “Right now, the industry holds tens of millions of acres of leases where it’s not producing a drop - sitting on supplies of American energy just waiting to be tapped. That’s why part of our plan is to provide new and better incentives that promote rapid, responsible development of these resources."
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: NEW LONDON, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LAMONT MULLER, also known as “Dell" and “Cuz," 38, of New London, was sentenced today by United States District...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: COLUMBIA, SC. - Fourteen defendants were arraigned in Federal Court on a thirty-seven count indictment. The indictment alleges that all were members of a criminal street gang and that gang members conspired to distribute more than 280 grams of “crack" cocaine, more than 100 grams of heroin, and marijuana, and that they used various places on the East Side of Charleston to manufacture and distribute drugs.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senator Pat Roberts, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today said the nation's energy strategy should include development of domestic energy resources and comprehensive agriculture policies encouraging global stability.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: During the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing today, Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Chief Actuary Rick Foster provided insight into the true cost of the health care law, including the effects on private policies, the federal deficit, and medical devices.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, today released a report: “A New Era of Openness? How and Why Political staff at DHS Interfered with the FOIA Process." The report details the committee’s findings about inappropriate interference...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: During remarks this morning at Georgetown University, President Obama proclaimed, “Right now, the industry holds tens of millions of acres of leases where it’s not producing a drop - sitting on supplies of American energy just waiting to be tapped. That’s why part of our plan is to provide new and better incentives that promote rapid, responsible development of these resources."
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: During remarks this morning at Georgetown University, President Obama proclaimed, “Right now, the industry holds tens of millions of acres of leases where it’s not producing a drop - sitting on supplies of American energy just waiting to be tapped. That’s why part of our plan is to provide new and better incentives that promote rapid, responsible development of these resources."
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Joint Full Committee and Subcommittee on Oversight Hearing GSA: Opportunities to Cut Costs, Improve Energy Performance, and Eliminate Waste March 30, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery.) Thank you for being here today for this important hearing on Opportunities ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- In advance of the debate on H.R. 471, the Scholarship for Opportunities and Results (SOAR) Act, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In advance of President Obama’s speech today on U.S. energy policy, his Department of Interior has issued a new report chiding U.S. oil and gas companies for our lack of domestic production. The report attempts to blame U.S. companies and job creators for undeveloped leases while stubbornly...
