News published on Federal Newswire in March 2011

News from March 2011


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: National parks offer free entrance April 16-24.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA. - On April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) has partnered with Local Law Enforcement Agencies to give the public another opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs. Bring...


Baucus Looks to Boost U.S. Economy By Increasing Exports to Key Asia-Pacific Economies

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today to look at ways to increase exports, bolster the U.S. economy and create jobs by strengthening ties with key trading partners in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. APEC is a group of 21 member...


Subcommittee Examines Union Transparency and Accountability

News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe, M.D. (R-TN), today held a hearing entitled “The Future of Union Transparency and Accountability."


Hatch, Cornyn Release Obama Administration Actuary Analysis Demonstrating Uncertainty, True Cost of New Health Law

News Release: WASHINGTON - On the heels of a House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing examining the true cost of the health care law, U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and John Cornyn (R-Texas) released an analysis today by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) Office of the Actuary (OACT) that found the price tag of the new health law is on track to cost substantially more than initially estimated.


Healthy Parks Healthy People Press Release

News Release: National Park Service Healthy Parks Healthy People US Conference at Golden Gate National Recreation Area.


News Release: Today, at the Immigration Subcommittee Hearing on “H-1B Visas: Designing a Program to Meet the Needs of the U.S. Economy and U.S. Workers," House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) and Judiciary Democratic colleagues raised several questions on the best way to retain highly skilled foreign students who have been educated in the U.S. so they can compete for us instead of against us.


Treasure Your Island 2011

News Release: On Sunday, April 10, Gateway National Recreation Area hosts the third annual Treasure Your Island community awareness day at Fort Wadsworth from 12:45 P.M. to 5 P.M. The event is free and open to the public.


Neal Statement at Mark Up of H.R. 1232

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Ranking Member of the Ways and Means Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee, issued the following statement today at a mark up of H.R. 1232, a bill that would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate certain tax benefits relating to abortion.


News Release: KEYSTONE, SD - Bruce Weisman, Curator at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, received national recognition at the recent George Wright Society Conference on Parks, Protected Areas, and Cultural Sites in New Orleans, LA. Weisman was presented the prestigious Trish Patterson Student Conservation Association...


Interior Report Reveals Potential to Generate Significant Clean Electricity and Create Jobs at Existing Dam Facilities

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Department of the Interior today released the results of an internal study that shows the department could generate up to one million megawatt hours of electricity annually and create jobs by adding hydropower capacity at 70 of its existing facilities.


News Release: Dear Mr. President: We welcome the release today of the “National Trade Estimate" (NTE) report in accordance with section 181 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. The NTE report catalogues many of the barriers to U.S. exports of goods and services, investment and intellectual property rights. Congress...


Lewis Opening Statement at Hearing on IRS Operations and the 2011 Tax Return Filing Season

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member John Lewis (D-GA), delivered the following statement today at a Subcommittee hearing on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) operations and the 2011 tax return filing season.