News from May 2011
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Join the National Park Service for an open house on Saturday afternoon, May 14, 2011. The event takes place from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the grounds of the U.S. Coast Guard Historic District at 1815 I’On Avenue on Sullivan’s Island.
By US DOT Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Charleston, WV- U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today spoke at the 2011 International Transportation and Economic Development Conference (I-TED) in Charleston.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Grand Archaeology Exhibit on Excavation Project along the Colorado River Open at Kolb Studio.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: BALTIMORE, MD. - Last week, Eric Brown, a/k/a E and EB, age 42; Ray Olivis, a/k/a Ronnie Hargrove, Uncle Ray, Unc and Ray Ray, age 57; and Rainbow Williams, age 32, all of Baltimore, pleaded guilty to a conspiracy to conduct and participate in the activities of the Black Guerilla (BGF), a racketeering enterprise. Brown and Olivis pleaded guilty on April 27, and Williams pleaded guilty on April 28, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Dear Mr. Hawkins: The United States Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) has jurisdiction over the Medicare and Medicaid programs. As Chairman of the Committee, I have a special responsibility to the more than 100 million Americans who receive health care coverage under those programs to ensure that...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Beginning on Wednesday, May 4, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will be resuming planned prescribed burning activities initiated this past February within the Buck and East Boundary Projects. Conditions within both project areas are expected to meet the desired prescriptive elements to safely and...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: The 2012 budget that House Republicans passed this month proposes a dangerous rewrite of the tax code, so sweeping in its scope that it would place enormous additional burdens on the middle class while steering yet more benefits to the very wealthy.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - In advance of today’s hearing on preserving federal records in the electronic age, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter to Chairman Issa requesting a business meeting to markup H.R. 1144, “The Transparency and Openness in Government Act."
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: PITTSBURGH, PA. - The drug kingpin everyone called "Ali" in the Linmar section of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last Thursday, but he's likely to get out early because of his cooperation against his underlings in the drug investigation and a related 2006 homicide.
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON--Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., released the following statement Monday about the death of Osama bin Laden...
By State Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today announced that the Committee will hold another series of hearings to debate the end-state in Afghanistan, assess the strategic relationship between the United States and Pakistan, and examine regional implications. Under ...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Buffalo National River and its tributaries continue to receive rain from current storms requiring the National Park Service to temporarily close various areas of the park. New closure added today is Lost Valley. Lost Valley is closed at Highway 43 due to rising water levels and public hazards due to ongoing flooding.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a $25 million fine for BP’s Alaskan pipeline spill of 5,000 barrels of oil in 2006. EPA says that the fine is the largest per barrel penalty to date for an oil spill.
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, May 4 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “Modernizing Mine Safety." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading voices on health reform from the House and Senate will hold a joint press conference on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. in the Senate Radio-TV gallery. Members will unveil legislation to repeal the health care law’s Medicaid Maintenance of Effort requirements, which prevent...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading voices on health reform from the House and Senate will hold a joint press conference on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. in the Senate Radio-TV gallery. Members will unveil legislation to repeal the health care law’s Medicaid Maintenance of Effort requirements, which prevent...
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in response to news that al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in a firefight with U.S. special forces in Pakistan...
By EPA Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Leading voices on health reform from the House and Senate will hold a joint press conference on Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 2:30 p.m. in the Senate Radio-TV gallery. Members will unveil legislation to repeal the health care law’s Medicaid Maintenance of Effort requirements, which prevent...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Vista, CA), Chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and previously a member of the House Select Committee on Intelligence from 2006 until 2009, released the following statement on the news that Osama Bin Laden was killed in a U.S. operation in Pakistan...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2011
News Release: Learn where the wildflowers are, peer over the shoulders of artists in action, play a game or catch a tune or two during San Juan Island National Historical Park's first Wildflower Festival, scheduled 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the American Camp parade ground.
