News from May 2011
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that Allied Seed LLC, a seed company operating out of Nampa, Idaho, has paid $2,600 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act. The company settled the case in agreement with AMS officials. The company neither admitted nor denied the charges brought against them.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Two days after missing a congressional deadline, Obama regulatory czar Cass Sunstein has unveiled the preliminary recommendations that federal agencies were required to submit, identifying onerous regulations. Sunstein and his staff ignored formal requests from the Oversight and Investigations...
By State Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard Berman, senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today introduced legislation to modernize and strengthen U.S. controls on the export of sensitive “dual-use" technology, which has both civilian and military applications. The bill, titled the Technology...
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved a long-term extension for the program that protects our nation’s chemical facilities from terrorist threats.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against Dutchie Boy Produce Inc. (Dutchie Boy) alleging the company failed to make full payment promptly to 15 sellers in the total amount of $150,772.00. The company, operating from Springfield Township, N.J., purchased the produce during the period of July 2009 through January 2010.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: The search for 21 yr-old David Boyd of Newton County is in its second day. Search crews continued at their task until 9:30 last night with no results. Wednesday’s efforts concentrated on river sweeps using a combination of sonar and mechanical means to locate the body. One of the major difficulties yesterday was the high velocity and turbidity which hampered the efforts of the dive team to approach areas likely to have captured the body.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Annual Brigade Encampment Special Event Commemorates the Return of the Fur Brigades to the Fort Vancouver Village.
By DOE Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved a long-term extension for the program that protects our nation’s chemical facilities from terrorist threats.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement in response to the introduction of Republicans’ so-called jobs agenda...
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement on the Administration’s efforts to address job-killing regulations...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: The Memorial Day weekend marks the beginning of Fort Pulaski's annual extension of hours for the summer season. "This is a great time for the public to come out to Fort Pulaski to appreciate one of Savannah's great treasures and soak up the history," said Randy Wester, Fort Pulaski's Superintendent.
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today approved a long-term extension for the program that protects our nation’s chemical facilities from terrorist threats.
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow. May 26, 2011. The story of agriculture over the last 50 years is one of incredible productivity gains and impressive conservation achievements. Today, every one American farmer feeds an estimated 150 people. And despite all of the economic and budget struggles over the last ...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: A fatal climbing fall at Denali Pass on Mt. McKinley took the lives of two mountaineers late Wednesday night May 25, while two other members of the climbing team were flown to area hospitals with critical injuries early the morning of May 26.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The staff advocate for the wild character of Grand Canyon National Park's vast backcountry lands has won a National Park Service (NPS) regional wilderness stewardship award for 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, Rep. Tom Cole, and Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves today introduced legislation that would prohibit federal agencies from collecting or using information relating to campaign contributions and other political expenditures by potential contractors in the federal procurement process.
By EPA Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Two days after missing a congressional deadline, Obama regulatory czar Cass Sunstein has unveiled the preliminary recommendations that federal agencies were required to submit, identifying onerous regulations. Sunstein and his staff ignored formal requests from the Oversight and Investigations...
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Two days after missing a congressional deadline, Obama regulatory czar Cass Sunstein has unveiled the preliminary recommendations that federal agencies were required to submit, identifying onerous regulations. Sunstein and his staff ignored formal requests from the Oversight and Investigations...
By Commerce Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded a Senate vote to reject the Republican budget proposal, which would have ended Medicare. The bill the Senate voted to reject would have cut more than $2 trillion in health care benefits and nursing home coverage for...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2011
News Release: On Tuesday evening at approximately 7 pm, May 24, 2011, Newton County resident 21 year old David Boyd, disappeared in the Buffalo River while attempting to swim to the other side. The incident took place at Blue Hole, a small campground off of Highway 123 in Newton County. Buffalo National River dispatch...
