News from May 2011
By Labor Gazette | May 18, 2011
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 18, 2011
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) issued the following joint statement regarding the report issued by the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization today confirming that, over the last four decades, the European Union has granted substantial illegal subsidies to Airbus. The finding is a significant win for the workers and businesses in the U.S. aerospace industry...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: Dear Commissioner Shulman: As members of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, we have an obligation to see that the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS") enforces the nation’s tax laws appropriately and consistently. This includes reviewing actions by the IRS to ensure that it enforces the law...
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: BENTON, IL. - Eleven southern Illinois residents were indicted on May 3, 2011, in a second superseding indictment, charging conspiracy to manufacture methamphetamine, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, Stephen R. Wigginton, announced today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The International Energy Agency (IEA) today called on nations, including the United States, to “consider using all tools that are at the disposal of IEA member countries," to avoid negative global economic impacts of rising prices. This action by the world’s energy agency led Rep. Ed Markey...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON -During a speech on the Senate floor today, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch(R-Utah), criticized the Obama Administration’s anti-energy agenda and called on his colleagues in the Senate to support S. 953, the Offshore Production and Safety Act, legislation that will strengthen the production of domestic energy supplies, reduce our nation’s dependence on foreign oil, and work to reduce prices at the pump.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today commented on the World Trade Organization (WTO) Appellate Body’s ruling that subsidies provided by the European Union (EU) to Airbus distort trade and are inconsistent with WTO rules.
By DOJ Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ. - Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Acting Special Agent in Charge, Doug Coleman and Chief Joe Delgado from the Tohono O’odham Police Department will announce tomorrow in a press conference the details of a 9-month investigation that targeted the activities of a major drug trafficking organization based out of Mexico.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ranking Member Susan Collins today announced the following changes to the Republican line-up of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and its subcommittees.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA: One very important fact in the lengthy bio of composer/conductor John Philip Sousa is his contribution in creating the United States Coast Guard Band in 1925. Today, the Coast Guard Band is one of the nation's premier service bands. And on Saturday, June 11th a division of the Band -...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - This summer Glacier National Park will step up its boat inspection and permit program due to the rapid westward migration of Aquatic Invasive Species (AIS) on recreational watercraft. The consequences of an AIS infestation in park waters could be devastating to ecosystems and the...
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Legislation to reform the Federal Protective Service, which provides security to employees and visitors at 9,000 federal buildings nationwide, cleared the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday. The Committee, led by Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., also approved the reauthorization of grant programs that help train, equip, and hire firefighters around the country.
By State Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement applauding President Obama’s decision to impose sanctions on Syrian President Bashar Assad and six senior Syrian officials.
By Homeland Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., released the following statement Wednesday on Phil Reitinger’s resignation as Deputy Under Secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: War in the Pacific National Historical Park will host a commemorative flag display and Movie in the Park on Saturday, May 28 in observance of Memorial Day. As part of Memorial Day events at national parks across the nation, over 3,000 United States and Guam flags will be placed at Asan Beach. Each U.S...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: They were all hauled out of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area this spring.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: Witnesses. Lisa Jackson. Environmental Protection Agency. Administrator. David J. Hayes. Deputy Secretary. Department of the Interior. Documents. Oversight and Government Reform Committee Minority Report: “Real Help for American Consumers: Who’s Profiting at the Pump?". Read Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings' ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Senior Committee Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today demanded an end to China’s violations of U.S. intellectual property rights (IPR) that cost the U.S. tens of billions of dollars in economic...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2011
News Release: "Build as you go" is the theme resonating through the wetlands at Cochran Shoals as a replacement interpretive boardwalk winds its way through the swamp adjacent to the Chattahoochee River. Hydra Engineering of Crawfordville, Florida is constructing a new 800-foot walkway as a part of a larger project recently awarded at Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
