News from May 2011
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee that has jurisdiction over trade policy, expressed significant disappointment in the Obama Administration’s announcement to tie the submission of the three outstanding trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and Korea to new government spending for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: First Piping Plover Nest of the Season Hatches near Cape Point.
By Homeland Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON-Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Monday applauded Senate passage of legislation that would renew the authority of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to hear protests of federal agency purchases made under umbrella contracts, known as “task and delivery orders.".
By State Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - This afternoon, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) held a press conference prior to departing Islamabad. The following is a transcript of those remarks:
By EPA Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed news that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to delay the effective dates for its rules impacting certain boilers and incinerators.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed news that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to delay the effective dates for its rules impacting certain boilers and incinerators.
By DOE Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed news that the Environmental Protection Agency plans to delay the effective dates for its rules impacting certain boilers and incinerators.
By DOJ Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA -- - United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams announced today that Marco Antonio Lopez-Florez, 34, a professional soccer player from Guadalajara, Mexico, and Ernesto Rocha, 21, of Bakersfield, were each sentenced...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: Brookline, MA - John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, located at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, invites you to step back into 1917 and share Mrs. Rose Kennedy’s memories of her family’s early home via your cell phone. The cell phone tour is free. Normal usage rates apply. To access the tour, dial 617-992-9172. A virtual tour can be accessed via the web at myoncell.mobi/16179929172.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: Big Hole National Battlefield will begin its summer hours on Sunday, May 22, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released “White House: Transparency Behind Closed Doors? “, a video highlighting the White House’s recent refusal to explain an Executive Order which would politicize the federal procurement process. In its handling of this contentious Executive Order, the White House underscores its failure to live up to President Obama’s own open government and transparency promises.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: Voyageurs National Park plans to conduct a prescribed burn on Wednesday, May 18, 2011. The burn site will be Sheep and Ram Islands in Lake Kabetogama. Research plots have been established on both islands to study what effects fire has on the vegetation. The information collected from these plots will help park managers make better decisions regarding the use of fire as a tool to restore vegetative communities within Voyageurs National Park.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: Copper Center, AK…The tentative pre-season fishing schedule for Federally qualified subsistence users in the Chitina Subdistrict of the Copper River was announced today by the Federal Subsistence Board. This pre-season schedule is identical to the State pre-season schedule and is subject to change based on numbers of salmon entering the Copper River.
By State Newswire | May 16, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - In an effort to keep pressure on Iran to end its pursuit of nuclear weapons, Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, co-introduced new Iran sanctions legislation. H.R. 1905, the Iran Threat Reduction Act, would strengthen the Iran Sanctions...
By DOJ Newswire | May 14, 2011
News Release: MIAMI – Six individuals located in South Florida and Pakistan have been indicted in the Southern District of Florida on charges of providing financing and other material support to the Pakistani Taliban, a designated foreign terrorist organization. The charges were announced today by Wifredo A. Ferrer, ...
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2011
News Release: Two remaining injured climbers were evacuated from the 17,200-foot high camp on Mt. McKinley in the afternoon of Friday, May 13. Mountain Trip guide Dave Staeheli, age 56, of Wasilla, Alaska and client Lawrence Cutler, age 45, of Croton-on-Hudson, New York, suffered from frostbite to the hands and feet...
By Interior Newswire | May 14, 2011
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ-What are you doing this summer? Come to Petrified Forest National Park for a variety of activities, from self-guided tours to adventures with rangers. This May and June, programs will include.
By DOE Newswire | May 14, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Commerce Newswire | May 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement in response to President Obama’s weekly address.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Alan Bersin and other Department of Homeland Security officials to commemorate National Police Week at the CBP Valor Memorial Service—honoring the memory of the fallen, and paying tribute to the DHS law enforcement personnel who serve the nation each day.
