News from May 2011
By DOT News Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published an eight page rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published an eight page rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 13, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) joined Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) in introducing H.R. 1896, the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Improvements Act of 2011. The proposal would establish legislative authority for the COPS Office at the Justice ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - After the Medicare and Social Security Trustees released their annual report today showing the further deterioration of these two entitlement programs, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, said that any discussions to bring down the nation’s over $14 trillion debt must include these entitlement programs. The Finance Committee has jurisdiction over Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), today held a hearing on the recent expansion of federal child nutrition programs. The hearing, “Examining the Costs of Federal Overreach into School Meals," featured testimony from school leaders and child nutrition experts who described the negative consequences stemming from the 2010 law.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: The west side of the popular backcountry White Rim Road at Canyonlands National Park has been closed to motor vehicles due to flooding brought on by rising water levels in the Green River. The road is closed from the southern base of Hardscrabble Hill to the park boundary, making a complete White Rim loop-trip impossible. The road remains open to bike and foot traffic.
By DOJ Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: MERIDEN, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that RANDY POLLOCK, 31, of Meriden, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Vanessa L. Bryant in Hartford to 92 months of imprisonment, followed by five years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By DOE Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: LOS ANGELES - As part of the Obama Administration's comprehensive plan to address rising gas prices and reduce oil imports one-third by 2025, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that to date, more than 1,800 electric vehicle chargers have been installed under the Recovery Act. Coulomb Technologies...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Each May and June, during evening high tides near the full and new moon, a quiet ancient ritual occurs along many shallow East Coast bay beaches: the spawning of the Atlantic horseshoe crab. Special evening programs at Fire Island National Seashore provide an opportunity to learn about horseshoe crabs...
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: Today, Republican Members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee demanded the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) end its job-destroying activist agenda. In a letter to NLRB Acting General Counsel Lafe Solomon, members describe a number of actions by the Obama labor board that call into ...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2011
News Release: War in the Pacific National Historical Park will present a Curator's Corner on Saturday, May 21st focusing on the Battle of the Coral Sea, the first naval battle in history where the surface ships never encountered each other. The presentation will take place at the T. Stell Newman Visitor Center near the front gate to Naval Base Guam from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
