News from May 2011
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Today the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold two parcels totaling 1,608.69 acres for $543,813 at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale. The highest per-acre price was for a 648.69-acre parcel in Rio Blanco County that sold to Treasure Resources Inc., in Windsor Colo., for $390 per acre. The high bonus bid of $288,000 was made by the same company for a 960-acre parcel, also in Rio Blanco County.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and Federal Financial Management Subcommittee Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del, Thursday welcomed the White House proposal to protect Americans from catastrophic cyber attack as an important step toward reaching a legislative solution.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining a variety of tax incentives and their impact on the American energy industry...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s committee hearing entitled “Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: Balancing U.S. Interests (Part 1).".
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: MUSKOGEE, OK - The United States Attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced the dismantling of a significant drug trafficking organization in Indian Country. The Drug Enforcement (DEA) and the Bureau of Indian (BIA) conducted a year-long methamphetamine investigation centered in...
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration yesterday announced plans to suspend a chemical reporting program under the Toxic Substances Control Act after serious concerns were raised about the agency’s proposed changes to the program - changes that would have imposed significant new costs without a sensible...
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) applauded recent congressional and judicial efforts to increase offshore energy production.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced the annual seasonal closures of village beaches to off-road vehicle (ORV) use within the National Seashore will go into effect at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2011. In addition, the beach driving speed limit is reduced from 25 mph to 15 mph in all locations open to...
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today approved the State Flexibility Act of 2011, H.R. 1683, by a vote of 14 to 9.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today approved the State Flexibility Act of 2011, H.R. 1683, by a vote of 14 to 9.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade took an important step to improve consumer product safety protections today by approving the discussion draft of H.R. ___, “Enhancing CPSC Authority and Discretion Act of 2011 (ECADA)."
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is pleased to announce that John Kowlok was recently selected as the new Facility Manager for the Outer Banks Group, which includes Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: The cloud computing research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is requesting public comments on a draft of its most complete guide to cloud computing to date.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, said it is imperative the U.S.- Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (CTPA) swiftly move through Congress free of any obstacles or linkage to other unresolved issues.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration yesterday announced plans to suspend a chemical reporting program under the Toxic Substances Control Act after serious concerns were raised about the agency’s proposed changes to the program - changes that would have imposed significant new costs without a sensible...
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) applauded recent congressional and judicial efforts to increase offshore energy production.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today approved the State Flexibility Act of 2011, H.R. 1683, by a vote of 14 to 9.
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Obama administration yesterday announced plans to suspend a chemical reporting program under the Toxic Substances Control Act after serious concerns were raised about the agency’s proposed changes to the program - changes that would have imposed significant new costs without a sensible...
By EPA Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade took an important step to improve consumer product safety protections today by approving the discussion draft of H.R. ___, “Enhancing CPSC Authority and Discretion Act of 2011 (ECADA)."
