News from May 2011
By DOT News Wire | May 11, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | May 11, 2011
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page proposed rule on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 11, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 11, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 11, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 11, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Republicans finished off the last of their three “Oil Above All" giveaways to oil companies today by taking the first step towards opening up the East and West Coasts to drilling without enacting new safety reforms, without ensuring that any oil gained would stay in America, and without forcing oil companies to drill for the 11 billion barrels of oil on public lands they already been given access to, but are not using.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: MADISON, WI. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Roman Hernandez-Ortega, 37, Madison, Wis., was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to 14 months in federal prison for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 11, 2011 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1229, the Putting the Gulf Back to Work Act, with a bipartisan vote of 263 to 163. Introduced by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, H.R. 1229 will end the Obama Administration’s de facto drilling moratorium in a safe, responsible, transparent manner - putting thousands of Americans back to work and increasing American energy production to help address rising gasoline prices.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: Washington - House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments concerning the Republican Majority’s proposed 302(b) Subcommittee Allocations for Fiscal Year 2012, which were released today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The White House last night agreed to provide Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy Daniel Gordon as a witness for Thursday’s Joint Committee hearing of the House Oversight Committee and House Small Business Committee, “Politicizing Procurement: Would President Obama’s Proposal Curb Free Speech and Hurt Small Business?"
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: Dear Chairman Camp: We are writing to urge you to schedule a mark up in the near future to consider legislation to repeal tax subsidies for large integrated oil companies. As you know, Speaker Boehner recently said that Big Oil is going to pay its “fair share in taxes." The Big Five oil companies reported...
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 11, 2011 - Alaskan Congressman Don Young delivered the following statementon the House floor in support of H.R. 1231, the Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act.
By Homeland Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Sam Farr (D-Carmel) today released the following statement regarding the Majority's proposed FY2012 Agriculture Appropriations bill.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: Obed Wild and Scenic River hosts a clean-up day on May 21 as part of the National River Clean Up. About a dozen volunteers typically participate in this annual event held here since 1995.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: Brookline, MA - John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, located at 83 Beals Street in Brookline, Massachusetts, reopens to visitors for the summer season on Sunday, May 22. Visitor hours are Wednesday through Sunday from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm. Ranger-guided house tours are offered from 9:30 am to...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: TRENTON, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Paul J. Fishman, the United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, announced two physicians who allegedly wrote illegal prescriptions for oxycodone were arrested this morning, along with a number of others, on federal charges that they participated in a conspiracy to illegally distribute the medication.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: This notice is to inform visitors of a temporary closure to foot traffic and overnight camping along the shoreline north of the mouth of Geikie Inlet in the West Arm of Glacier Bay from Lat. 58 43.1344, Long. -136 23.6975 to Lat 58 41.7489, Long -136 21.7387 (see map). The remains of a humpback whale...
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: Washington -Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on data released today showing that U.S. farm exports reached an all-time high of $75 billion during the first half of fiscal year 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2011
News Release: BOSTON, MA. - A Worcester man was convicted today in federal court of possessing suboxone with intent to distribute.
