News from November 2011
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: Ellis Island, NY/NJ - Is immigration good for my country? Is immigration good for my community? Is immigration good for me? Starting Nov. 17, visitors to the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island will have the chance to respond to these simple but provocative questions.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: Ellis Island, NY/NJ - Is immigration good for my country? Is immigration good for my community? Is immigration good for me? Starting Nov. 17, visitors to the Statue of Liberty National Monument and Ellis Island will have the chance to respond to these simple but provocative questions.
By State Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC-- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today issued the following statement upon the release of the report of the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after the President nominated Marilyn Tavenner to head to Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: Enjoy your neighborhood National Monuments this Thanksgiving!.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s decision to reverse a new Bureau of Land Management policy proposal that threatened to restrict recreational shooting and hunting opportunities on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: ANCHORAGE, AK. -- - On Nov. 21, 2011, a federal jury in Anchorage convicted Kansas City, MO resident Thomas M. Riley, age 44, of possession with intent to distribute cocaine between Aug. 30, 2007, and May 12, 2009. The jury also convicted Riley of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ordered...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, today outlined an aggressive year-end agenda for the panel, including House floor action, committee votes, and key hearings. Upton offered details on his plans to move a series of...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement in response to new developments surrounding the National Labor Relations Board ambush election scheme...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced plans to schedule a vote on legislation to significantly expand the availability of spectrum for wireless broadband buildout and support the creation of a nationwide, interoperable, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced plans to schedule a vote on legislation to significantly expand the availability of spectrum for wireless broadband buildout and support the creation of a nationwide, interoperable, ...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, today outlined an aggressive year-end agenda for the panel, including House floor action, committee votes, and key hearings. Upton offered details on his plans to move a series of...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, today outlined an aggressive year-end agenda for the panel, including House floor action, committee votes, and key hearings. Upton offered details on his plans to move a series of...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA: Christmas is banned in Springfield! Few people know that the observance of Christmas was prohibited in Springfield well into the 1800's. It was not until the Springfield Armory's religious observance of the holiday on its grounds that this tradition began in the Town of Springfield.
By EPA Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today announced plans to schedule a vote on legislation to significantly expand the availability of spectrum for wireless broadband buildout and support the creation of a nationwide, interoperable, ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 23, 2011
News Release: Tioga Road Still Closed, To be Assessed Over the Weekend.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: Zion National Park is seeking public comment on the environmental assessment (EA) that analyzed the impacts of a proposed upgrade to the irrigation system and diversion structure within the park. The proposed upgrade would decrease maintenance requirements for the open ditch system, decrease the use...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson today named four organizations-three health care operations and one nonprofit business-as recipients of the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement and visionary leadership. This marks the first year that three health care organizations have been selected at one time.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal judge in Arizona has held Mesa, Ariz.-based Business Recovery Services (BRS) and its owner, Brian Hessler, in civil contempt of court for violating the terms of a preliminary injunction, the Department of Justice announced today. BRS sells kits that the company purports help individuals ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States filed a complaint against BestCare Laboratories, Inc. and its founder and principal, Karim A. Maghareh, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the Justice Department announced today. The suit alleges that the defendants knowingly misrepresented the distances traveled by its lab technicians to artificially increase reimbursement from Medicare for mileage-based technician travel allowance fees.
