News from November 2011
By DOE Gazette | Nov 14, 2011
The US Energy Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 14, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Nov 14, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a seven page proposed rule on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 14, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Nov. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: On Saturday, November 26th, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., the staff and volunteers at Fort Stanwix National Monument invite you to explore the winter through the eyes of a Mohawk Valley resident at the time of the American Revolution. Experience how people survived the harsh winter months at the fort, how the various cultural groups within the garrison and surrounding area marked the holiday season, and learn the origins of some of our favorite "American" holiday traditions.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and more than 70 of their colleagues in the House and Senate today pushed the Interior Department to protect the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from damaging oil and gas exploration by recommending its designation as a wilderness area. The request comes as some in the House push to open up the pristine coastal plain of the Arctic Refuge to drilling.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today blasted the Obama Administration’s new $1 billion government grant program to find ways to reduce health care spending.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement on today’s announcement that the United States Supreme Court will review the challenges to the Affordable Care Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee and current member and past Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today made the following statement after it was announced that the Supreme Court will rule on last year’s health law next year...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Representative Nick J. Rahall (D-WV), top Democrat on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, today discussed the importance of investing in America’s transportation future to help grow West Virginia’s economy at the 2011West Virginians for Better Transportation Conference in Charleston, West Virginia.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and James Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, sent letters to Environment Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson and Office of Management and Budget Information and Regulatory Affairs Administrator Cass Sunstein regarding the lack of response to previous questions about the proposed Mercury and Air Toxic Standards or “Utility MACT rule."
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park is pleased to announce that it will show the PBS documentary Augustus Saint-Gaudens:Master of American Sculpture this Friday and Saturday, November 18 and 19, at noon.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a competitive coal lease sale by sealed bid at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2011. The sale will be held in the 920 conference room (but may be moved to the large conference room) at the BLM Montana State Office, 5001 Southgate Drive, Billings, Mont.The...
By EPA Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: Subcommittees: * Energy and Power (112th Congress) . * Environment and the Economy (112th Congress) . Continuing this year’s focus on job creation and innovative U.S. industries, members of Congress hosted key energy policy experts to discuss the natural gas revolution that is creating American jobs...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: Subcommittees: * Energy and Power (112th Congress) . * Environment and the Economy (112th Congress) . Continuing this year’s focus on job creation and innovative U.S. industries, members of Congress hosted key energy policy experts to discuss the natural gas revolution that is creating American jobs...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: Subcommittees: * Energy and Power (112th Congress) . * Environment and the Economy (112th Congress) . Continuing this year’s focus on job creation and innovative U.S. industries, members of Congress hosted key energy policy experts to discuss the natural gas revolution that is creating American jobs...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: On Wednesday, November 16 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, chaired by Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-CA), will hold a hearing entitled “Education Research: Identifying Effective Programs to Support Students and Teachers." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today following Japan’s announcement that it wishes to begin consultations to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations. From Chairman Baucus...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY. - On November 9, 2011, in federal court in Brooklyn, Nelson Nolasco pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery conspiracy, conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine, and the use of a firearm in connection with his participation in multiple armed robberies of narcotics traffickers in the New...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 14, 2011
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the United States Supreme Court announced it would consider legal challenges to the health care law...
