News from November 2011
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 10, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Since 1998 the National Park Service (NPS) has been recognizing outstanding efforts by NPS staff to improve accessibility to national park areas through the National Accessibility Achievement Awards Program. In 2011, for the first time, the NPS opened the nominations to recognize the efforts of concessioners operating in the national parks.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Arches and Canyonlands National Parks are open all year, but the parks' visitor centers' hours of operation change with the arrival of winter.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Colorado State Office has posted its list of parcels for the quarterly competitive oil and gas lease sale scheduled for 9 a.m., Feb. 9, 2012, at the State Office in Lakewood.

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three members of the Senate Finance Committee are concerned that the new Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) within the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) will place unnecessary financial strains on the nation’s health care entitlement programs, further threatening their future solvency.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Washington -Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement today after USDA released its final tally for agricultural exports in fiscal year 2011.

By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Incredible Winter Experience Awaits Cross Country Ski and Snowshoe Enthusiasts.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 10, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding the Department of the Interior’s list of proposed Conservation Lands and Wilderness designations.

By DOL Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spoke on the Senate floor to discuss his ongoing efforts to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and in doing so, move beyond the law’s most recent iteration, the No Child...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following comment in response to the Interior Department’s decision to significantly alter the standard lease terms for offshore oil and natural gas exploration in the upcoming Western Gulf of Mexico lease sale:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced new appointments or reappointments of 16 members to Montana's three citizen-based resource advisory councils (RACs), which advise the Bureau of Land Management on public land issues. The RACs are composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds."I...

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 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 unemployment insurance in America...

By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) hailed today’s Senate passage of the tax credit he has been championing since 2009 for businesses to hire veterans. Baucus authored the original credit for unemployed veterans in 2009 and introduced the VETs Jobs bill, or Veteran’s Employment Transition Act, in May of 2010 to extend and improve the tax credit. Today’s vote passed the bill with unanimous support.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today issued the following comment in response to Obama administration’s decision to delay approval of the Keystone XL pipeline:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2011
News Release: Status of three wild-hatched condor chicks in Arizona.