News from November 2011
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 2, 2011
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 2, 2011
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Nov. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, November 3 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), will hold a hearing entitled, “Examining Regulatory and Enforcement Actions Under the Fair Labor Standards Act." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: ATLANTA, GA. - United States Attorney Thomas G. Walker announced that three Wilson drug traffickers have been sentenced in federal court. On June 2, 2011, Dorrian Dwayne Wingate, 33, received 131months imprisonment, while, his brother, Ronald Lee Wingate,35, received 76 months imprisonment. On Sept. 26, 2011, Josand Farmer, 39, received 360 months imprisonment.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced the introduction of the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act (H.R. 3289). The legislation will strengthen provisions of the Whistleblower Protection Act, originally enacted in 1989, for federal government employees who expose abuse, mismanagement, or criminal activity in federal agencies and programs.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - After reviewing over 15,000 public comments on a proposal to combat speculative pressures on commodity prices, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently issued a final rule to put trading limits in place to clamp down on excessive speculation and price manipulation. Concerned...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Jewel Cave National Monument and Wind Cave National Park will offer free tours beginning Friday, Nov. 11, through Sunday, Nov. 13, in honor of Veterans Day.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: Bryce Canyon National Park Will Waive Entrance Fees.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn, Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management Chairman Tom Carper, D-Del, and Senator Scott Brown, R-Mass., unveiled the 21st Century Postal Service Act at a press conference. The bill was introduced later in the day and it will be marked up in the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee next week.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today introduced bipartisan legislation to help the U.S. Postal Service regain its financial footing. "The 21st Century Postal Service Act of 2011" would give the Postal Service the authority it needs to restructure, modernize, survive, and thrive. Senator Collins' committee oversees the Postal Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senate Republicans, led by Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), unveiled legislation, the Long-Term Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011, that would speed up transportation construction projects, and provide employers with relief from burdensome federal regulations,...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 2, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement following the conclusion of today’s hearing.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Wednesday concluded that the strict, layered security measures the Transportation Service Administration (TSA) requires at airport checkpoints are still necessary given what those checkpoints turn up every day.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today delivered the following remarks at the National Center for Policy Analysis’ “Rare Earths, Critical Metals, and National Security" conference in Washington, D.C.:
By State Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The House Foreign Affairs Committee approved Ranking Member Howard Berman’s amendment to require the President to make a determination within 30 days whether the Central Bank of Iran is involved in sanctionable activity during committee consideration of H.R. 1905, The Iran Threat Reduction Act.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar hailed the decision by President Obama to establish Fort Monroe National Monument - a 19th century former Army post in Hampton, Virginia that is integral to the history of slavery, the Civil War, and the U.S. military - the 396th park in the National Park System.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: MONUMENT TO PERMIT ONE-WAY VEHICLE TRAFFIC DURING RIM ROCK MARATHON.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2011
News Release: A Joint Committee on Taxation report unveiled today made clear that eliminating every corporate tax credit and deduction would generate only enough revenue to reduce the corporate tax rate to 28 percent - well short of the 25 percent proposal Republicans have put forward - and raised questions about what else Republicans plan to cut to pay for such a dramatic rate reduction for corporations, or whether they will use budget ploys such as “dynamic scoring.".
