News from October 2011
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park fire managers are making plans to initiate the Range Prescribed Fire (Range Rx) on the North Rim of the park within the next few weeks, weather permitting.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement on the House floor regarding H.R. 674, legislation to repeal the 3 percent withholding provision on government contractors that Republicans enacted in 2006...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the House passed H.R. 674 sponsored by Rep. Herger (R-CA) and Rep. Blumenauer (D-OR) to repeal the 3 percent withholding rule on certain payments made to vendors by government entities. The House also passed H.R. 2576 sponsored by Rep. Black (R-TN) to align the income definition for certain health programs to more closely reflect how it is measured in other federal means-tested programs. The Members released the following statements after the vote...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: War in the Pacific National Historical Park is working hard to develop new permanent exhibits for the visitor center. To prepare for the new exhibits the visitor center will be closed for renovations. Temporary closures are required to upgrade the building's electrical systems for new exhibit components. The T. Stell Newman Visitor Center in Sumay will be closed Thursday, November 24 through Monday, December 5, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, will be honored as the “Federal Champion of the Year" by the Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition. The award will be given today in Columbia, MD.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Superintendent Pat Kenney reported that the dredging work needed to open the Long Point ferry basin, and for resumption of vehicle use on North Core Banks, started on Oct. 24, 2011. Park staff anticipates that the dredging work will be completed soon. Other work required for re-opening...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- On Wednesday, Oct. 26, Grand Canyon National Park Supervisory Park Ranger Lisa Hendy was awarded the National Park Service's (NPS) 2011 Harry Yount National Park Ranger Award for excellence in the field of rangering. The award is named after the nation's first park ranger (hired in Yellowstone National Park in 1880) and is the highest honor that can be bestowed on a park ranger today.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that Medicare Part B monthly premiums for 2012 will rise for most seniors to $99.90 - an increase much less than projections made earlier this year. High-income...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement regarding reports that Select Committee Republicans refuse to consider any real revenue as part of a deficit reduction package...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: PATERSON, N.J. - Brian R. Crowell, the Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) along with Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes, Clifton Police Chief Gary F. Giardina, and Acting Passaic Police Chief Richard Diaz, announced the stunning results of a nearly...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Camp, Brady Applaud Passage of Pending Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea and GSP/TAA.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment charging Khonesay Rachsingharm, 33, of Fresno, with conspiring to cultivate marijuana.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A corporation intended to represent Native Alaskans living outside of the state has reportedly lost $50 million, and is completely broke. The corporation's board of directors hasn't formally communicated with its shareholders since 2008. In 37 years, its more than 5,000 shareholders have...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statements today after President Obama signed the three trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte sentenced James Walter Ball, Jr. a/k/a Pooh Ball, age 36, of Great Mills, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, commonly known as “crack cocaine," and being a felon possession of ammunition.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Geoff Davis (R-KY) issued the following statement today after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report titled, “TANF and Child Welfare Programs: Increased Data Sharing Could Improve Access to Benefits and Services." The report details...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: America is losing ground: In 1960, U.S.-headquartered companies comprised 17 of the world’s largest 20 companies - that’s 85 percent. By 2010, just six - or a mere 30 percent - U.S.-headquartered companies ranked among the top 20.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) sent a letter to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Shulman requesting general information on the tax-exempt sector, including updates on IRS audit and compliance activities related to tax-exempt organizations.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings requested that Chairman Darrell Issa issue so-called “friendly" subpoenas to federal financial regulators to obtain copies of “engagement letters" they have approved between mortgage servicing companies and independent firms hired to review past foreclosure abuses. Cummings asked that the issue be added to the Committee’s business meeting scheduled for next week if Issa decides against issuing the subpoenas.
By State Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the following opening statement at today’s committee briefing entitled “Afghanistan and Pakistan: Transition and the Way Forward"...
