News from October 2011
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy today announced two new fiscal year (FY) 2012 Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) to support university and college efforts to build or expand their nuclear science and engineering research and education capabilities, in support of the next...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: GREENBELT, MD. - U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus sentenced Jimmy Reed Davis, Jr., age 29, of Mitchellville, Maryland, today to 10 years in prison, followed by five years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - President Obama’s health care plan creates a new marriage penalty that discriminates against families and many workers with employer-sponsored insurance. The law will also remove as many as 8.1 million filers off the tax rolls. After receiving the President’s new refundable tax credit, ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains National Park Superintendent Dale Ditmanson announced today the approval of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) of the Environmental Assessment (EA) on a proposed plan for managing a permanent herd of elk in the Park. The approved plan, signed on Oct. 20, 2011, by National Park Service Regional Director David Vela, culminates a 10-year effort to reestablish elk to their native range.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Reiterating longstanding concerns about a controversial plan to impose new government rules for the Internet, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) today urged the president to pull back the Federal Communications Commission’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Reiterating longstanding concerns about a controversial plan to impose new government rules for the Internet, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) today urged the president to pull back the Federal Communications Commission’s...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are pressing the Food and Drug Administration for answers as part of their investigation of the now 3-year unsolved case of toxic and sometimes lethal contaminated heparin supplies that were imported from China and given to U.S. patients. Committee...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today honored the Office of Fossil Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and several partner agencies with Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards for contributions to two significant environmental efforts in 2010.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today announced that Energy Secretary Steven Chu will testify on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, regarding the ongoing investigation of the $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra. Further details for the hearing will be announced when they are available.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Today, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, Trail Ridge Road officially closed for the season to through travel. Since Saturday, Oct. 22, Trail Ridge Road has been closed due to consistent winter conditions of drifting snow, high winds and below freezing temperatures above 10,000 feet. Trail Ridge Road, one...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Camp, Brady Statements on Lifting of Mexico’s Retaliatory Tariffs.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Reiterating longstanding concerns about a controversial plan to impose new government rules for the Internet, Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) today urged the president to pull back the Federal Communications Commission’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the September jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A total of only 103,000 jobs were created in September and the unemployment rate remains at 9.1 percent.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON)-Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) has asked Energy Secretary Steven Chu to provide answers about the decision-making processes regarding a department-approved $730 million loan to Severstal North America for its Dearborn, Mich., facility. The firm is...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Charles Boustany (R-LA) today said he is dismayed and concerned by the lack of progress by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to prevent erroneous payments of education tax credits. A new report by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) reveals that the IRS paid $3.2 billion in erroneous American Opportunity Tax Credits (AOTCs) during the first five months of 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are pressing the Food and Drug Administration for answers as part of their investigation of the now 3-year unsolved case of toxic and sometimes lethal contaminated heparin supplies that were imported from China and given to U.S. patients. Committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today announced that Energy Secretary Steven Chu will testify on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, regarding the ongoing investigation of the $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra. Further details for the hearing will be announced when they are available.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: The Alpine Interagency Hotshot Crew (IHC), based in Rocky Mountain NationalPark, is celebrating its 30-year anniversary. A reunion will be held November 11 through November 12. The event will be comprised of an informal gathering, a National Park Service IHC history review, a dinner, and a question-and-answer/lessons learned segment.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns (R-FL) today announced that Energy Secretary Steven Chu will testify on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011, regarding the ongoing investigation of the $535 million loan guarantee to now-bankrupt Solyndra. Further details for the hearing will be announced when they are available.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 27, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders are pressing the Food and Drug Administration for answers as part of their investigation of the now 3-year unsolved case of toxic and sometimes lethal contaminated heparin supplies that were imported from China and given to U.S. patients. Committee...
