News from October 2011
By Commerce News Now | Oct 12, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 12, 2011
The US Labor Department published a three page rule on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 12, 2011
The US Labor Department published a two page rule on Oct. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - A painting stolen more than 90 years ago is finally on its way home to France. U.S. officials repatriated "Une Fille de Pêcheur" (A Fisherman's Daughter) to French Ambassador François Delattre.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: Dr. David Caron, a distinguished professor in Marine Environmental Biology at University of Southern California (USC), will discuss how harmful algal blooms can disrupt food webs, poison susceptible species, and present human health risks at the October "Shore to Sea" lecture at Channel Islands National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: Please join park and local officials from the Tusheti Protected Areas in Georgia for a special program at the Estes Park Museum on Thursday, October 20 at 7:00 p.m. The Tusheti Protected Areas are located in the beautiful Caucasus Mountains in the northeast corner of Georgia, bordered on two sides by Russia. This is the largest protected area in Europe, which includes a National Park, Strict Nature Reserve and a Protected Landscape.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 12, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today delivered the following statement at the Full Committee oversight hearing on “One Year after President Obama’s Gulf of Mexico 6-Month Moratorium Lifted: Examining the Lingering Impacts on Jobs, Energy Production and Local Economies.".
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 12, 2011 - The House Natural Resources Committee today held an oversight hearing on “One Year after President Obama’s Gulf of Mexico 6-Month Moratorium Officially Lifted: Examining the Lingering Impacts on Jobs, Energy Production and Local Economies." A year after the official moratorium was lifted in the Gulf, permitting, energy production and economic activities still have not returned to pre-moratorium levels.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform today released “Postal Crisis 101: The Postal Bailout, " a new video explaining one of the dire consequences if Congress fails to confront the fiscal crisis facing the United States Postal Service. Since its peak in 2006, mail volume has declined by 46 billion pieces. The Postal Service has projected a $10 billion loss in Fiscal Year 2011.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing to examine H.R. 3094, the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act. This important legislation rolls back recent actions by the National Labor Relations Board that undermine the rights of workers and employers.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: Today, the Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 1996, the “Government Litigation Savings Act". The bill would prevent our veterans and elderly from recovering their legal fees under the Equal Access to Justice Act, which for 30 years has helped to ensure that ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: Beginning on Monday, Oct. 17, the lobby at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center in Rocky Mountain National Park will be closed through the winter for a major remodeling project. Park rangers will still provide information to visitors from a temporary office trailer in the front parking lot of the visitor...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today asked the Department of Homeland Security to hand over documents, emails and other information as part of an investigation into the business dealings of EyakTek, an Alaska Native Corporation subsidiary, and its former director of contracts, Harold Babb, who...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following floor statement in support of the Motion to Recommit he offered along with Rep. Mark Critz (D-PA). The Levin-Critz proposal would effectively confront Chinese currency manipulation, which costs one million-plus American...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) delivered the following prepared remarks for the full Committee markup of the Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 (H.R. 3116)...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: The Colombia, Panama and South Korea free trade agreements will increase U.S. exports by $13 billion, they will boost GDP by more than $15 billion and they will support or create tens of thousands of American jobs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - Kym Hall, a 25-year veteran of the National Park Service, joined Glacier National Park as deputy superintendent in July and Phil Wilson, a 19-year veteran of the agency, has recently joined as the Chief of Science and Resource Management.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today delivered the following floor statement in opposition of the Colombia free trade agreement...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: Point Reyes Station - The National Park Service will host three open house meetings on Oct. 18, 19, and 20 to provide information and gather public comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Draft EIS) for the Drakes Bay Oyster Company (DBOC) Special Use Permit (SUP) at Point Reyes National Seashore. The meetings will be identical in format and held at the following locations.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 12, 2011
News Release: National Park Service staff of the Outer Banks Group, along with a volunteer from Manteo High School, recently participated in a belated National Public Lands Day event at Wright Brothers National Memorial. The voluntary clean-up, a concerted effort by park staff to prepare the grounds of the Memorial for several special events to take place later in October, had previously been scheduled for late September but was postponed due to excessive rain.
