News from October 2011
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 5, 2011
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2011
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2011
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 5, 2011
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, October 5, 2011 - Today, USDA's Food and Nutrition Service announced the winners of the first ever Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) "Food, Fun and Sun!" Story and Photo contest to highlight how the program provides free, healthy meals to children in low-income areas during the summer. Launched earlier in the summer, USDA received over 100 submissions representing sponsors and sites in over forty states.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: LIVE Webcast - Click here to watch the LIVE webcast of the hearing beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: “The Agreements we are considering today are different than those negotiated by the Bush Administration. While Republicans were willing to support flawed agreements, Democrats used the intervening period to attempt to fix them so they work for U.S. businesses and workers and spread the benefits of trade more broadly.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: Fire Management staff at Point Reyes National Seashore are planning two days of controlled burning along Highway One in the Olema Valley during the next two weeks. The first burn is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 12, but the date may change based on weather and air quality conditions. The...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Bureau of Reclamation are pleased to announce that Kevin Johnson has been selected as Coordinator for the Southern Rockies Landscape Conservation Cooperative. Kevin will provide ongoing facilitation and operational leadership to the Southern Rockies LCC, consistent with the goals, objectives, and guidance of the LCC Steering Committee. He will begin his new position on Oct. 23, 2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: NEW HAVEN, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that Ryan Moore, 22, of New Haven, was sentenced today by Senior United States District Judge Ellen Bree Burns in New Haven to 36 months of imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, for distributing crack cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., October 5, 2011 - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed H.R. 1505, the National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act, by a vote of 26 to 17. The bill prohibits the Department of the Interior (DOI) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) from using environmental regulations to hinder U.S. Border Patrol from securing our border on federal lands.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service Outer Banks Group, in partnership with the First Colony Foundation and Friends of the Outer Banks History Center, announces the opening of a new exhibit, "Beneath the Sands: Past and Present Archaeology at Fort Raleigh" on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 at Fort Raleigh National Historic...
By State Newswire | Oct 5, 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 full committee mark-up of H.R. 2830, Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following statement today after Senate Democrats announced a proposal to fund the President’s jobs package through a tax increase that would hit small businesses...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: With the Columbus Day holiday (October 10) rapidly approaching, the next phase of preparing for the upcoming winter season at Mount Rainier begins. Cougar Rock and Ohanapecosh Campgrounds will be open through Monday October 10. the Ohanapecosh Visitor Center, Henry M. Jackson Visitor Center, and Longmire...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: Over the past two weeks over three hundred 1st-8th grade students from the Cape Hatteras Schools visited the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse at Cape Hatteras National Seashore for a free climb and program.These educational field trips were funded by the National Park Service as a special post-Hurricane Irene experience for Hatteras Island children.For approximately 60% of the younger students, it was the first time they had climbed this iconic tower.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., October 5, 2011 - The Full Natural Resources Committee today passed three bills-H.R. 2842, H.R. 2360 and H.R. 2752-to create jobs, produce more American made energy and advance House Republicans' all-of-the-above American Energy Initiative.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: Yosemite National Park will start debris pile burning today, October 5, 2011. Pile burning locations will initially include the communities of Foresta, El Portal, and Wawona. Other pile burning locations include Chinquapin, the Merced Grove, the Mariposa Grove, and along many park roads throughout the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent document requests to five “gray market" drug companies that buy and sell drugs in critically short supply, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). None of the companies manufactures drugs or treats patients.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) made the following statement about the Colombia FTA during the question and answer session of today’s markup of the free trade agreements with South Korea, Panama and Colombia...
