News from April 2012
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: All five of the lava tube caves accessible from the Loop Road are now free of snow and open for recreational caving. To prevent the spread of white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease that has killed over a million bats since 2005, screening is required before entering any of these authorized caves. Screening...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, appeared on CNBC’s Kudlow Report today to speak about new estimates of U.S. oil resources. While President Obama continues to claim the United States has only 2 percent of the world’s resources (campaign rhetoric that earned the president two Pinocchios from the Washington Post Fact Checker ), new data shows the country really has 26 percent of the world’s recoverable oil.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: The Crown of the Continent Research Learning Center at Glacier National Park is hosting a brown-bag lecture on Wednesday, May 2, from.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: Park kicks off 25th anniversary of World Heritage with After Dark program, Apr. 24.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented on the revised model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) issued today by the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the U.S. Department of State. From Chairman Baucus...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: Savannah, GA - The National Park Service and the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks, invite people everywhere to enjoy, explore, learn, share, and give back to America's nearly 400 national parks during National Park Week 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Two years after the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history began, the effects are still being felt today. Marshes are still oiled. Businesses are still recovering. And in particular, the safety of Gulf seafood is still a concerning issue and in need of constant monitoring and analysis.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: Thousands of small molecules, known as metabolites, circulate throughout the human body in blood. Medical and nutrition researchers are eager to discover more about metabolites-amino acids, sugars, fats and more-because the presence and concentrations of some of these compounds can provide meaningful profiles, or "metabolite signatures," for assessing health or disease risks, or perhaps even for creating personalized recommendations about what to eat for optimal health.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee continue to press the administration for a transparent accounting of EPA’s recently issued Utility MACT rule. Despite repeated requests from the committee, the administration has failed to provide an estimate for the total...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee continue to press the administration for a transparent accounting of EPA’s recently issued Utility MACT rule. Despite repeated requests from the committee, the administration has failed to provide an estimate for the total...
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - In recognition of the two-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf Coast on April 20, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park entrance fees will be waived April 21 to 29 with added Junior Ranger Discovery Hunts, Green Junior Ranger programs, and a snowshoe hike in celebration of National Park Week, coinciding with Earth Day and Junior Ranger Day. "The week of free entry will be in addition to the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: 10:00 AM Guided Fort Tour. 11:00 Cannon Firing Demonstration. 11:30 Junior Ranger Cannon Drill. 12:00 PM Musket Firing Demonstration. 12:30 Junior Ranger Muster. 1:00 Cannon Firing Demonstration. 1:30 Junior Ranger Tour. 2:00 Guided Fort Tour. 3:00 Cannon Firing Demonstration. 3:30 Junior Ranger Cannon Drill...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Bipartisan legislation to enhance the Federal Information Security Amendments Act (FISMA) by improving the framework for securing federal information technology (IT) systems moved towards passage in the House of Representatives today as leaders announced a vote next week on a broad package of cybersecurity bills. The bill updates FISMA and is known as the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: The Committee Print of the 2012 Farm Bill reforms farm policy, consolidates and streamlines programs, and will reduce the deficit by $23 billion. This bill saves taxpayers money while strengthening initiatives that help farmers, ranchers and small business owners create American jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican leaders of the House Energy and Commerce Committee continue to press the administration for a transparent accounting of EPA’s recently issued Utility MACT rule. Despite repeated requests from the committee, the administration has failed to provide an estimate for the total...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Today's ratification by the European Parliament of the Passenger Name Record (PNR) agreement demonstrates how the United States and the European Union continue to take vital steps to fight terrorism and transnational threats, ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, April 19, 2012 - Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted the importance of agriculture and rural America to the economic recovery and the strength of the nation. Vilsack touted America's farmers, ranchers and growers as some of our nation's greatest assets, responsible ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: Stephen Murphy, a Utah resident, pleaded guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, and was sentenced the same day to 24 months in prison, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. U.S. District Court Judge Dee Benson presided over the plea hearing and sentencing, which took place yesterday.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2012
News Release: American pharmaceutical company Merck, Sharp & Dohme was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Patti B. Saris in Boston to pay a criminal fine in the amount of $321,636,000 in connection with its guilty plea related to its promotion and marketing of the painkiller Vioxx (rofecoxib), the Justice Department ...
