News from August 2012
By Commerce News Now | Aug 16, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a seven page rule on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on Aug. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: This past summer, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (NRRA) received funding for a Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew to help with performing trail maintenance activities within the Big South Fork area. A crew of eight students from one of the local high schools (Alvin C. York Agriculture Institute) was selected for the project.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: A temporary closure of the Moose-Wilson Road went into effect today, August 16 around 11 a.m. due to the presence of two bear families, including a grizzly sow with cubs. Visitors and area residents may experience intermittent closures of the Moose-Wilson Road in the coming weeks or even months due to grizzly bear activity near this road. The current closure will be in effect for 48 hours, but may be re-established whenever bears are present.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) will depart for New Zealand and Japan tomorrow to meet with senior economic and trade leaders and discuss key issues surrounding the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free trade agreement (FTA), which will create American jobs and benefits U.S. businesses, workers, farmers and ranchers. Senator Baucus’s meetings will take place in Auckland and Wellington in New Zealand and Tokyo and Kyoto in Japan.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 123,900 metric tons of soybean cake and meal to the Philippines during the 2012/2013 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: SACRAMENTO - The recent diagnosis of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) in two Californians, one of whom died, has prompted Dr. Ron Chapman, director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) and state public health officer, to remind Californians to take precautions to prevent exposure to the virus that causes HPS at their places of residence, work, and recreation.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following through on our We Can't Wait efforts, the Obama Administration today announced the launch of a new public-private institute for manufacturing innovation in Youngstown, Ohio, as part of its ongoing efforts to help revitalize American manufacturing and encourage companies to...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today invited agricultural producers to apply for grants to increase the value of their products.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following through on our We Can’t Wait efforts, the Obama Administration today announced the launch of a new public-private institute for manufacturing innovation in Youngstown, Ohio as part of its ongoing efforts to help revitalize American manufacturing and encourage companies to invest...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: One Fatality and One Missing Minor Near Vernal Fall Footbridge.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Mount Rushmore National Memorial will be hosting three more clay sculpting workshops this summer. Sculptor in Residence, Dustin Baker, will be leading the sessions on the Borglum View Terrace. Baker, a professional artist from Georgia, returned to Mount Rushmore this year for his second summer in the park.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist in Oxford, Miss., is working toward developing new herbicides by focusing on a molecular pathway that not only controls weeds, but could have helped shape our nation's history.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Cybersecurity Act of 2012, which was blocked before the August Congressional recess, continues to draw strong support, particularly from independent observers. Three major metropolitan newspapers - The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Boston Globe - have weighed in recently to urge Congress to pass legislation to secure the nation’s most critical networks. And many others have as well.
