News from December 2012
By USDA Wire | Dec 6, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a four page rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 6, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a six page rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 6, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 6, 2012
The US Energy Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 6, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: DEC 06 -- WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced the results of “Project Below the Beltway", a two-year series of investigations targeting the Sinaloa and Juarez Cartels and violent street gangs as part of on-going initiative against the cartels and their distribution network in America. The series of federal, state, and local investigations began in May 2010 and culminated on December 6, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: Homestead, Florida: Everglades National Park will be conducting a prescribed burn on Thursday December 6, 2012, in the East Everglades District of the park (Chekika). The general location of the fire is south of 136th Street, North of 168th Street, and West of 218th Avenue. Staff and equipment that have...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) today made the following statements applauding the Senate passage of The Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Senate Finance Health Subcommittee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), House Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-Mich.), Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-Calif.), House Energy and Commerce...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, hailed Senate passage of bipartisan legislation (H.R. 6156) to grant permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) to Russia and Moldova. The measure passed the Senate by a vote of 92 to 4 and awaits the President’s signature to become law.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: DEC 6 - LOS ANGELES - Law enforcement authorities this morning arrested 18 defendants named in three federal grand jury indictments stemming from Operation Roman Empire, a 2½-year investigation into South Los Angeles street gangs allegedly controlled by a Mexican Mafia member who directs criminal activities through his daughter.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: CALABASAS, Calif. - Western National Parks Association (WNPA), a nonprofit education partner of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA), will host its first annual holiday sale at King Gillette Ranch on December 15. Nearly all items in the visitor center will be marked down by 15 percent from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the Senate’s approval by a vote of 92-4 of a measure to normalize trade relations with Russia and remove prohibitive, antiquated trade barriers today, Senator John Kerry pointed towards new export opportunities for businesses in Massachusetts. In July, Kerry joined Senate Finance ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: We will soon be voting on whether to establish permanent normal trade relations, or PNTR, with Russia and Moldova, and to update Russian human rights legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass), along with 70 other House Democrats, called on Speaker John Boehner and President Obama, to eliminate the tens of billions of dollars in tax breaks and loopholes given to the oil and gas industry as part of any fiscal cliff compromise. In a letter sent by...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: As the current Deputy State Director for Minerals in New Mexico, Tony Herrell has a wide knowledge of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in New Mexico, Arizona and Eastern States offices. Spanning almost 30 years of service, he has distinguished himself through a variety of leadership activities demonstrating...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Five defendants have been charged in three separate cases with narcotic trafficking, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and U.S. Attorney Benjamin Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - More than one year after an investigation by National Public Radio revealed widespread and troubling abuses of the foster care system in South Dakota as it relates to Indian children in the state, conditions in the state are reportedly getting worse. Accordingly, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Screening Partnership Program (SPP), a program...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today lauded the Set-Top Box Energy Conservation Agreement, which will make television cable boxes more energy efficient. The agreement, announced by the Consumer Electronics Association and the National Cable and Telecommunications Association, will take effect next month.
