News from February 2012
By State News Post | Feb 2, 2012
The US State Department published a two page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
The US Interior Department published a six page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
The US Interior Department published a two page rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 2, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a seven page proposed rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 2, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Senator Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Senator Scott Brown, R-Mass., co-sponsored the Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, S. 2038, to eliminate any ambiguities in the law that governs insider trading.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service is set to begin work on visitor access improvements at Roosevelt Farm Lane at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site. The Farm Lane provides a trail connection between Routes 9 and 9G and is part of the Hyde Park Trail network.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service is set to begin work on visitor access improvements at Roosevelt Farm Lane at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site. The Farm Lane provides a trail connection between Routes 9 and 9G and is part of the Hyde Park Trail network.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Tomorrow, Attorney General Eric Holder will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about the Justice Department’s year-long effort to obstruct accountability for Operation Fast and Furious. Today, the committee released an infographic capturing the scope of Attorney General Holder’s stonewalling on this reckless program. The hearing will be streamed live atFastAndFuriousInvestigation.com.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: Social Security Subcommittee Hearing on Hearing on Social Security’s Death Records.
By State Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: The behavior of the Iranian regime poses a significant danger to its own people, its neighbors, and the security of the United States. Tehran’s pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, its continued support for international terrorism, and its abuse of basic human rights require the United States to...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA) issued the following statements after the Department of Health and Human Services today reported that the new health law saved 3.6 million Medicare beneficiaries a total of $2.1 billion...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: The Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), today held a hearing entitled, “Examining the Challenges Facing PBGC and Defined Benefit Pension Plans." The hearing explored the financial and management challenges at the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), as well policy proposals intended to strengthen the financial standing of the corporation.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: Given your statements at today’s hearing, I am writing to formally reiterate my previous request for the Committee to hold a public hearing with former Attorney General Michael Mukasey. On November 4, 2011, I wrote to you requesting a public hearing with Mr. Mukasey in order to...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, and Maria Cantwell, D-WA, on Wednesday introduced legislation that would bar companies who engage in business or trading activity with Iran from buying oil from America’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). The measure, cosponsored by 16 other Senators, also calls for the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) to expose sanction violators.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sens. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following opening statement at today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on President Obama’s Blue Ribbon Commission’s report on what to do about America’s spent nuclear fuel:
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: The public is invited to attend and participate in the 8th Annual San Juan National Historic Site Kite Festival on the beautiful historic grounds of Castillo San Felipe del Morro on Sunday, February 26 from 11:00am to 4:00pm. As kite enthusiasts around the island know, the brisk ocean breeze and beautiful...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: WRITERS, WRANGLERS, RANGERS, AND MURAL PAINTERS.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2012
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS - Speaking at a National Football League (NFL) news conference on Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Director of Field Operations in Chicago David Murphy and NFL Vice President for Legal Affairs Anastasia...
