News from February 2012
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2012
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2012
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2012
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2012
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2012
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2012
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 28, 2012
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, made the following opening statement during today’s Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the Department of Interior’s fiscal year 2013 budget request. During her remarks, Murkowski highlighted the enormous cuts to the Alaska Conveyance ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 8,970,475 national park visitors in Pennsylvania in 2010 spent $356,706,000 and supported 5,497 jobs in the state.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 1,304,667 visitors in 2010 spent $88,258,000 in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,162 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. - Feb. 28, 2012. Ed Cummins, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments = Visitors, Money, and Jobs for Local Economy. Montezuma Castle and Tuzigoot National Monuments, Camp Verde, AZ - A new National Park Service...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that almost 4.4 million visitors spent more than $415 million in Grand Canyon National Park and in gateway regions around the park in 2010. In addition, visitor spending supported 6,167 jobs in the local area. The four economic/job sectors most impacted by this visitor spending were lodging, restaurants, retail trade, and entertainment/amusement.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: A major revision of a Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) publication released today by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) adds guidance for combating new information security threats and incorporates new privacy controls to the framework that federal agencies use to protect their information and information systems.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins highlighted a study of government waste and said there is no excuse for squandering taxpayer money anytime, but especially in this difficult economic climate and given the nation's rising debt.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: POINT REYES STATION, CALIFORNIA - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that the over 2 million visitors in 2010 spent nearly $85 million in Point Reyes National Seashore and in communities near the park. That spending supported nearly 1,000 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK (KY,TN,VA). - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that approximately 1 million visitors in 2010 spent $45.8 million during visits to Cumberland Gap National Historical Park in communities in the tri-state area.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Visitors to Saugus's National Park Contribute $697k, Jobs to Local Economy.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: Today the House Judiciary Committee passed by unanimous voice vote, H.R. 4086, “Foreign Cultural Exchange Jurisdictional Immunity Clarification Act." The bill immunizes foreign states from lawsuits that seek damages for artwork that is already immune from seizure pursuant to a presidential determination ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - At a Ways and Means Committee hearing today with Health & Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Republicans reaffirmed their support for a proposal to end the Medicare guarantee and dramatically increase costs for seniors and the nation. Their “plan," as they again called it today,...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2012
News Release: SOMERSET, PA- A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 643,000 visitors in 2010 spent $28 millionin the five national parks in Western Pennsylvaniaand in communities near the parks. That spending supported 421jobs in the local area. These numbers are expected to grow significantly as annual visitation to the newly dedicated Flight 93 National Memorial grows to 400,000. The figures also do not include construction spending for the Memorial.
