News published on Federal Newswire in February 2012

News from February 2012


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Quartz Creek Fish Barrier Assessment Available

News Release: Glacier National Park is requesting public review and comment on the Quartz Creek Fish Barrier Modification and Improvement Environmental Assessment and Floodplains Statement of Findings by March 19, 2012.


News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - Women's Rights National Historical Park is pleased to announce that it will show the Ken Burns/PBS documentary Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony this Friday and Saturday, March 2 and 3, at 12 p.m.


Murkowski: Production Must be Part of an “All-of-the-Above” Energy Policy

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today spoke on the Senate floor about rising gasoline prices and the need to increase domestic production of oil, especially from Alaska.


News Release: MUNISING, Mich. According to official National Park Service statistics, visitation to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore was up a total of 12.4 percent in 2011, to a total of 561,104 visitors.


Scouts Recognized for Centennial Work

News Release: The Montana Council of the Boy Scouts of America has been selected as the 2011 regional winner of the National Park Service George and Helen Hartzog Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service by a Youth Group.


Yosemite National Park Announces Release of the Finding of No Significant Impact for the Curry Village Rockfall Hazard Zone Structures Project

News Release: Yosemite National Park announces the signing of the Curry Village Rockfall Hazard Zone Structures Project Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). This document records the decision of the National Park Service to remove the remaining 72 structures within the closed rockfall hazard zone at Curry Village.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following statement in response to President Obama’s recent comments about rising gasoline prices:


The Great Gravity Showdown

News Release: During the week of February 6-10, 2012, some extremely weighty matters were in progress at NIST's non-magnetic facility, where PML researchers hosted an international gravimeter shoot-out with potentially momentous consequences for the impending redefinition of the kilogram.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) announced that the full committee will hold a hearing Tuesday, Feb. 27, on the nomination of Sean O’Keefe to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).


Grand Canyon Rangers Receive Report of Fallen Hiker

News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report that a female hiker had fallen in Owl Eyes Canyon. Owl Eyes Canyon is located on the south side of the Colorado River, across from the Tapeats Creek and Deer Creek areas; approximately 30 miles northwest of Grand Canyon Village on the South Rim.


ONLINE ACTIVITY LED TO RAPID RADICALIZATION OF NOW-JAILED ZACHARY CHESSER

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a staff report Monday detailing the internet radicalization of a homegrown terrorist to violent Islamist extremism and the inadequacy of U.S. policy to counter online radicalization.


News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine) today exposed a proposal in the President’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget that would allow the Administration to proceed with a plan to collect political contribution information from bidders for government contracts.


Upton Statement on TransCanada's Announcement to Build Portion of Keystone Pipeline

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today released the following statement after TransCanada announced it would begin construction on the southern segment of the Keystone XL pipeline.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Chairman Darrell Issa and Senator Chuck Grassley today questioned Attorney General Eric Holder about revelations that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was aware of straw buying by Manuel Barba during a several month span of which one of the weapons found at the murder scene of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement Officer Jaime Zapata was purchased.