News from February 2012
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2012
News Release: Dr. Walt Loope, long time friend of the National Park Service, has retired after 37 years of federal service. Walt began his career as a seasonal ranger at Canyonlands National Park in Utah from 1972-1977 where he worked at all three districts of the park. He was the second ranger to ever serve at the...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the Energy and Power Subcommittee today wrote to White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew to ask that EPA disclose the cost of its recent Utility MACT regulation. Members are asking Lew to ensure EPA adheres to President Obama’s Executive Order 13563, which requires...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 22, 2012 - The Obama Administration’s Bureau of Reclamation today announced that farmers in California’s San Joaquin Valley would initially receive an estimated 30 percent of their allocated water supplies for 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the Energy and Power Subcommittee today wrote to White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew to ask that EPA disclose the cost of its recent Utility MACT regulation. Members are asking Lew to ensure EPA adheres to President Obama’s Executive Order 13563, which requires...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 22, 2012
Release: By Michael Scuse, USDA Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the Energy and Power Subcommittee today wrote to White House Chief of Staff Jacob Lew to ask that EPA disclose the cost of its recent Utility MACT regulation. Members are asking Lew to ensure EPA adheres to President Obama’s Executive Order 13563, which requires...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2012
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the Administration’s proposed business tax reforms that would lower the corporate rate to 28 percent and broaden the taxpayer base. From Chairman Baucus...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today welcomed Chairman Bingaman’s announcement that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee would hold a hearing on the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program next month.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published for public comment a draft update to a guide for organizations managing their responses to computer security incidents such as hacking attacks. The authors cast a wide net to gather best practices from industry, government agencies and academia for the Computer Security Incident Handling Guide (NIST Special Publication 800-61, Revision 2).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), who is leading the conference committee to resolve differences between the House and Senate on the payroll tax holiday, unemployment benefits and the Medicare “doc-fix," issued the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: MCALLEN, Texas—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to McAllen, Texas and joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner David Aguilar to see CBP operations at the Southwest border, discuss the Department’s efforts to secure the border while facilitating lawful travel and trade, and meet with state and local law enforcement officials.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2012 – As part of the Obama Administration's "We Can't Wait" efforts to strengthen the economy, create jobs and support business growth, Administration officials announced three significant actions to expand the government's purchase of biobased products, promote regional rural job ...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Feb. 21, 2012—Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a new conservation initiative to protect up to 750,000 acres of the nation's most highly erodible croplands. Vilsack made the announcement via video to attendees of the National Pheasant Fest and Quail Classic, held Feb. 17-19 ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Michael Schoenwald of Hollywood, Fla., has pleaded guilty before Judge Herman Weber in Cincinnati to one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud in connection with a drug diversion scheme in which he was involved, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The manager and operator of a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-area halfway house was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for his role in a Medicare fraud kickback scheme that funneled patients to a fraudulent mental health provider, American Therapeutic Corporation (ATC), announced the Department of Justice, FBI and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
By Fed Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meeting on Jan. 23, 2012.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Remarks at State Department Global Business Conference Thank you, Deputy Secretary Nides. Thanks to Mike Froman, Assistant to the President for International Economic Affairs. Thanks to Secretary Clinton and our partners here at the State Department for putting this together.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Bryson spoke at an afternoon plenary session called, “What the Government Can Do for Business.” He discussed his top priorities as Commerce Secretary: supporting advanced manufacturing, increasing U.S. exports, and attracting more investment to the U.S. Bryson highlighted efforts at making the Commerce Department an effective partner and resource for American businesses.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Interested parties may submit comments through March 12 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has announced a 14-day extension of the comment period for its proposed rule to provide minimum wage and overtime protections for nearly 2 million workers who provide in-home care ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced that $12 million is available for grants through the Workforce Data Quality Initiative, which will enable states to build or expand longitudinal databases that link workforce and education data to improve understanding about the performance of workforce development programs among those who benefit from and make decisions about them.
