News published on Federal Newswire in February 2012

News from February 2012


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today joined several of her colleagues to discuss high gasoline prices and Republicans’ plans have to alleviate the pain at the pump.


News Release: The fire road section of Inverness Ridge Trail at Point Reyes National Seashore will be temporarily closed from Monday March 5 through Friday March 9 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The closure area is approximately 1.3 miles in length from the Bayview Trail parking lot to Sunnyside Drive.


Peterson Statement at Hearing to Review CFTC 2012 Agenda

News Release: “Thank you Chairman Lucas and welcome Chairman Gensler to today’s hearing.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today questioned Interior Secretary Ken Salazar about his plan to raise royalty rates for oil development on public land from 12.5 percent to 18.75 percent. The senator’s questions came during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Interior Subcommittee.


News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that more than 4 million visitors in 2010 spent $354.7 million in Yosemite National Park and in communities near the park. That spending supported more than 4,600 jobs in the area.


Key House Democrats Assail Attacks on Regulation of Oil Speculation

News Release: WASHINGTON - Reps. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Barney Frank (D-Mass.), Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) today assailed efforts by financial trade organizations to undermine current law which, if fully implemented, would help to restrict speculation in oil prices. Most economists agree that...


Team Up to Clean Up Andersonville National Cemetery for  “Park Day”

News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia -More than 150 years after the first shots of the Civil War were fired, another wave of volunteers is about to descend on America's storied battlegrounds - only this array of dedicated men and women will be armed with paint brushes, trash bags and weed whackers.