News from February 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 15, 2012 - President Obama’s FY2013 budget proposal released Monday includes $450 million to buy more federal land through the Land and Water Conservation Fund. Despite the Federal government’s ballooning $15 trillion debt, the President is proposing a $160 million spending increase (58 percent) for government land acquisition compared to funding levels when he first took office.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Support for The Cybersecurity Act of 2012, S. 2105 is growing now that the bill has been introduced in the Senate.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Republicans are rallying in support of new K-12 education legislation introduced last week by committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN). The Student Success Act (H.R. 3989) and the Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers Act (H.R. 3990) represent the next chapter in House Republican efforts to reform the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 15, 2012 - Today, the Subcommittee on Indians and Alaska Native Affairs held a legislative hearing on H.R. 3973, the Native American Energy Act that promotes and encourages increased energy production on tribal lands by reducing government barriers and streamlining burdensome procedures.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 15, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) yesterday introduced H.R. 4019, the Federal Forest County Revenue, Schools and Jobs Act of 2012. The bill is a long-term solution that would provide rural counties with a stable revenue stream, create...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: “Mr. Secretary, as I read your testimony last night, my basic reaction was this: That as you sit before us, you and the Administration stand tall.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: The Ocracoke Pony herd has a new member!"Alonso," a three year old registered Spanish stallion from the Corolla Wild Horse herd, was recently adopted by the National Park Service (NPS) and transported to Ocracoke Island on Feb. 2, 2012.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Just two days after the Department of Energy requested more than $770 million for nuclear energy in 2013, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu visited the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Waynesboro, Georgia and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to highlight the steps the Obama Administration is taking to restart America’s nuclear industry as part of an all-of-the-above American energy strategy.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 15, 2012 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today 27 grants to local organizations to build community food systems and fight hunger and food insecurity. The awards were made by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) through its Community Food...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced today that it is making available a report titled “Southwest Oregon Secretarial Pilot Projects on BLM Lands: Our Experience So Far and Broader Considerations for Long-term Plans," prepared by Norm Johnson, Oregon State University, and Jerry Franklin, University...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 15, 2012 - Members of the Alaska House of Representatives recently visited Washington, D.C. to advocate for H.R. 7, the American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act. The House will consider the bill this week, which among other provisions, would open less than 3% of the Arctic...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications from organizations seeking certification to nominate individuals to the American Lamb Board.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 116,000 metric tons of soybeans to China during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance, delivered opening remarks at a committee hearing examining the President’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget proposal with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: On Thursday, February 16 at 3:45pm in the Senate Radio-TV Gallery, members of the House and Senate will file a challenge the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) recent ambush election rules.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: Today the House Judiciary Committee held a hearing on “Executive Overreach: The President’s Unprecedented ‘Recess’ Appointments". The hearing’s purpose is to examine President Obama’s recent recess appointment of Richard Cordray to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and 3 members to ...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Park Service recently completed a four-year study looking at the flow, quality, and mixing of the park's groundwater. From 2007 to 2010, researchers collected a total of 100 samples from 60 sites in and around the park including from stream sinks, cave drips, cave water bodies, springs, and wells.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: "The 2013 discretionary budget request for the Department of Homeland Security is $39.5 billion, plus an additional $5.5 billion in disaster relief funding that does not count toward the discretionary cap. At roughly the same level as 2012, this budget represents the first time an Administration has...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: On Wednesday, February 22 at 1:00 p.m., Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Chairman Phil Roe (R-TN) will join Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) to host a field hearing entitled “Health Care Challenges Facing Pennsylvania’s Workers and Job Creators." The hearing will take place at the Butler Township Administration Building, located at 290 S. Duffy Road in Butler, Pennsylvania.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 15, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today with Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to examine the plans in the President’s fiscal year 2013 budget proposal to deliver better health care to Americans, restrain the rising costs...
