News from January 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Dear Chairman Issa: We write today to request that you issue a subpoena to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) compelling the production of all documents associated with its analyses of whether mortgage loan modifications with principal reductions should be offered by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 120,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Egypt during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Date: Jan. 18, 2012. Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site Blow-Me-Down Farm Site Management Plan Draft Alternatives. Cornish, New Hampshire - The National Park Service (NPS) is pleased to announce the release of draft management alternatives for the Blow-Me-Down Farm located within Saint-Gaudens National...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Zion National Park will begin construction of three new comfort stations in Loops B, C/D, and E of Watchman Campground on Jan. 23, 2012. The construction of these 900-square-foot buildings will include the restroom facilities, sidewalks, and adjacent landscaping. The replacement of the deteriorating comfort stations is necessary to improve visitor safety and resource protection. The project is expected to be completed by mid-July 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Annual measures to protect nesting raptors of Pinnacles National Monument have been reinstated as of Jan. 17, 2012, according to Park Superintendent Karen Beppler-Dorn. Last year 8 pairs of prairie falcons produced a total of 33 fledglings. Additionally, the monument had successful nesting by Peregrine...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced this week that a $1.89 million contract has been awarded to resume restoration of the famed Bodie Island Lighthouse located near Oregon Inlet. The National Park Service (NPS) Denver Service Center has issued a notice to proceed with the award of contract to the prime contractor, United Builders Group, LLC from New Bern, North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: The recent comedy "The Big Year"highlighted the excitement of birding and inspired many to join in the fun!Now you can become a "citizen scientist" and birder by helping Ranger Christi Carmichael document the birds seen along the Main Park Road from the Royal Palm Visitor Center to Flamingo. December's Big Day Birding Adventure participants spotted 2210 birds that represented 45 different species!.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
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By DOJ Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - -Between November 3 and December 7, 2011, a single patient obtained a four-month supply of oxycodone and methadone by presenting prescriptions, now believed to be forged, to three New Jersey pharmacies on a total of 14 occasions. The patient circumvented the safeguards that pharmacies and insurance carriers use to spot such abuse by spreading out his visits between the pharmacies and by paying with cash in some instances and by insurance in others.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today issued the following statement on the blackouts of many popular websites - including Wikipedia, Craigslist, Google and thousands of others- in response to the serious threats to an open Internet and digital innovation in America posed by the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) :
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: The news in 2001 was impressive, but it's even more emphatically evident a decade later: the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program (BPEP) significantly benefits the U.S. economy. That's the finding from a new economic study* to determine the practical value to organizations using the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence-the benefits of the program outweigh the overall cost by 820 to 1.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: A quarterly oil and gas lease sale administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) netted $27,242,369 in revenues today from the sale of 43 Federal leases in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The total includes bonus bids, administrative fees, and first-year rentals. The oral auction took place at...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: DENVER - Lisa E. Eckert, a 30-year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been named superintendent at Colorado National Monument in western Colorado. Eckert will assume her new duties in mid-February.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation, in cooperation with the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), announces the availability of Agricultural Water Conservation Efficiency Grants, a funding opportunity through the Bay-Delta Restoration Program. Reclamation is seeking proposals from California Indian tribes, ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: All Aboard! Become a Volunteer Guide on Amtrak.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today outlined new plans to move forward on the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline, scheduling a hearing one week from today and announcing their intent to move forward on legislation that will restart the project after it was rejected today...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
Release: If you can name it, there’s probably a competitive event for it. For instance, coffee has its own competition called the Cup of Excellence. In the coffee world, no honor is more sought after. It is given each year to only top coffees from participating coffee-producing countries.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement in response to the Obama Administration's decision not to issue a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline project.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Statement of Senator Barbara Boxer Boxer Visits Riverside County To Discuss Ongoing Need To Rebuild Our Nation's Transportation Systems Jan. 18, 2012 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I want to thank Ron Loveridge, the Mayor of Riverside, for introducing me. I also want to thank Karen Spiegel, ...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 18, 2012
News Release: Bearing bad news, the president called Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper to inform him that he would not approve the Presidential Permit for construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Instead of saying “˜yes’ to thousands of American jobs and a secure energy source, the president told Harper he needed...
