News from January 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining expiring tax provisions and tax reform...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Creation of a next-generation public safety communications network requires leadership from a single non-profit organization devoted to this purpose, according to a report released today by a federal advisory committee. Such a network would support voice, video and data transmissions, and ideally be at the disposal of all first responders-the medical, emergency, law enforcement or military personnel who are first on the scene of events that threaten public safety.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - In honor of the historic event of Arizona's centennial, Grand Canyon National Park will offer fee-free entry on Tuesday, February 14.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Susan Collins, ranking Republican on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and a bipartisan group of her colleagues today introduced legislation to require an independent study of backscatter x-ray scanners and to require signs to alert travelers they have screening alternatives other than the backscatter machines.
By State Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA) and Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) introduced stiff sanctions today targeting Iran’s IRGC and energy sector.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Two hundred years ago this April, the General Land Office (GLO) opened its doors for business. Today that “land office business" continues at the Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States office, which will commemorate the occasion with events scheduled throughout the year.In 1812, a young American nation...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) released a new seismic study today that will help U.S. nuclear facilities in the central and eastern United States reassess seismic hazards. The Central and Eastern United...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, Senator Kirstin Gillibrand, D-N.Y., and Senator Scott Brown, R-Mass., opened debate on the Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge (STOCK) Act, S. 2038, Monday afternoon. Debate is expected to last most of this week.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park's Trail Crew will soon begin repairs to the bridge across Bright Angel Creek on the Ribbon Falls spur trail in the Inner Canyon.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Five local juveniles were arrested Monday, January 30 by U.S. Park Police at Spring Creek, a wildland area of Gateway National Recreation Area in New York City. They were charged with lighting a fire in an undesignated area.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC-Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued a 95-page minority staff report entitled “Fatally Flawed: Five Years of Gunwalking in Arizona." The report describes the results of the Committee’s year-long investigation into the actions and circumstances that led to multiple gunwalking operations in Arizona from 2006 to 2010.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: On Thursday, February 2 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, chaired by Rep. Phil Roe (R-TN), will hold a hearing entitled “Examining the Challenges Facing PBGC and Defined Benefit Pension Plans." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Marina Produce Inc. of Marina Del Rey, Calif., for failure to pay for produce.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: MUNISING, Mich. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Chief of Facility Management Chris Case is encouraging folks to come out and enjoy the cross-country ski trails maintained by the National Park Service in Munising and Grand Marais.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: Dear Secretary Geithner and Ambassador Kirk...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: HONOLULU, HI - The National Park Service is pleased to announce its new reservation program for individuals and groups for the USS Arizona Memorial. Starting Feb. 16, 2012, ticket reservations for the free 75-minute tour of the USS Arizona Memorial will be available online at www.Recreation.gov.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: The Bicentennial is given a dramatic kickoff with a new play commemorating the start of the War of 1812.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee today passed several bills that won't provide sufficient funds for a transportation bill needed to rebuild America's infrastructure, but will give away America's coasts and the pristine Arctic Refuge to oil companies already swimming in...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: “(Q)uestions will be asked as to why the Administration made a bad investment not just once but twice"
By Interior Newswire | Jan 31, 2012
News Release: The Lily Lake Dam, located in Rocky Mountain National Park, has been rated a high-hazard dam by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Failure of the dam is not imminent, and park staff are evaluating long term solutions; considering two options to reduce the risk, either repairing or removing the dam. Until...
