News from January 2012
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: The arid conditions in the southwestern United States make restoring degraded rangelands extremely difficult, but a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has found a way to help native grasses survive there so they can be closely studied as restoration tools.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that on Dec. 1, the Government of Japan approved Rainbow papaya for commercial shipment to Japan. The Rainbow papaya is genetically engineered to be resistant to the papaya ringspot virus. This announcement marks the beginning of a new chapter for Hawaiian papaya growers.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: Today marks the tenth anniversary of the detention center located at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base. On Jan. 11, 2002, the Bush administration transported twenty detainees to the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, the first of 775 detainees that have been housed at the facility over the past ten years...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today the Obama administration released their draft of a national plan to manage commerce and conservation in America's oceans and Great Lakes. Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, which has jurisdiction over ocean issues, released the following statement in support of the Obama administration's efforts to establish a National Ocean Policy Implementation Plan...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: MUNISING, Mich. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is pleased to introduce two recent additions to the Administrative staff, Information Technology Specialist Joshua Brewster and Administrative Assistant Michael Schneider.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: Hawaii National Park, HI - Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park will join all 397 national park units across the country in waiving entrance fees Jan. 14-16 to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Entrance fees will also be waived on Sat., Jan. 21 to honor the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's 100-year anniversary and Open House.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Calif. The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service offers an opportunity to join millions of others as they contribute to volunteer programs in their local neighborhoods and national parks. The National Park Service recognizes this important holiday with a fee-free...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), ranking member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, today pushed for a task force to be created to review the findings and develop recommendations from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investigation into the MF Global bankruptcy. The request for the task force was sent in a letter this week to CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers.
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of over 100 organizations from all over the country wrote to President Obama today urging him to approve the Keystone XL pipeline “as soon as possible." The broad coalition of supporters cited the immense benefits the pipeline will bring to America in terms of job creation, economic growth, energy security, and national security.
By DOE Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - It has now been 19 days since President Obama signed a bill requiring that he approve the Keystone XL pipeline unless he determines it would not serve the national interest. While the president continues to delay the pipeline, thousands of American jobs hang in the balance. But this...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of over 100 organizations from all over the country wrote to President Obama today urging him to approve the Keystone XL pipeline “as soon as possible." The broad coalition of supporters cited the immense benefits the pipeline will bring to America in terms of job creation, economic growth, energy security, and national security.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: Lowell, MA - Lowell National Historical Park is waiving museum fees at the Boott Cotton Mills Museum January 14 -16, 2012."From Independence Hall to our newest national park, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, our national parks tell the story of America, from the beauty of our land to our struggle...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - A group of over 100 organizations from all over the country wrote to President Obama today urging him to approve the Keystone XL pipeline “as soon as possible." The broad coalition of supporters cited the immense benefits the pipeline will bring to America in terms of job creation, economic growth, energy security, and national security.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has announced that the National Park Service will once again offer fee free days this year to encourage Americans to visit these national treasures. National Park Service sites across the country that charge fees for entry will waive these entrance fees from January...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - It has now been 19 days since President Obama signed a bill requiring that he approve the Keystone XL pipeline unless he determines it would not serve the national interest. While the president continues to delay the pipeline, thousands of American jobs hang in the balance. But this...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - It has now been 19 days since President Obama signed a bill requiring that he approve the Keystone XL pipeline unless he determines it would not serve the national interest. While the president continues to delay the pipeline, thousands of American jobs hang in the balance. But this...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 10, 2012
News Release: On Jan. 6, 2012, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) issued a new report highlighting key policy priorities to sustain and promote American innovation and economic competitiveness. The report, The Competitiveness and Innovative Capacity of the United States, examines the historic role of federal investments...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 10, 2012
News Release: HONOLULU, Jan. 10, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack highlighted the Obama Administration's commitment to renewable energy today at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument's Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. Pearl Harbor naval base was the first Hawaii military marine fleet to use biodiesel, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2012
News Release: The Access to Justice Initiative today released Foreclosure Mediation: Emerging Research and Evaluation Practices, a report resulting from a March 7, 2011, workshop with dozens of foreclosure mediation program stakeholders and researchers. Foreclosure mediation programs, in which a neutral third-party ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 10, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON– The Justice Department announced today that it has entered into a consent injunction with the Berkeley County, S.C., Sheriff’s Office (BCSO). The injunction resolves the United States’ claims against BCSO raised in Prison Legal News v. DeWitt. The United States intervened into the ongoing lawsuit on Apr. 12, 2011.
