News from July 2012
By USDA Wire | Jul 16, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 16, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published an eight page proposed rule on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 16, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 16, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 16, 2012
The US State Department published a two page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 16, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, slammed the Obama Administration for circumventing Congress to gut commonsense, bipartisan welfare reforms with the “stroke of a pen" and announced his intent to introduce legislation to combat the action.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) on Friday, July 13 sent a letter to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar regarding the Committee’s request for transcribed interviews with five Department officials who were personally involved in developing the May 2010 Interior Department report that falsely stated independent engineers had peer reviewed and supported a drilling moratorium.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area invites the public to learn about and comment upon the development of an Environmental Assessment/Assessment of Effect (EA/AoE) for the park's upcoming Fire Management Plan. The EA/AoE sets out varying options for the park's wildland fire management program, including one chosen as a preferred alternative.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
Release: Washington, DC, July 16, 2012 - USDA Deputy Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services Janey Thornton yesterday announced that 3,717 schools are now certified in the HealthierUS School Challenge (HUSSC), an initiative that boosts the health and nutrition of the nation’s schoolchildren. The HUSSC is one of the key parts of First Lady Michelle Obama's Let’s Move! initiative to end childhood obesity within a generation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. - Eleven local high school students recently began work in the Santa Monica Mountains, part of a National Park Service program to prepare ethnically diverse youth for careers with the agency. In addition to providing paid summer employment, the highly selective SAMO Youth program introduces high school juniors and seniors to environmental careers through specialized training in the outdoors.
By State Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement today after confirming with State Department and Egyptian officials that the two Massachusetts natives who were kidnapped on Friday, July 13th while traveling in the Sinai Peninsula have been released. The two were traveling with other tourists on their way to Mount Sinai when their bus was stopped and, along with their tour guide, they were kidnapped.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2012 - On Sunday, the New York Times Editorial Board rushed to the defense of President Obama who’s feeling the pressure this election season for proposing an offshore drilling plan that keeps 85 percent of America’s offshore areas off-limits to energy production. The President’s...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: Parents who are perplexed by their preschooler's dislike of vegetables may find help in a science-based video game that U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded scientists and their colleagues are creating for parents to play on smartphones.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: On Wednesday, July 18 at 10:00 a.m., the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, chaired by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC), will hold a hearing entitled, “Keeping College Within Reach: Exploring State Efforts to Curb Costs." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By EPA Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a field hearing in Abingdon, VA to discuss EPA’s proposed greenhouse gas New Source Performance Standard for utilities and the impact this regulation will have on jobs. This...
