News from July 2012
By Commerce 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...
By DOE 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...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the Senate author of the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act, released a report detailing the current state of employment for adults with disabilities, and describing policy recommendations...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today blasted Senate Democrats for failing to act to avert the looming fiscal cliff and allow taxes to go up on virtually every American taxpayer on Jan. 1, 2013.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2012 - The House Natural Resources Committee has confirmed that Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) Director Joseph Pizarchik will testify at a July 19th oversight hearing on the status of the Department of the Interior’s rewrite of a 2008 coal regulation...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: Today, the National Park Service released the Stehekin River Corridor Implementation Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement. The purpose of this plan is to address, in a comprehensive way, the steps needed to continue to provide high-quality recreational experiences, protect natural and cultural...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2012
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King and Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Highway Division officials announce last May that Phase 2 of the planned rehabilitation of 10 miles of Steven Canyon Road was awarded to Tucci and Sons, Inc. of Tacoma, WA for $8,910,093.23 with a Notice to Proceed issued for the project to start on May 29, 2012 and a contract completion date of Sept. 17, 2013.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 15, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate today traveled to Williamsburg, Va. to participate in the Council of Governors Meeting. Secretary Napolitano delivered remarks highlighting the importance of public and private sector collaboration on cybersecurity and the Department’s efforts to secure cyberspace.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 15, 2012
News Release: The North Cascades National Park search and rescue team recently responded to two separate mountaineering accidents, evacuating four people from remote mountain peaks.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce that Sagamore Hill National Historic Site will celebrate its 50 th anniversary on Saturday, July 28, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. In July, 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed the legislation to transfer Sagamore Hill, the Long Island home of Theodore...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2012
News Release: CONTACTS NAME: ERIC CAMPBELL (540) 868-9176.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2012
News Release: National Park Service News Release. - JULY 13, 2012. CONTACTS NAME: ERIC CAMPBELL (540) 868-9176. Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park Announces. Trading cards have been popular with kids for generations, from images of sports figures to movie stars. Now, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2012
News Release: Join Monocacy National Battlefield as we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the 1862 Maryland Campaign with "Return of Special Orders 191" special event and exhibit.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner David V. Aguilar and Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Alan Bersin traveled to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic and San Juan, Puerto Rico today.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, July 13, 2012 -The U.S. Forest Service, Department of the Interior, Department of Defense and FEMA continue to support efforts to protect life, public safety and aid in community recovery from wildfires and subsequent flash flooding in multiple Western states. On June 28, President Obama ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: Over $1.5 Billion Invested in the Everglades Since 2009; USDA To Fund Fourth Year of Easements for Water Quality, Wildlife Habitat Improvements in the Northern Everglades Watershed KISSIMMEE, FL., July 13, 2012 —The Obama Administration today released a report outlining the historic Federal investments ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: An indictment unsealed today in the Eastern District of Michigan charges 41 members and associates of the Devils Diciples Motorcycle Gang, including National President Jeff Garvin Smith and National Vice President Paul Anthony Darrah, for their alleged participation in a variety of criminal offenses, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia has returned a superseding indictment charging Parviz Khaki, a citizen of Iran, and Zongcheng Yi, a resident of China, for their alleged efforts to obtain and illegally export to Iran U.S.-origin materials that can be used to construct, operate ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today an agreement with over three dozen companies and government agencies that will result in a $56.4 million cleanup of the “Malone Services Company” Superfund Site in Texas City, Texas, a former waste-disposal ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: Acting Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank Remarks at Opening of First U.S. Patent and Trademark Satellite Office, Detroit, Michigan Thank you, Senators Stabenow and Levin, Congressmen Conyers, Clarke, Dingell, Peters, and Mayor Bing.
