News from July 2012
By USDA Wire | Jul 13, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a nine page rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 13, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jul 13, 2012
The US Justice Department published a five page rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Monsoonal weather patterns have moved into the Grand Canyon area decreasing fire danger. As a result, fire managers have lifted all fire restrictions within the park.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release CONTACT: Robert Dillon (202) 224-6977 (Murkowski)
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN), Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC), and Representative Howard “Buck" McKeon (R-CA) joined a bipartisan coalition of members in urging the Obama administration to stop further implementation of the controversial “gainful employment" regulation in light of a June 30 federal court decision.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: As part of the Bureau of Land Management’s ongoing government-to-government consultation efforts with Indian tribes, three key BLM officials joined Chairman Tex G. Hall and other leaders of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation on a tour of active oil and gas development operations on the Fort Berthold...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement after the Department of Health and Human Services issued “guidance" that would effectively allow states to seek a “waiver" from the work requirements critical to the success of the 1996 welfare reform...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: (DETROIT)-Today, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) joined Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank for the opening of the Elijah J. McCoy United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) satellite office in Detroit, Michigan. This is the first ever USPTO satellite ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, praised changes agreed to by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) to legislation granting Russia permanent normal trade relations (PNTR) that address Hatch’s concerns about Russian barriers to U.S. exports, corruption and its commitment to the rule of law. The Finance Committee is set to mark up this legislation next Wednesday, July 18th.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: At 2:10 p.m. on Thursday, July 12, Rocky Mountain National Park dispatch received a cell phone call reporting a 47-year-old male from Castle Rock, Colorado, had slid approximately 100 feet down Andrews Glacier landing in rocks. He was not moving. A park trail crew was in the area and reached the man's...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: The parking lot at Zion National Park's Middle Fork of Taylor Creek Trailhead is being reduced to help fight overcrowding. The trail, which is in the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park, is part of the park's designated wilderness.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a questionable guidance scheme released yesterday to states, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) believes it can unilaterally grant itself the authority to exempt states from the work requirements that were a critical element of welfare reform and that could allow states to allow things like bed rest, smoking cessation and exercise to count as a work activity to receive these government benefits.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 13, 2012 - Just two weeks ago, President Obama released his five year offshore no-new-energy plan that closes 85 percent of America’s offshore areas to new energy production, opens no new areas to drilling and sidelines over a million jobs. Today, the President is making multiple...
By DOL Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: “The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will come to order. The title of this hearing is ‘The Americans with Disabilities Act at 22: A New Generation of Iowans Approaches the Labor Force with High Expectations.’
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: Redwood National & State Parks superintendent Steve Chaney announces that the emergency closure of the boat launch area at Freshwater Lagoon has been lifted. An illegal release of sewage from a portable toilet at Freshwater Lagoon occurred on or about June 27, 2012. The release was localized to both sides of the boat launch on the north end of the lagoon.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - A New York man pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiring to willfully reproduce and distribute tens of thousands of infringing copies of copyrighted works without permission, including infringing copies of movies before they were commercially released on DVD.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park will host the Waterton-Glacier Science and History Day on Thursday, July 26, from 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the Falls Theatre in Waterton Lakes National Park of Alberta, Canada. The event is free of charge and all are encouraged to attend. This year marks the 9th annual event. Each year the event alternates between Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2012
News Release: The Obama Administration is claiming that states, including Senator Hatch’s home state of Utah, asked for the change the Administration proposed yesterday in guidance to states regarding the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. That states, including Utah, want more flexibility isn’t...
