News from June 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings commended the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and housing regulators for issuing joint guidance yesterday to protect military homeowners who have received Permanent Change of Station orders.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 25. The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hear from experts about how technological innovations are changing the way Americans consume video content. The Environment and...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Challenge: The Native Village of Teller in Alaska has long been challenged by bulk fuel storage limitations. Alaska Village Electric Cooperative (AVEC) is the village’s electric utility, which runs its own diesel fuel bulk storage facility for the diesel generators. However, residential heating oil and fuel for all public buildings except the school are provided by the Native Village Corporation (Teller Native Corporation [TNC]) and stored in a separate bulk fuel facility.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: YAKIMA, Wash. - The American Water Resources Association (AWRA) recognized the Yakima River Basin Water Enhancement Project (YRBWEP) Workgroup with its Integrated Water Resources Management Award for 2012.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After enduring nearly six years of opposition and a grueling permitting process, Shell will finally begin energy exploration in Alaska’s Arctic waters next month. Exactly one year ago, the House passed bipartisan legislation to help streamline permitting in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas where drilling is expected to commence shortly, a legislative solution that would prevent similar energy and job creation delays in the future.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After enduring nearly six years of opposition and a grueling permitting process, Shell will finally begin energy exploration in Alaska’s Arctic waters next month. Exactly one year ago, the House passed bipartisan legislation to help streamline permitting in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas where drilling is expected to commence shortly, a legislative solution that would prevent similar energy and job creation delays in the future.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Celebrate America at Fort Pulaski. The National Park Service and Fort Pulaski National Monument will celebrate the Nation's 236th Birthday with special patriotic programs on the weekend of June 30 and July 1 and on July 4. Highlights of the weekend will include cannon and musket firings, guided fort...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - After enduring nearly six years of opposition and a grueling permitting process, Shell will finally begin energy exploration in Alaska’s Arctic waters next month. Exactly one year ago, the House passed bipartisan legislation to help streamline permitting in the Beaufort and Chukchi seas where drilling is expected to commence shortly, a legislative solution that would prevent similar energy and job creation delays in the future.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 25. The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hear from experts about how technological innovations are changing the way Americans consume video content. The Environment and...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Comment Sought on Katmai Hunting Environmental Assessment.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Change doesn’t happen on its own. It’s led by dedicated and passionate people who are committed to empowering Indian Country to energize future generations. Leading the Charge is a regular Office of Indian Energy newsletter feature spotlighting the movers and shakers in energy development on tribal lands.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee today announced its hearing schedule for the week of June 25. The Subcommittee on Communications and Technology will hear from experts about how technological innovations are changing the way Americans consume video content. The Environment and...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Consecutive rescue and recovery missions continue on the upper mountain this morning to extract the final climber involved in yesterday's incident and deceased Climbing Ranger Nick Hall.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - A bipartisan contingent of 58 members of Congress today sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission asking for the status of two key rules to combat the developing world’s so-called “resource curse", where natural resources are squandered by ineffectual or corrupt governments...
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 22, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued a statement in response to a General Services Administration (GSA) announcement that the agency is moving forward with its plan for a new Los Angeles Courthouse.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, delivered the following opening statement today at a committee hearing examining the accession of Russia to the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors throughout July. These programs are free, but park entrance fees may apply. Mark your calendars for these upcoming events.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 COPENHAGEN, Denmark—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Copenhagen, Denmark to join Attorney General Eric Holder and her European counterparts for the biannual U.S.-European Union (EU) Justice and ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 21, 2012– Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on the U.S. Senate's approval of the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act: "I'm very pleased that the Senate acted in bipartisan spirit today to approve the Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act. I am grateful ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 21, 2012
News Release: Three former executives of Fair Financial Company, an Ohio financial services business, were found guilty for their roles in a scheme to defraud approximately 5,000 investors of more than $200 million, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division; Joseph H. Hogsett, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana; and Special Agent in Charge Robert Holley of the FBI in Indiana announced today.
