News from June 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Today’s Meeting is at 5 p.m. in the Capitol
By Interior Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: Trading cards have been popular with kids for generations, from images of sports figures to movie stars. Now, Fort Pulaski National Monument is offering free trading cards. There are 10 cards in the Fort Pulaski collection.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Republican members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee are seeking answers about the president’s recently issued Executive Order establishing an Interagency Working Group that will be involved in the regulation of hydraulic fracturing. Members wrote today to EPA Administrator...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19, 2012 - According to data recently obtained from the Department of Justice (DOJ) in response to document requests, the federal government has defended more than 570 Endangered Species Act (ESA)-related lawsuits costing U.S. taxpayers more than $15 million in attorney fees -...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week the House will vote on a package of energy bills designed to increase American energy production and create jobs. The Domestic Energy and Jobs Act is the latest energy and jobs proposal to hit the House floor this Congress as part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative. Included in the package are two measures advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee: the Gasoline Regulations Act and the Strategic Energy Production Act.
By EPA Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week the House will vote on a package of energy bills designed to increase American energy production and create jobs. The Domestic Energy and Jobs Act is the latest energy and jobs proposal to hit the House floor this Congress as part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative. Included in the package are two measures advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee: the Gasoline Regulations Act and the Strategic Energy Production Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 19, 2012 - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources continued its series of full committee oversight hearings on how to improve and update the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Today’s hearing focused on ESA litigation and how attorneys’ fees are being used by certain organizations...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments after release of the FY2013 Interior and Environment Appropriations bill text.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week the House will vote on a package of energy bills designed to increase American energy production and create jobs. The Domestic Energy and Jobs Act is the latest energy and jobs proposal to hit the House floor this Congress as part of House Republicans’ American Energy Initiative. Included in the package are two measures advanced by the Energy and Commerce Committee: the Gasoline Regulations Act and the Strategic Energy Production Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 19, 2012
News Release: On April 27th, The Federal Communications Commission approved a rule requiring TV broadcasters to put public ad disclosure documents online. These documents are currently only available as hard-copies in the station's files and require members of the public to travel to the stations and make copies.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - All 50 miles of the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park is anticipated to be open to vehicle travel on Tuesday, June 19, allowing access to Logan Pass. The timing of the road opening on Tuesday will depend on a winter weather advisory that has been issued for the Northern...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and Senator Joe Lieberman (I-CT) announced an agreement had been reached with the Obama administration to fully implement the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) in accordance with the law signed last year to renew and expand the program...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) today issued the following statements welcoming Mexico to the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will travel to Denmark, France, and Belgium on June 20-23. In Copenhagen, Denmark, Secretary Napolitano will join Attorney General Eric Holder and her European counterparts for the ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 18, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the selection of 27 projects in 14 states to support small business and job creation opportunities and train workers in Native American communities. Janie Hipp Senior Advisor for Tribal Relations made the announcement on behalf of Secretary Vilsack while attending the National Congress of American Indians mid-year conference in Lincoln, Nebraska.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: Facility will create jobs and produce an eco-friendly replacement for a petroleum-based product WASHINGTON, June 18, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA has approved a loan guarantee of $25 million to Myriant Corporation to help construct a bio-based production facility in Lake Providence, La.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: Data Systems & Solutions LLC (DS&S), a company based in Reston, Va., that provides design, installation, maintenance and other services at nuclear and fossil fuel power plants, has agreed to pay an $8.82 million criminal penalty to resolve violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: A Missouri woman was sentenced today to 63 months in prison for her role in the vandalism and arson of a biracial man’s home in Independence, Mo., the Department of Justice announced Teresa Witthar, 43, of Independence, was sentenced in the Western District of Missouri by U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner of a southern California-based mesquite charcoal distributor pleaded guilty for his role in a customer allocation and bid-rigging conspiracy for the sale of mesquite charcoal, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 18, 2012
News Release: BRAINTREE, Mass. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Tribe Mediterranean Foods, a subsidiary of Nestle SA that manufactures Tribe brand hummus products, for 18 alleged violations of workplace safety standards following the death of a worker at its ...
