News from June 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany, Jr., M.D. (R-LA) sent a letter to 15 departments and two agencies across the federal government seeking information about the potential abuse of the Energy Efficient Commercial Buildings Deduction, commonly referred...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: The National Governors Association this week released a report, “The Fiscal Survey of States," that provides an update on the challenges currently facing the state-based Medicaid program. The report coincides with new information on the National Health Expenditures data that revealed the problem will only worsen under Obamacare.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: There will be five commercial services operating in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore this summer providing food and refreshments to visitors to the park. The five businesses operating this year are.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: The National Governors Association this week released a report, “The Fiscal Survey of States," that provides an update on the challenges currently facing the state-based Medicaid program. The report coincides with new information on the National Health Expenditures data that revealed the problem will only worsen under Obamacare.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD: Kevin Locke world renown storyteller and cultural ambassador will perform a traditional hoop dance at Mount Rushmore National Memorial on June 16 at 7:00 PM in the amphitheater. Following in the traditions of his family and elders, Kevin, a Lakota and Anishinabe, will present an amazingly complex and acrobatic Lakota Hoop Dance.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: The Energy Department announced on June 12 it has awarded more than $54 million for 13 projects across the country to advance transformational technologies and materials. These projects, which are leveraging approximately an additional $17 million in cost share from the private sector, can help U.S...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON -In a speech on the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today outlined the impact on middle-class families if Congress does not provide financial relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), calling on Congress to fix this “stealth tax" that ensnares more and more Americans every year. Hatch also explained that the President’s so-called ‘Buffet Tax’ would turn into another misguided AMT.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: WILLIAMS, Ariz. - Fire crews continue to make progress on the Grand Fire, which is now 481 acres with 70 percent containment. The change in acreage is not from additional growth; it is a result of fire activity and smoke decreasing enough that crews are able to get a more precise assessment of the total acreage.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: JAKARTA, Indonesia - A former Indonesian bank executive convicted in absentia in that country for her role in a massive fraud scheme that cost that country's government more than $260 million was deported Wednesday and turned over to the Indonesian National Police, capping a three year effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to investigate the case and gain her removal from the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that Michael Beckerman, the panel’s Deputy Staff Director and a longtime Upton adviser since 2001, will depart the committee at the end of June. Beckerman joined the committee as Deputy Staff Director...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today announced that Michael Beckerman, the panel’s Deputy Staff Director and a longtime Upton adviser since 2001, will depart the committee at the end of June. Beckerman joined the committee as Deputy Staff Director...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 13, 2012
News Release: Senate Farm Bill is Major Reform
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Whiskey Bend Road - Daily Closures June 25 - 29.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining the impact of tax reform on U.S. energy policy...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings and Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman sent a letter to Wal-Mart CEO Michael Duke regarding the company’s failure to provide Congress with information relating to the Wal-Mart bribery allegations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and partner organizations of the federal interagency Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO) are sponsoring the second in a series of regional public workshops to gather ideas and suggestions on the design of the proposed National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI). The workshop will be held on July 9, 2012, at the Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today joined U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner David V. Aguilar and Republic of Korea Minister of Justice Jae-Jin Kwon at the Washington Dulles International Airport to announce a reciprocal agreement for each nation’s trusted traveler programs—the U.S. Global Entry program and Korea Smart Entry Service.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 USDA, DOI, FEMA Provide Firefighters, Aircraft, and Federal Grants to Support Local Partners Combating Fires WASHINGTON— Federal partners are working closely with first responders and firefighters from local, state, and tribal ...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that USDA is accepting applications for grants to help promote sustainable economic development and job creation in rural communities.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Improved restoration efficiency is goal of three proposed categorical exclusions WASHINGTON, June 12, 2012 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced a proposed rule to streamline and shorten categories of environmental review for certain restoration projects on National Forests. The proposed rule will allow the Forest Service to more efficiently implement projects related to improving water flow and the restoration of land and habitat.
