News from March 2012
By DOL Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Today, members of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce introduced a comprehensive proposal to reform the nation’s network of job training programs. The Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012 (H.R. 4297) consolidates more than 20 programs into one flexible Workforce Investment Fund, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) released the following statement today urging the House to pass the Senate’s bipartisan, fully-funded highway bill. Baucus clarified that the bill is fully offset, replenishes money transferred from the general fund and leaves a cushion in the Highway Trust Fund at the end of its two-year reauthorization.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: President Obama spoke in the Rose Garden this morning about his desire to increase taxes on the largest American oil and gas producers. We believe there are bipartisan solutions to our nation’s energy challenges, but unfortunately his remarks were again filled with mistaken and misleading claims that will do nothing to reduce prices at the pump.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: In support of the Obama Administration's all-of-the-above approach to American energy, the Energy Department today announced the investment of $3 million to 3M Company in St. Paul, Minnesota, to lower the cost of advanced fuel cell systems by developing cost-effective, durable, and highly efficient fuel...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: (Corpus Christi, Texas)- A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) was signed by John Wessels, Director of the Intermountain Region, National Park Service. The FONSI allows for an annual reduction of the speed limit to 15 mph from March 1 through Labor Day on the Gulf of Mexico beach at Padre Island National Seashore. This action is scheduled for immediate implementation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Dear Chairman Issa and Chairman Lankford...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Looking to stem the tide of America’s oil and fuels that are being sent abroad at a time of high gas prices and high domestic production, three House Democrats today introduced legislation that would end the exportation of oil extracted from taxpayer-owned lands, and the exportation of refined...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Northeast Region. National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior. 200 Chestnut Street. Philadelphia, PA 19106. 215 597-0865 phone. 215 597-0815 fax. National Park Service Identifies Preferred Alternative for Proposed. Susquehanna-Roseland Transmission Line. Preferred alternative allows proposed line...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Chairman Herger, thank you for holding this hearing today; though, I must say that it seems to be a bit after the fact. The Supreme Court spent the last three days considering the constitutionality of ObamaCare with all of America watching the media circus that surrounded it. Today’s hearing won’t affect...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Film Premiere at Fort Pulaski. Savannah, GA - On Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Fort Pulaski National Monument will host the premiere of the latest historical documentary from filmmaker Michael Jordan of Cosmos Mariner Productions. This event is one of many being offered as a part of the commemoration...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Rudy’s Produce Inc. satisfied a reparation order under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Civil War Concert. Savannah, GA - On Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 5:00 PM, Fort Pulaski National Monument will host an evening concert of music from the Civil War era. This event is one of many being offered as a part of the commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the Siege & Reduction of Fort Pulaski.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Boat Tour of Fort Pulaski Battle Campaign.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: President Kennedy said that “to govern is to choose.".
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Weather conditions permitting, park visitors will be able to drive as far as Savage River (Mile 15) beginning at 12:00 noon on Friday, March 30. Spring is a great time of year to enjoy the park, as there is still good snow coverage for mushing, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing, coupled with milder temperatures and long days. Mount McKinley, or Denali, is potentially visible from the park road at approximately Mile 10, weather permitting.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) imposed sanctions on two produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - The former leader of the Liberian Peace Council (LPC) who committed human rights abuses during the Liberian civil war in the 1990s was deported to his native country Friday, capping an effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to investigate the case and win the former warlord's removal from the United States.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Take a look inside all kinds of critters, from corals and fish to manatees and dolphins at Skeleton Crew, the final 2011-2012 installment of Biscayne National Park's multi-award winning Family Fun Fest. The free event takes place from 1-4 pm on April 15 (ONE WEEK LATER THAN USUAL DUE TO EASTER) at the park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center, 9 miles east of Homestead.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Spring arrived early on Fire Island this year. On Friday, March 9, 2012, a Fire Island National Seashore park ranger reported the first sighting of a piping plover on the beach near Watch Hill. These tiny migratory shorebirds usually arrive along the south shore of Long Island by mid-March. By late March...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 29, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Following the House of Representatives' passage of a 90-day stop gap extension to the current surface transportation authorization, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, issued the following statement.
