News from March 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Minority Member Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-MD., yesterday introduced the Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 2012 (HR 4257). This...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: President Obama’s unconstitutional $2.6 trillion health care law will mandate that all Americans have “minimum essential" health coverage starting in 2014. President Obama wants this individual mandate to sound like a reasonable regulation. The fact is, however, the arguments for this mandate are arguments...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The head of the military’s Cyber Command said Tuesday that information-sharing among critical infrastructure owners and operators is not enough to protect their cyber networks against attacks from rival nations, criminals, terrorists, and pranksters. Information sharing combined with security standards are needed to confront the growing cyber threat, said General Keith Alexander.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - The National Prisoner of War Museum located at Andersonville National Historic Site will be closed the morning of Monday, April 16, 2012 to allow for maintenance work. The length of the closure is anticipated to be approximately five hours. Park Superintendent Brad Bennett remarked...
By State Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and author of the “Iron Dome Support Act" (IDSA) released the following statement after the Administration’s announcement in support of Israel’s Anti-Missile System.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: Ten researchers have been selected to be the 2012 research fellows in Denali and other northern Alaska National Parks. Six are recipients of Discover Denali Research Fellowships for research in or near Denali National Park and Preserve, and four are receiving Murie Science and Learning Center Research...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today continued its hearing series examining current cyber threats and vulnerabilities to our nation’s infrastructure. The hearing entitled, “IT Supply Chain Security: Review of Government and Industry Efforts" ...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the House will vote on the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act, H.R. 3309, which will bring greater transparency and predictability to the FCC’s operations. Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency today issued a controversial proposed rule that would add to the tangle of regulatory red tape already imposed by other new rules affecting utilities, effectively forming a backdoor energy tax on American families and businesses. Energy...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: Chairwoman Stabenow and Ranking Member Roberts’ Resolution Opposing Bonuses for MF Global Executives Passes Senate Unanimously
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: An overdue U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report on the fiscal status of the Medicaid program, requested by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), demonstrates the significant burden the expansion...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - President Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency today issued a controversial proposed rule that would add to the tangle of regulatory red tape already imposed by other new rules affecting utilities, effectively forming a backdoor energy tax on American families and businesses. Energy...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), sponsors of the Federal Communications Commission Process ReformAct (H.R. 3309), today urged the House of Representatives to support the bill, which will bring greater transparency and predictability to FCC processes.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), sponsors of the Federal Communications Commission Process ReformAct (H.R. 3309), today urged the House of Representatives to support the bill, which will bring greater transparency and predictability to FCC processes.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the House will vote on the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act, H.R. 3309, which will bring greater transparency and predictability to the FCC’s operations. Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations today continued its hearing series examining current cyber threats and vulnerabilities to our nation’s infrastructure. The hearing entitled, “IT Supply Chain Security: Review of Government and Industry Efforts" ...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - This week, the House will vote on the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act, H.R. 3309, which will bring greater transparency and predictability to the FCC’s operations. Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Oversight and Investigations...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator Pat Roberts, the Committee’s Ranking Member, announced they are introducing today a resolution opposing bonuses for MF Global executives. According to news reports, Louis Freeh, the trustee ...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), sponsors of the Federal Communications Commission Process ReformAct (H.R. 3309), today urged the House of Representatives to support the bill, which will bring greater transparency and predictability to FCC processes.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 27, 2012
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing entitled, “Learning from the Upper Big Branch Tragedy." The hearing examined the findings of numerous investigations and reviews related to the 2010 mining disaster in Montcoal, West Virginia that took the lives of 29 miners. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joe Main testified at the hearing.
