News published on Federal Newswire in March 2012

News Release: Are you a teenager looking for a challenging summer job? If so, you may be interested in working for the National Park Service as a member of the Youth Conservation Corps at Fort Sumter National Monument. The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) was established by Public Law 93-408. It is a summer employment...

DHS FY2013 BUDGET UNDER THE MICROSCOPE

News Release: WASHINGTON - At a hearing on the Department of Homeland Security FY2013 budget Wednesday, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Maine, welcomed the Department’s proposed increase in spending on cybersecurity but expressed dismay about a proposal to consolidate homeland security grant programs without consulting Congress.

GET INVOLVED WITH EARTH DAY AT PERRY’S VICTORY & INTERNATIONAL PEACE MEMORIAL

News Release: Celebrate the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day on Saturday, April 21, at Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial by getting up close and personal with native snakes, attending a Junior Ranger Jamboree, creating a watershed model and invasive species art, or taking part in the ranger's field games. All activities are free to the public.

Chairman Hastings: President Embarks on Political Tour as His Failed Energy Policies Drive Up Gasoline Prices

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2012 - At a hearing today on the impacts of rising gasoline prices, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings took the opportunity to address President Obama’s political multi-state energy tour that kicks off today.

Interior’s WaterSMART Program Funds Studies of Water Supplies and River Environments in Five Western Water Basins

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that Interior's Bureau of Reclamation is providing $2.4 million in funding for comprehensive water studies in California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

Bandelier National Monument Announces Annual Pass Photo and Art Contest

News Release: Los Alamos, NM -- Superintendent Jason Lott invites photographers and artists to enter the 2013 Bandelier Annual Pass Photo and Art Contest. Digital images may be submitted today through April 4, 2012. "If Bandelier has inspired your creative side, here's your chance to show off your photography or artwork...

Park Selects New Chief of Administration

News Release: Margaret (Meg) Schwartz has been selected as the new Chief of Administration at Theodore Roosevelt National Park.She was promoted into her new assignment on March 11 after serving as the park's Budget Analyst for the last eight years.

Markey Applauds Obama’s Leadership on Consumer Electricity Data

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Obama administration announced an agreement with nine major electricity suppliers that will commit to providing more than 15 million households access to data about their own energy use with a simple click of an online “Green Button."This data has the potential to not only help...

Senior House Transportation Leaders Introduce Senate Transportation Bill, Urge Immediate Consideration

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2012

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senior Members of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today joined with more than 80 Members of the House of Representatives to introduce the bipartisan job-creating Senate transportation bill that passed last week by a vote of 74 to 22 and called on House Republicans to abandon their partisan transportation bill and bring the Senate bill up for immediate consideration.

Energy Expert Confirms Credit for Increased New Mexico Oil & Natural Gas Production Goes to Past Administrations, Not President Obama

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 21, 2012 - Today, President Obama will visit Maljamar, New Mexico as part of a political PR tour to convince voters that this month's record gasoline prices aren't his fault. What you won’t hear from President Obama today is that any increase in federal oil and gas production in New Mexico is thanks to the pro-energy policies of previous administrations and in spite of his job-destroying energy policies that are only making America less energy secure.

SENATORS INTRODUCE FIRE ADMINISTRATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2012

News Release: A bipartisan group of Senators and members of the Homeland Security Committee today introduced the United States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2012. The bill authored by Senators Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., Susan Collins, R- Maine, Tom Carper, D-Del., John McCain, R-Ariz., and Scott Brown, R-Mass., would renew funding for the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA).

Price Opening Statement at Hearing on FY13 Budget for Dept. of Homeland Security Facilities

News Release: "Clearly, for this Department to operate effectively, DHS and the Congress needed to invest in upgrading its infrastructure.".

Oversight Committee Report Documents Obamacare Costs and Impacts on Job Creators in Their Own Words

News Release: (WASHINGTON)-A new report released by Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform documents the direct cost to small- and mid-sized businesses imposed by President Obama’s signature health care legislation. The release coincides with the two year anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable care Act (PPACA) known as “Obamacare."

Boxer and Transportation Leaders Call on House to Pass Bipartisan Senate Bill

By US DOT Newswire | Mar 21, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood called on the House of Representatives to take up and pass the Senate's bipartisan surface transportation bill, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21).

Ranking Member Howard Berman Opening Statement at Hearing, "Russia 2012: Increased Repression, Rampant Corruption, Assisting Rogue Regimes"

By State Newswire | Mar 21, 2012

News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the below remarks as prepared for delivery at today’s committee hearing, “Russia 2012: Increased Repression, Rampant Corruption, Assisting Rogue Regimes." The statement follows...

COMMITTEE DECRIES GOVERNMENT WASTE

News Release: WASHINGTON -The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday honed in on the problem of government waste caused by duplicative federal programs and looked at legislation to enable reorganizations that reduce the number of government agencies or produce savings.

Harkin Describes Real World Benefits of Affordable Care Act Days Before Second Anniversary of Law

By DOL Newswire | Mar 21, 2012

News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, spoke on the floor of the Senate to commemorate the second anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act, the health reform law that he helped to craft. Harkin cited the real world...

Department of the Interior to Present Summary of Public Input Received on a Long-Term Plan for Glen Canyon Dam Operations

News Release: The public is invited to participate in web-based presentations, to be held on March 27 that will summarize public comments on the scope of the Long-Term Experimental and Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement for Glen Canyon Dam operations.

President’s Health Law Two Years Later: More Broken Promises to Families and Small Businesses

News Release: WASHINGTON -U.S. Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) today released a fact sheet outlining the promises that were made and then broken once American families and small businesses finally learned what was really included in the President’s unconstitutional, $2.6 trillion health law. Hatch and Enzi are respectively the Ranking Members of the Senate Finance and Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committees.

Junior Ranger Day 2012