News from March 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 12, 2012 - Today, the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held an oversight field hearing in Elko, Nevada entitled, “Explosion of Federal Regulations Threatening Jobs and Economic Survival in the West." At the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) applauded today’s decision by the WTO Appellate Body rejecting the vast majority of the European Union’s claims that the United States has unfairly subsidized the Boeing Company...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 39 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber propagated plants. They include celery, cotton, lettuce, potato, ryegrass and soybean.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has appointed nine members and nine alternates to the American Egg Board for the 2012-2013 term. All members and alternates will serve 2-year terms.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: Snacking is a dietary behavior that has increased in recent decades in the United States, while percentages of the population who are overweight and obese also have increased. Now, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers with the Food Surveys Research Group (FSRG) in Beltsville, Md., have examined...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) today said a proposal to award huge cash bonuses to MF Global executives to aid in the search for missing client funds following the firm’s bankruptcy is absurd.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: SULPHUR Chickasaw NRA will begin a series of prescribed fires starting March 15, 2012 and lasting until April (depending on weather conditions). The fires will be conducted by a management team consisting of firefighters from Chickasaw NRA, Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge, Lake Meredith NRA, and other National Park Service units. Firefighter and public safety are the number one priority.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: Lowell, MA -Lowell National Historical Park will be host to an interactive exhibition entitled "Dickens and Massachusetts: A Tale of Power and Transformation" opening on March 30, 2012 from 5p.m.-7p.m. The free exhibit will feature a rich collection of rare Dickens artifacts on loan from the Charles...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office is unveiling a new website to highlight its quarterly oil and natural gas lease sales and create an easy, transparent process to engage the public in light of oil and gas leasing reform.The new pages will emphasize opportunities for the public to learn...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: On March 9, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that it is soliciting proposals to establish a steering group in support of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) and to provide the group with ongoing secretarial, administrative and logistical support. NIST anticipates supporting one proposal with approximately $2 million in funding for up to two years.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: To mark the 40th anniversary of the World Heritage Convention, the international treaty that established the UNESCO World Heritage List of the globe's most significant cultural and natural areas, Everglades National Park has declared Sunday, March 18, 2012, as "World Heritage Day" in the Park. To celebrate...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against R A R Enterprises Inc., d/b/a Ramirez Bros.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Presented Award in Washington, D.C.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 12, 2012
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park's 2012 Biennial Research Conference will be held on March 28, and 29, in the Estes Park Town Board Room. The park hosts one of the largest research programs in the National Park System, with more than 100 research permits active each year. Park partners in research come from...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee and senior member of the Energy and Commerce Committee, issued the following statement upon release of the one-year progress report of the Obama administration’s “Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future".
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2012
News Release: Come to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine on July 14 at 6:00 p.m. for a special twilight tattoo ceremony highlighting the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War!.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 11, 2012
News Release: Come to Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine on August 18 at 6:00 p.m. for a special twilight tattoo ceremony featuring patriotic music, military pageantry and living history! The program begins with a concert by the U.S. Navy Band, Drill Team and Color Guard.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2012
News Release: Monocacy National Battlefield in cooperation with the Alice Ferguson Foundation will host the 24th annual Potomac River Watershed Cleanup on Saturday, April 14. This is an event to clean litter from our watershed and strives to eliminate trash from our waterways, public lands, and communities by 2013.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today released an implementing directive that strengthens the sharing of classified information by the federal government with state, local, tribal, and private sector ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 9, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 9, 2012–President Obama announced today his intent to appoint Dr. Sonny Ramaswamy as Director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). NIFA links USDA with the land-grant university community, including historically Black colleges ...
