News from March 2012
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a hearing to examine the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget. Energy Secretary Steven Chu attempted to defend the president’s energy policies despite rising gasoline and electricity prices and a maligned loan guarantee program.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) decried President Obama’s actions today to once again block construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and deny the U.S access to a stable and reliable energy source. After rejecting the pipeline’s permit earlier this year, President...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 8, 2012 - Today, the House Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a legislative hearing on four wilderness bills. At the hearing, Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) took the opportunity to question Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Michael Pool about the recent discovery of credit card abuse and possible time-card fraud by Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) employees in the West.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) decried President Obama’s actions today to once again block construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and deny the U.S access to a stable and reliable energy source. After rejecting the pipeline’s permit earlier this year, President...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: Washington - As the American brand of agriculture continues to surge in popularity worldwide, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) announced today that it is proposing to add pork and distillers dried grain (DDG) to the list of commodities covered by the Export Sales Reporting Requirements. The proposal is aimed at improving market transparency and enabling commodity markets to better adjust to changing export activity.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, called on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to release the agency’s annual...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Representative Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Chairman of the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee, and U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, called on Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to release the agency’s annual...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: Today in Denver, Colorado, National Park Service Intermountain Regional Director John Wessels announced that Triangle X Partnership was selected to provide dude ranch services in Grand Teton National Park under concession contract GRTE004-12. The contract covers a term of 13 years.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 8, 2012
News Release: * Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, penned an op-ed published in The Hill today, highlighting how the Farm Bill can both create jobs and reduce the deficit.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy, co-owners of Santa Cruz Island, continue to partner to protect and restore the island ecosystem. The Sauces nest is on The Nature Conservancy property. For more information visit.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: Mt. Holly, N.C. - At an event today at the Daimler Truck factory in Mt. Holly, N.C., President Obama launched EV-Everywhere, the second in a series of Energy Department “Clean Energy Grand Challenges" aimed at addressing the most pressing energy challenges of our time. The EV Everywhere Challenge will...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: On Monday, March 12 the National Park Service spring road opening crew will begin the annual operations to clear and prepare the Denali Park Road beyond park headquarters (Mile 3) for vehicle access by park visitors. This year they expect to encounter heavy amounts of snow, and deep and consolidated...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains Superintendent Dale A. Ditmanson has announced that the Park's proposal to begin collecting for the use of the Park's backcountry campsites and shelters has been approved by the National Park Service. This approval clears the way for the Park to move forward with developing an on line system to collect fees beginning in 2013 for reserving and use of the Park's backcountry by overnight hikers and equestrians.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: The 2012 Crown Manager's Forum will be held March 19-20 at the Lethbridge Lodge in Lethbridge, Alberta. The theme of this year's forum is Tribes and First Nations in the Crown of the Continent. The public is encouraged to attend all or part of the forum.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks at the National Congress of American Indians 2012 Executive Council Winter Session, highlighting the Department's ongoing commitment to working with tribes and tribal governments to make our nation more safe, secure and resilient.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: Six States to Improve Enrollment Procedures for School Meals WASHINGTON, March 7, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced new steps to enhance the delivery of USDA services while creating greater efficiencies to make the most of taxpayer dollars. USDA's Food and Nutrition Service is ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 7, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today joined tribal leaders from across the nation at the National Congress of American Indians to announce investments in positive nutrition education and physical activity habits that can lead to healthier lifestyles. The grants are funded ...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: Almost $25 Million in Smart Grid Technology Projects to be Included SAN DIEGO, Calif., March 7, 2012 — Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that rural electric cooperative utilities in eight states will receive funding to install smart grid technologies and make improvements to generation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON — The former associate director of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Consolidated Mail Outpatient Pharmacy in Hines, Ill., his wife and their temporary staffing company were sentenced today for their participation in a conspiracy to defraud the VA and the Small Business Administration (SBA), the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A captain in the U.S. Army pleaded guilty in Alaska today for accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from a contractor during his deployment to Iraq as a civil affairs officer at a forward operating base in Rustimaya, Iraq, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Kevin Feldis for the District of Alaska.
