News from May 2012
By US DOT Newswire | May 29, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, and Congressman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) released a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report that found that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) doesn't require operating ...
By EPA Newswire | May 29, 2012
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power have postponed the joint hearing titled “NRC Policy and Governance Oversight" scheduled for Thursday, May 31, 2012. The new date and time of the hearing is still to be determined. The hearing was postponed in light of recent developments that the nominations of Allison Macfarlane and Kristine Svinicki will be swiftly considered by the Senate.
By DOE Newswire | May 29, 2012
News Release: The Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy and the Subcommittee on Energy and Power have postponed the joint hearing titled “NRC Policy and Governance Oversight" scheduled for Thursday, May 31, 2012. The new date and time of the hearing is still to be determined. The hearing was postponed in light of recent developments that the nominations of Allison Macfarlane and Kristine Svinicki will be swiftly considered by the Senate.
By DOL Newswire | May 29, 2012
News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) released the following statement today after Terence Flynn announced he would resign as a member of the National Labor Relations Board effective July 24, 2012. Mr. Flynn joined the board on January 9, 2012 after receiving an unconstitutional recess appointment by President Obama.
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, May 25, 2012—The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Chief Economist Joseph W. Glauber announced today that USDA is reviewing release times for several major statistical reports due to recent changes in market hours by major commodity exchanges. The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) ...
By USDA Newswire | May 25, 2012
News Release: Interest High in the 26-year-old Conservation Program WASHINGTON, May 25, 2012–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will accept 3.9 million acres offered under the 43rd Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) general sign-up. During the extended five-week ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2012
News Release: The Justice Department announced today that it will monitor primary elections on May 29, 2012, in Fort Bend, Harris and Jefferson Counties in Texas, to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Miami yesterday convicted a Miami-based ship surveyor for lying to the Coast Guard and for falsely certifying the safety of ships at sea, announced Ignacia S. Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division at the Department of Justice; ...
By Fed Newswire | May 25, 2012
News Release: Jerome H. Powell on Friday took the oath of office as a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The oath was administered by Chairman Ben S. Bernanke in the Board Room. President Obama announced his intention to nominate Mr. Powell on Dec. 27, 2011, and the Senate confirmed ...
By Commerce News Now | May 25, 2012
News Release: Commerce Secretary John Bryson Remarks at the Global Business Conference, Berlin, Germany Guten morgen. Thank you, Jim. The work you have done at CNN over the past 30 years is remarkable.
By State News Post | May 25, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | May 25, 2012
The US State Department published a one page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 25, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
