News from May 2012
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: The 4th annual high school Paddle and River Clean Up will take place on June 9, 2012. Students can earn eight community service hours for graduation while experiencing the beauty of the river and learning about our watershed, wildlife, and recreation.This year's clean up trip is open to all area high school students but is limited to the first twenty who register. Registration is required.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2012
Release: Washington, DC, May 4, 2012 - Agriculture Under Secretary Kevin Concannon announced today that the District of Columbia, New York, Ohio, and West Virginia were selected to use an innovative option to reduce administrative paperwork and costs, while making it easier for eligible children in low-income...
By State Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: Valley Village, CA - Less than a week after writing California Secretary of State Debra Bowen, requesting the state government change its online voter registration system allowing Taiwanese-Americans to list “Taiwan" as their country of birth, rather than “Taiwan, Province of China," the correction was made on the online registry.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: Superintendent Sean McGuinness announced today that an aquatic biologist with the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) found extensive mats of the aquatic alga Didymosphenia geminata (also known as Didymo or "Rock Snot"), an invasive species, in the Delaware River."Didymo is not a threat to human health,"...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce detailed its hearing and vote schedule for the week of May 7, 2012. Continuing its focus on protecting jobs and innovation, the Subcommittee on Health will consider and vote on legislation to reauthorize and establish various FDA user...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today responded to TransCanada’s reapplication for a Presidential Permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. The company submitted its original permit for the pipeline’s construction in September 2008, which President Obama delayed consideration of, and eventually denied, in January 2012, after multiple federal bureaucratic reviews.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: The Advanced Manufacturing National Program Office (AMNPO) today* issued a formal "request for information" on a new public-private partnership proposed by President Obama: the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI).
By EPA Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today responded to TransCanada’s reapplication for a Presidential Permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. The company submitted its original permit for the pipeline’s construction in September 2008, which President Obama delayed consideration of, and eventually denied, in January 2012, after multiple federal bureaucratic reviews.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has cited Auster Acquisitions LLC, of Chicago, Ill., for failure to pay for produce.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Underscoring the Obama Administration’s commitments to keep college affordable for American families and students and support the next generation of energy leaders, the U.S. Energy Department today announced the regional winners of its National Clean Energy Business Plan Competition.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today responded to TransCanada’s reapplication for a Presidential Permit to construct the Keystone XL pipeline. The company submitted its original permit for the pipeline’s construction in September 2008, which President Obama delayed consideration of, and eventually denied, in January 2012, after multiple federal bureaucratic reviews.
By EPA Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the House Committee on Energy and Commerce detailed its hearing and vote schedule for the week of May 7, 2012. Continuing its focus on protecting jobs and innovation, the Subcommittee on Health will consider and vote on legislation to reauthorize and establish various FDA user...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: The National Park Service has released a final White-tailed Deer Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. The plan has been developed in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. The Environmental Protection Agency...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: INDIANA DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE: After hours of cutting non-native plants, collecting pounds of trash from the beach, and completing parts of a new Great Lakes Junior Ranger book at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, 200 elementary age children were awarded Great Lakes Junior Ranger badges on Junior Ranger Day, Saturday April 28.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to two new proposals issued today by the Obama administration impacting American oil and gas production. The Bureau of Land Management finalized a new rule adding requirements for...
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: Dear Senator Collins: I wanted to express my appreciation and congratulations for your extraordinary. efforts to put the U.S. Postal Service on a path to long-term financial viability. Members of both parties together created workable compromises that provide. valuable and important provisions in the...
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2012
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area will reopen the newly renovated William Fitts Ryan Visitor Center, which served as the historic passenger terminal building for Floyd Bennett Field, New York City's first municipal airport. The official opening of the Ryan Visitor Center is from 12 noon to 5 P.M. Saturday, May 5, with festivities for visitors planned for both Saturday and Sunday.
By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - A new report published today by The Hamilton Project shows that the tax code has contributed to sharply rising income inequality in recent decades as middle- and lower-income Americans have seen their incomes stagnate while the very wealthiest Americans have experienced staggering income growth. The report also notes that deficit-financed tax cuts do not spur economic growth. Other key findings are laid out below. A full copy of the report can be found here.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 CANBERRA, Australia—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Canberra, Australia where she led the Presidential delegation, which included U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeff L. Bleich and Commander of the United States 7th Fleet Vice Admiral Scott H. Swift, at the 70th Anniversary Commemoration of the Battle of the Coral Sea.
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 CANBERRA, Australia—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today continued her visit in Canberra, Australia where she was joined by U.S. Ambassador to Australia Jeff Bleich and Department of Homeland Security Assistant ...
