News published on Federal Newswire in October 2012

News from October 2012


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released the following statement regarding the September Jobs report...


Longshoreman Sentenced To 180 Months For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

News Release: NEWARK, N.J. - Robert G. Koval, Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New Jersey Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) announced a longshoreman was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court to180 months in prison for his role in an international drug smuggling conspiracy which led to the seizure of more than 1.3 metric tons of cocaine, valued at over $34 million.


News Release: Hawaii National Park, Hawai'i - One of the Pacific West Region's most respected and revered park rangers, Jim Gale, hangs up his flat hat for the last time today.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., October 5, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement on the September jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.


2012 SURVEY REPORTS LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA VISITORS SATISFIED

News Release: 2012 SURVEY REPORTS LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA VISITORS SATISFIED.


CBO Report on Homeland Security Budget Shows Consolidation Not Complete

News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement on a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report he requested on the proposed Homeland Security Budget for FY2013. It analyzes the historical funding levels for homeland...


News Release: Dear Ms. Engelbrecht: I am writing to request information about the manner in which True the Vote and its affiliated organizations have been challenging the registration of thousands of legitimate voters based on insufficient, inaccurate, and faulty evidence. According to your website, the mission...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, issued the following statement regarding the consent decree signed by Golden Valley Electric Association and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that will allow the Healy Clean Coal Power Plant to be restarted:


News Release: Staff of the North Cascades National Park Complex is currently hosting Chuck Kimmerle in Stehekin as an Artist-in-Residence. Kimmerle is an award-winning landscape photographer from Casper, Wyoming who is spending his five-week residency photographing the forms and textures of Lake Chelan National Recreation Area's natural and man-made landscapes.


News Release: U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released employment data for September...


News Release: National Park Service Alaska Regional Director Sue Masica signed the Record of Decision approving the Denali Park Road Vehicle Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement for Denali National Park and Preserve. The Record of Decision (ROD) adopts the preferred alternative as presented in the final plan. This plan will guide management decisions regarding all vehicle use on the Denali Park Road for the next twenty years.


Seasonal Decorations at the Andersonville National Cemetery fall 2012

News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - As the changing color of the leaves outside denote the arrival of cooler weather, the staff at Andersonville National Cemetery would like to remind the public of the following seasonal changes to the floral decoration policy.


News Release: The National Park Service has scheduled three public scoping sessions for the new planning process involving personal watercraft (PWC) use at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. The new planning process is required as a result of a federal court ruling issued in July 2010.


NIST Revises Software Patch Management Guide for Automated Processes

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published for public comment a revised draft of its guidance for managing computer patches to improve overall system security for large organizations. The previous version, issued as Creating a Patch and Vulnerability Management Program (NIST...


News Release: UPDATE: BODY FOUND ON LAKE MEAD ARIZONA SHORELINE IDENTIFIED.


Tree Nut Research May Unexpectedly Lead to Medical Advances

News Release: Prescription drugs that today help patients fight severe fungal infections might tomorrow be even more effective, thanks to unexpected findings from agriculture-based, food-safety-focused studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and their colleagues.


News Release: A public information meeting will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2012 by the National Park Service staff at Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park to provide an update on planning for the Dyea area and to obtain ideas and comments from the public. It will be an open house format from 4-7 pm at...