News from September 2012
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA -For the third consecutive year, the U. S. National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site will host a U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) naturalization ceremony at the national park as part of a national Constitution Day & Citizenship Day observance on Friday, Sept. 14, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 13, 2012 - Next week, the House of Representatives will consider the Stop the War on Coal Act of 2012, a package of five bills that will help end the Obama Administration’s war on coal that threatens thousands of American jobs and could increase the price of energy on millions of American families and small businesses.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King announces a temporary closure on State Route (SR) 123 through Mount Rainier National Park beginning at 7 a.m., Monday, Sept. 17, 2012.
By State Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced a resolution to honor the contributions of Lodi Gyaltsen Gyari as Special Envoy of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and in promoting the legitimate rights and aspirations of the Tibetan people.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: Mr. Chairman, this bill is not about process or policy, but politics, pure politics, even worse impure politics. This legislation is an effort to pursue a claim that has been so thoroughly discredited by independent facts checkers...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: (BROWNSVILLE, Texas)- - A 19-count indictment has been partially unsealed following the arrest of four people by federal and state law enforcement, Drug Enforcement (DEA) Special Agent in Charge Javier F. Peña and United States Attorney Kenneth Magidson announced today. Julio Cesar Cardenas, 39, Juan...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: As of Sept. 13, 2012, all fire restrictions which were enacted on June 12, 2012, under the authority of Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1, Section 1.5(a)(1), and pursuant to 36 CFR 2.13(c), for Canyonlands and Arches national parks and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments are rescinded. Most fire restrictions affecting public lands in Utah have also been lifted. Information on statewide fire restrictions can be found here.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: Despite claims to the contrary, governors from Pennsylvania to Alaska have expressed significant concerns about the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) July memorandum announcing states could waive the work requirements at the heart of the 1996 welfare reform law.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded a $7.2 million contract to E&A Restoration, Inc. of Syosset, New York for the restoration and rehabilitationof Sagamore Hill, the home of Theodore Roosevelt. The rehabilitation of Sagamore Hill is being contracted and managed by the Denver Service Center of the NPS the central planning,design, and construction office for the 397 units of the national park system.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement Administration and Stephen R. Wigginton, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on Sept. 12, 2012, Penelope J. Reed, a/k/a “Penny Warren," 36, of Chester, IL, was convicted by a jury in U.S. District Court in...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: As of Sept. 13, 2012, all fire restrictions which were enacted on June 12, 2012, under the authority of Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 1, Section 1.5(a)(1), and pursuant to 36 CFR 2.13(c), for Canyonlands and Arches national parks and Natural Bridges and Hovenweep national monuments are rescinded. Most fire restrictions affecting public lands in Utah have also been lifted. Information on statewide fire restrictions can be found here.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, announced the release of two Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports he requested on the Federal Protective Service (FPS). The first report, entitled "Federal Real Property Security: Interagency...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: Audio . DES MOINES, IOWA- Sept 13, 2012-Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced funding for rural water projects to create jobs and improve rural water and wastewater systems in 16 states. "These improvements to rural water infrastructure will provide reliable access to clean water, improving...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - This morning the U.S. Department of Commerce declared an economic disaster in the New England groundfish fishery for the upcoming 2013 fishing season. Rep. Ed Markey (D -Mass.), who had called for such a declaration early last month, applauded the move. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: BOISE, Idaho - Adam Daniel Schreiner, 25, of Boise, Idaho, the owner/operator of Bernen's Pipe Shop, LLC, pled guilty today in federal court to one count of offering drug paraphernalia for sale. Schreiner is the seventh person to plead guilty to the charge in federal court over the past two months. Six...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park continues its tradition of sharing Hawaiian culture and After Dark in the Park programs with the community and visitors throughout October. These programs are free, but park entrance fees may apply. Mark your calendars for these upcoming events.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce today approved legislation to block the Obama administration from unilaterally weakening welfare reform. H.J.Res. 118 will protect the work requirements key to the success of the 1996 welfare reform law, which has helped countless families move out of government dependency and into the workforce.
By State Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Senate tonight passed a resolution by Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Richard Lugar (R-Ind.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee, commending the four American public servants who died in Benghazi, Libya, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya, J. Christopher Stevens, for their tireless efforts on behalf of the American people. The resolution, S.Res.551, also condemned the violent attack on the United States consulate in Benghazi.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: "While I would much prefer to be doing our regular bills, I support this CR. H.J. Res. 117 avoids a government shutdown by continuing the full range of federal activities at last year's rate of operations, plus six-tenths of one percent. The CR also preserves the agreement on spending levels and the reforms in budgeting for disaster relief as set out in the Budget Control Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power today held a hearing to explore the potential to achieve North American energy independence within the decade. In the past five years, North America has been the fastest growing oil and natural gas producing area of the world due...
