News from September 2012
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: The Bear Valley Trail will be closed to visitors starting Monday, September 17 for up to three weeks, including weekends, for the replacement of a culvert as well as restoration of a small section of highly eroded creek bank. This closure is required due to partial failure of a culvert which has allowed...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: On Saturday Sept. 15, 2012, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation area will host participants in the Grand Columbian Triathlon at Spring Canyon. Beginning at 6 a.m., 250-350 participants will swim one of four different swim courses set up at the Spring Canyon day use area and then will start the cycling leg of the event, traveling up Spring Canyon Campground Road to State Route 174. The swimming portion should be completed by 12 Noon.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-Mich.), Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee announced that they have introduced joint resolutions to block the Obama Administration’s attempt to waive bipartisan welfare work requirements.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore, in conjunction with the California Coastal Commision, will be sponsoring a beach cleanup at Drakes Beach on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. The cleanup will take place from 10 am to 1 pm. This is a family-friendly event with a "Dress like Drake" (our famous pirate) contest...
By State Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today hailed House passage of a resolution calling for Taiwan to be granted observer status at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), an international organization dedicated to ensuring safe and efficient air transportation around the globe.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today awarded $10.7 million through the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program to 72 nonprofit organizations, including community/faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, and colleges and universities.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management will be hosting a tweet chat and live blogging on its Tumblr blog during a youth summit in Riverside, CA tomorrow.The BLM will host public and private partners who support youth in California in a one-day summit focused on expanding the horizons of California's youth to...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 11, 2012 - The House Natural Resources Committee today held an oversight hearing which examined bipartisan concerns that Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s memorandum to the Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs), including the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), could significantly...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a memo to Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI), the American Law Division of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) refutes the two main arguments Republicans have made in questioning the authority of the Secretary of Health and Human Services to allow States...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: Embrace Citizenship - Experience America Through Your National Parks.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Adam Keith Jones, 28, of Statesville, N.C. was sentenced today to serve 131 months in federal prison to be followed by three years of supervised release for a conspiracy to possess with intent to illegally distribute Oxycodone, announced Anne M. Tompkins, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Acting Superintendent David Nemeth announced today that the 13-knot vessel speed limit in lower Glacier Bay and at the mouth of Glacier Bay will be lifted due to a decrease in the number of humpback whales in the area. These changes go into effect beginning at noon...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: Oversight Subcommittee Hearing on. Internal Revenue Service’s Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Committee on Ways and Means. I thank the Chairman for holding this hearing on the Affordable Care Act. We are always pleased to discuss our landmark health reform law, which...
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Joe Pitts (R-PA), today approved six pieces of legislation that achieve a number of important goals of the committee, including to prevent job loss due to Obamacare, advance research and treatment of rare diseases, assist returning veterans transition into civilian service, and protect taxpayers.
By EPA Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -To help cut red tape and eliminate government waste, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved, S. 710, the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, by voice vote.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The Government Accountability Office today released a report on the collection and analysis of anthrax samples, which revealed implementation issues. The anthrax attacks in 2001 highlighted the federal government’s inadequate preparedness to respond to an intentional release. In 2005, ...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -To help cut red tape and eliminate government waste, the U.S. House of Representatives today approved, S. 710, the Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act, by voice vote.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: The hiking and walking trail north of the Chickasaw Village Site (milepost 261.8) has been reopened after the repair of a bridge that was damaged by a falling tree. For more information, please contact the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center at 662-680-4027.
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - In a letter sent today, Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, called on House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) to restore cuts to funding for transportation programs in the six-month continuing resolution. The continuing resolution is expected to be voted on in the House of Representatives this week.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 11, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power today held a legislative hearing to discuss H.R. 4255, the “Accountability in Grants Act," which would prohibit the EPA from awarding grants under Section 103 of the Clean Air Act for foreign projects. Since 2001, the U.S. Environmental...
