News from February 2016
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: War in the Pacific National Historical Park Honors African-American History Month.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The increased likelihood that workers in high-hazard manufacturing industries - such as food, furniture, fabricated metal, nonmetallic mineral, machinery and computer products - will be injured on the job is leading federal safety and health inspectors in three Midwestern states to increase its focus on industry outreach and inspections to reduce injury and illness rates.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Dear Commissioner Koskinen: On Jan. 19, 2016, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced that it had destroyed records subject to a court’s document preservation notice in an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against Microsoft Corp. Specifically, the IRS stated that a hard drive...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced three new additions to his Ways and Means Committee senior staff team. Barbara Angus will serve as Chief Tax Counsel for the Committee and Emily Murry will serve as the Staff Director of the Subcommittee on Health. Machalagh Carr recently began serving as the Committee’s Oversight Staff Director.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: O'FALLON, Mo. - Federal safety inspectors found a 5-foot high, 15-foot long pile of trash between employees at a Missouri Dollar General store and an emergency exit, one of nine safety violations that put workers at the O'Fallon location at risk.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) spoke at The Heritage Foundation at the launch of the 2016 Index of Economic Freedom. The United States ranked 11th on the global index.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - The National Prisoner of War Museum will be hosting Special guest speaker Kellee Green Blake, retired Director of the National Archives in Philadelphia, will present this one-time program at 1:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 11 at the National Prisoner of War Museum at Andersonville National Historic Site. Entrance to the park and the program are free. For more information, please call 229-924-0343.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Grand Junction, Colo. --- The Bureau of Land Management announced new appointments of members to its citizen-based Northwest Resource Advisory Council, which advises the BLM on public land issues. The RACs are composed of members with diverse interests and backgrounds.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) announced today that the Committee’s first hearing of the year is postponed until Tuesday, February 2nd at 10:00 AM. The hearing will focus on reaching America’s potential through pro-growth policies that deliver opportunities for all Americans.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: The House of Representatives today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation that supports and strengthens the United States Coast Guard - one of our Nation’s five armed services - in its critical missions to save lives, safeguard our shores, and protect living marine resources. The bill, which passed the Senate in December, now goes to the President for his signature.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: President's Day at the Park. William Howard Taft National Historic Site will celebrate President's Day on Feb. 15, 2016 beginning at 9:00 a.m. by offering Junior Ranger activities and presidential trivia activities that focus on William Howard Taft, Ohio Presidents, and Presidential History. As part...
By State Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today, the House passed the Trafficking Prevention in Foreign Affairs Contracting Act (H.R. 400), legislation authored by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA). The legislation works to ensure U.S. tax dollars do not go to contractors employing trafficked persons at U.S. embassies and other posts.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 1, 2016 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking governmental or non-profit food purchasing and delivery firms to become SNAP authorized retailers for a one-year, nationwide pilot designed to improve grocery access for homebound elderly and disabled participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following the World Health Organization’s declaration that the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitos and may cause birth defects, is a public health emergency, bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today reached out to U.S. government health experts. The leaders...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following the World Health Organization’s declaration that the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitos and may cause birth defects, is a public health emergency, bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today reached out to U.S. government health experts. The leaders...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the European Commission issued proposed directives related to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) final recommendations on its base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project. Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) explained how the documents prove once again that Washington must move forward on international tax reform.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, sent a letter requesting information from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) about the Distressed Asset Stabilization Program and the loss mitigation options available to homeowners whose loans are sold through the program.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following the World Health Organization’s declaration that the Zika virus, which is transmitted by mosquitos and may cause birth defects, is a public health emergency, bipartisan House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders today reached out to U.S. government health experts. The leaders...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has accurately measured parts designed for the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope, the long-awaited successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. The NIST-measured composite titanium and stainless steel parts, which support the skeleton for the telescope’s massive mirror, will be used in the final round of NASA’s vibration tests on the mirror assembly before the telescope’s scheduled launch in October 2018.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2016
News Release: February - Park Ranger-Led Programs at War in the Pacific National Historical Park.
