News from January 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: The Powder River Regional Coal Team (RCT) will meet on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016 at the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission in Casper, Wyoming. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m.The RCT will be hearing presentations on two recently submitted applications. Antelope Coal Company will make a presentation...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 19, 2016
News Release: In Case You Missed It: “Brady Plans to Set Stage for a Broader Tax Overhaul".
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2016
News Release: Below is a list of the seven defendants who either received pardons or commutations.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 17, 2016
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has suspended the search in Acadia National Park for Timothy Philpott, whose vehicle was parked early on Tuesday, January 12th, and left overnight at the Parkman Mountain parking area located off ME 198 in Mount Desert. The search team did not locate Mr. Philpott or any indication of his presence during a systematic search of the area around Parkman and Sargent mountains on Thursday, January 14th, and Friday, January 15th.
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement on the announcement of new sanctions on 11 individuals and entities tied to Iran’s ballistic missile program...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 17, 2016
News Release: Jason-3, a U.S.-European satellite mission, lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California today at 10:42 a.m. PST aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, to become the latest spacecraft to track the rate of global sea-level rise. Jason-3 will also help NOAA’s National Weather Service more accurately forecast the strength of tropical cyclones that threaten America’s coasts.
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released this statement on the Obama administration’s prisoner swap with Tehran after a plane carrying the detained Americans departed Iran...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 17, 2016
Release: Washington, DC, January 7, 2016 - Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia M. Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack today released updated nutritional guidelines that encourage Americans to adopt a series of science-based recommendations to improve how they eat to reduce obesity and prevent...
By State Newswire | Jan 17, 2016
News Release: ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA - In a series of meetings in Ethiopia’s capital, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) expressed support for the strong cooperation between the U.S. and Ethiopia to counter shared regional threats, including al Shabaab.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 17, 2016
News Release: WILMINGTON, Del. - Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.), ranking member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, traveled Thursday with Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of the Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Jeh Johnson to attend the inauguration of Jimmy Morales as President of Guatemala.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 16, 2016
News Release: Joseph Hassan Farrokh, 28, and Mahmoud Amin Mohamed Elhassan, 25, both of Woodbridge, Virginia, were charged today for criminal activity relating to Farrokh’s attempt to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 16, 2016
News Release: DEATH VALLEY, Calif. -Scorpions, spiders, and snakes! Oh, my! These are the new neighbors for an AmeriCorps NCCC (National Civilian Community Corps) team sent to serve in Death Valley. The team, known as Green Four, is comprised of nine 18- to 24-year-olds.
By State Newswire | Jan 16, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement on Taiwan’s presidential election...
By State Newswire | Jan 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today made the following statement regarding the release of five Americans detained in Iran and the impending implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)...
By State Newswire | Jan 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement in response to the release of Americans that were held in custody in Iran and the implementation of the Iran nuclear agreement.
By State Newswire | Jan 16, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after the Obama administration announced the “implementation day" for its nuclear deal with Tehran...
By State Newswire | Jan 16, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Representative Eliot L. Engel, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following statement regarding the January 16th general elections in Taiwan...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 15, 2016
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 Date of Delivery: Jan. 13, 2016 Dearborn, Mich.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2016
News Release: Florida, Missouri, Montana and Ohio to Receive Enhanced Assistance for Persistent Poverty Areas COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 15, 2016 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the expansion of the Department's StrikeForce for Rural Growth and Opportunity Initiative into high-poverty counties in Florida, ...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 15, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, Jan. 15, 2016 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture invites public comment on the draft update of the Department's Environmental Justice Strategic Plan. The four-year plan establishes goals to increase outreach and participation by historically underserved communities for the years 2016-2020 and outlines the ways each USDA agency plans to accomplish them.
