News from January 2016
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed seven bills designed to make the federal government more efficient and accountable to the American taxpayer.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: In celebration of the 100th birthday of America's national parks, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is sponsoring "Centennial Challenge: 100 Miles for 100 Years." From January 1 through Dec. 2, participants will have a great opportunity to get out and experience many of the unique...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
Release: Washington -Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 140,000 metric tons of soybeans for delivery to unknown destinations during the 2015/2016 marketing year.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: On Tuesday evening, a small acreage wildland fire was found burning south of Whalebone Junction on Cape Hatteras National Seashore between Highway 12 and the power transmission corridor in south Nags Head. Firefighters from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nags Head Fire Department, and North Carolina Forest Service have been working to manage the fire.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s final State of the Union address...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: MEDORA, ND: Begin a new year with a visit to Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Entrance and camping fees will be waived for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday on Monday, January 18.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Marsing, Idaho - The BLM continues to encourage the public to stay out of the Soda Fire burn area in southwest Idaho/eastern Oregon to avoid impacting ongoing stabilization and rehabilitation efforts and for public safety. Activities are currently underway in the Owyhee Field Office’s Wilson Creek recreation area and the BLM is restricting access to the upper parking lot in that area during air operations. We request that the public park in the lower parking lots.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: “As a longtime champion of reentry and criminal justice reform, I am encouraged by the Committee’s continued bipartisan progress in moving reform legislation and today’s markup of H.R., 3406, the ‘Second Chance Reauthorization Act.’
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: In celebration of the National Park Service's centennial birthday, Big South ForkNational River and Recreation Area will be conducting a healthy hike along Gobblers Knob Trail to Station Camp Overlook on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 10:00a.m. (ET). Join Ranger Mary Grimm at the Gobblers Knob Trailhead located...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a hearing on the circumstances leading to the current financial crisis faced by the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA), the state-owned, self-regulated monopoly that operates as Puerto Rico’s public utility.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs held the hearing, “Nomination of Michael J. Missal to be Inspector General, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Honorable Carolyn N. Lerner to be Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel." Below is the opening statement of Ranking Member Tom Carper (D-Del.), as prepared for delivery...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement regarding the economic policies addressed in President Obama’s final State of the Union address...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Employer name: Amazon Fulfillment Services. Site: 50 New Canton Way, Robbinsville, New Jersey. Citation and hazard alert letters issued: On Dec. 21, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration's Marlton Area Office issued one other-than-serious citation. On Dec. 30, ...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Lookout Mountain, TN:Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park is pleased to announce the waiver of entrance fees to enter Point Park on top of Lookout Mountain, Monday, Jan. 18, 2016.Experience the majestic views from Chattanooga's surrounding landscapes found in our nation's first National Military Park.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: BURLEY, ID -- The Burley Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Field Office will implement a seasonal road closure Jan. 16 to March 15 in the South Hills area. This closure, which has gone into effect each winter since 2000, is designed to prevent resource damage and to protect crucial mule deer winter range...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC -Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, sent a letter to Tom Vilsack, Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, requesting documents and information regarding the Department’s Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) program.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: On Tuesday evening, a small wildland fire burned approximately 3/4 of one acre south of Whalebone Junction on Cape Hatteras National Seashore between Highway 12 and the power transmission corridor in south Nags Head. Firefighters from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nags Head Fire Department, and...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Simon Velazquez-Gonzalez, 27, formerly of Hilliard, Ohio was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 170 months in prison for his role in trafficking more than nine kilograms of methamphetamine. During this investigation, U.S. Drug Enforcement (DEA) Agents seized more than 20 pounds of “ice," a highly potent form of methamphetamine that tested between 98 and 100 percent pure.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: FRESNO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact for the Storage and Conveyance of the City of Santa Barbara’s Gibraltar Reservoir Pass Through Water using Cachuma Project Facilities.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Hours before President Obama’s last State of the Union address, the House overwhelmingly passed Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce’s (R-CA) North Korea Sanctions Enforcement Act (H.R. 757). The bipartisan bill toughens sanctions against North Korea following its latest reported nuclear test.
