News from January 2016
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at Point Reyes National Seashore, the 6th Annual CBC4Kids provided an opportunity to celebrate the beginning of the NPS Centennial year and offered families, totaling over 120 children and parents, a chance to learn about birds. Every year for over a century, tens of thousands...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA: The National Park Service is proposing to revise the Fire Management Plan for Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, located in Georgia and Tennessee.Park staff is considering the use of prescribed fire as a possible tool to maintain cultural landscapes, to reduce fuel...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Today, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Business-Cooperative Service Administrator Sam Rikkers visited the Delta region to tour Coahoma Community College and announce four USDA grants totaling $2.4 million for health care enhancements in rural Mississippi. The grants are being provided through the Delta Health Care Services Grant Program, which was established in 2008 and reauthorized as part of the 2014 Farm Bill.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s last State of the Union Address...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: HOMESTEAD, Fla. --- Florida’s eleven national parks joined forces to honor the National Park Service Centennial with a 100-mile paddle challenge. The challenge kicks off at 10:00 am on Jan. 23, 2016, at Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center. A brief ceremony and photo op will be followed by a ranger-guided paddle and lessons for those just getting into the sport.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Tomorrow the House will debate a Republican resolution nullifying the Clean Water Rule proposed last year by the Obama administration, which is currently not in effect due to ongoing litigation. As a result of the ongoing delay, farmers and communities around the country continue to...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON-Today, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee held a markup to consider five pieces of legislation, including several proposals enacting federal personnel reforms. The following actions were taken by the Committee...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is requesting comments on proposed revisions to the U.S. Standards for Grades of Shelled Pecans and U.S. Standards for Grades of Pecans in the Shell.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, responded Tuesday to the report released this week by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security finding that human traffickers have exploited the fiancé and work visa programs in order to bring victims to the United States. The chairman said...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: As Buffalo National River kicks off the National Park Service's Centennial year we want to acknowledge the support the park has received thus far from our partners within the local community.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement on President Obama's State of the Union address...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved the nomination of Dr. Robert Califf to be Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Ahead of the vote, Ranking Member Patty Murray (D-WA) delivered remarks expressing her support for Califf’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Celebrate the National Park Service Centennial by enjoying a great time to watch nesting birds at Everglades National Park. If you're a birdwatcher, this is a particularly good time of year to watch these wonderful creatures in the nesting process.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: St. George, Utah-Every Friday, the Bureau of Land Management and its partners host the popular Brown Bag Lecture series which provides unique opportunities for members of the public to learn more about the area’s natural resources and public lands. Speakers include geologists, range specialists, biologists...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: The Acadia National Park Advisory Commission will meet at Park Headquarters (20 McFarland Hill Drive) in Bar Harbor, 1-3 pm on Monday, Feb. 1, 2016. The meeting is open to the public and will include an opportunity for public comment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Power Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), today held a legislative hearing examining committee member Rep. Renee Ellmers’ (R-NC) H.R. __, the EPS Improvement Act of 2016. This bipartisan legislation would exclude certain lighting technologies, namely drivers...
By EPA Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives on Monday approved bipartisan legislation to protect children from exposure to e-liquids containing nicotine, which are used in e-cigarettes and other e-smoking applications. S. 142, the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act, is companion legislation to...
By DOE Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives on Monday approved bipartisan legislation to protect children from exposure to e-liquids containing nicotine which are used in e-cigarettes and other e-smoking applications. S. 142, the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act, is companion legislation to...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: Inhofe Seeks Feedback from EPW Member States on EPA Regulatory Programs
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives on Monday approved bipartisan legislation to protect children from exposure to e-liquids containing nicotine, which are used in e-cigarettes and other e-smoking applications. S. 142, the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act, is companion legislation to...
