News from January 2016
By DOT News Wire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx today announced the immediate availability of $1 million in emergency relief funds from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT) to help repair roads and bridges damaged throughout the state by heavy flooding last month.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: BTS Statistics Release: 2nd-Quarter 2015 Air Fare Data
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement in response to reports that Cuba has been holding a lost U.S. Hellfire missile...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: Van Buren, MO:From December 26 -28, 2015, Winter Storm Goliath inundated the Riverways with seven to ten inches of rain that caused river levels to rise well beyond flood stage.As a result, many areas of the Riverways remain closed or offer limited amenities as park staff assess the damages and begin...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday, House Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee Ranking Member Sherrod Brown (D-OH) will host a roundtable discussion on the potential effects of TPP on the automotive manufacturing supply chain, with...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: (Originally released Dec. 14, 2015; Correction - comments due by Friday, Jan. 15, 2016)
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: The Southeast Region of the National Park Service (NPS) has issued a prospectus seeking proposals for the award of a concession contract to operate Smokemont Riding Stables within Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The new concession contract is expected to begin on Jan. 1, 2017 and will be awarded for a ten year term.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review a Draft Environmental Assessment for the San Joaquin River Restoration Program’s (SJRRP) 10-year plan to sell and exchange Unreleased Restoration Flows (or URFs).
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the following statement marking one year since an inspector general’s secret report about problems at the Tomah (Wis.) Veterans Affairs Medical Center was brought to light.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: “Mr. Chair - I rise in strong opposition to H.R. 1927, the ‘Fairness in Class Action Litigation and Furthering Asbestos Claims Transparency Act of 2015.’
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Earlier today at the American Enterprise Institute, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) talked about the need for the Obama administration to step up efforts to confront the weaponization of information by ISIS, Putin, Iran, and others. Video and excerpt are available below...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: Pipestone National Monument News Release. 1/8/2016. Contact: Cody Goraczkowski Phone: 507-825-5464 Ext. 213 Email: e-mail us. Entrance Fees waived during Martin Luther King Holiday. Pipestone, MN: Superintendent Glen H. Livermont announced that, in honor of Martin Luther King Holiday, the Pipestone National...
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) released the following statement after Philadelphia police reported that the brutal attack on one of its officers last night was ISIS-inspired...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: OSHKOSH - Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said this after authorities arrested two Iraqi refugees on terrorism-related charges...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: Want to join a group that has included four Nobel Prize recipients? Apply to the latest round of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) long-running Precision Measurement Grants Program (PMGP).
By State Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Today at 9 a.m. ET, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) will sit down with American Enterprise Institute’s Danielle Pletka ahead of President Obama’s final State of the Union Address to discuss the need for American leadership to defend and advance freedom, security, and free markets both at home and abroad.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement after the Department of Labor released unemployment data for December 2015...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: King of Prussia, PA- Valley Forge National Historical Park is one of 186 federal sites selected to receive a 2015 field trip grant from the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. The Every Kid in a Park grant will help fund educational experiences for school children, and help pay for transportation to the park for schools in need of assistance.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: Superintendent David Hallac announced today that VRHabilis, LLC, of Knoxville, Tennessee has begun the new ramp construction project to provide additional off-road vehicle (ORV) access to ocean beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The new ramp will be located approximately 3 miles south of the...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 8, 2016
News Release: WASHINGTON - The capture of Joaquin “Chapo" Guzman-Loera is a victory for the rule of law and the Mexican people and government. The arrest is a significant achievement in our shared fight against transnational organized crime, violence, and drug trafficking. It is further evidence of our two countries’ ...
