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Alaska asks DOI to open ANWR to exploratory development (05/21)
The state of Alaska was joined by an Alaska Native corporation executive in pressing the Obama administration to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to exploratory development. Gov. Sean Parnell...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
DOI releases update to fracking regulation on Indian lands (05/16)
The Interior Department today released a new draft of its regulation to cover hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking. The regulation applies to fracking on...
Filed Under: Law | Recognition
Secretary Jewell mum on Little Shell Tribe recognition bid (05/16)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell declined to comment about federal recognition for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana at a hearing on Wednesday. During the Clinton administration,...
Filed Under: Politics
Audio from SCIA hearing with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell (05/15)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing this afternoon with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Jewell took over the Interior Department on April 12. She vowed to improve government-to-government relations...
Filed Under: Politics
Senate Indian Affairs Committee with Secretary Sally Jewell (05/14)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will take testimony from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell tomorrow. Jewell will offer her views and priorities on Indian issues. This will be her second appearance...
Filed Under: Health | Law | National | Politics
Sen. Murkowski challenges DOI on contract support costs (05/08)
YouTube: Senator Murkowski to Secretary Jewell on Contract Support Costs Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) pushed the Obama administration on Tuesday to abide by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in...
Filed Under: Politics
Secretary Jewell makes first appearance before Congress (05/08)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made her first appearance before Congress on Tuesday. Jewell told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the Interior Department suffered an $881 million cut due the...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
House Natural Resources Committee hearing on fracking rule (05/06)
The House Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing on Wednesday to discuss federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking. In May 2012, the...
Filed Under: Environment | Opinion | Politics
Bruce Babbitt: Jewell must deny road for Alaska Native village (05/03)
Bruce Babbitt, former Interior secretary during the Clinton administration, and Jamie Rappaport Clark, a former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, call on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to...
Filed Under: Politics
Tribes thank Interior deputy secretary David Hayes for work (05/01)
David Hayes, the number two at the Interior Department, is leaving the Obama administration after more than four years of service. Hayes played a key role in Indian affairs. He...
Filed Under: National | Politics
Sally Jewell spent weeks learning about Interior Department (04/30)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell spent "weeks" learning about her new job prior to her Senate confirmation hearing, The New York Times. But Jewell, the former chief executive at Recreational Equipment...
Filed Under: Politics
Secretary Jewell to testify at Senate Indian Affairs Committee (04/29)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will testify before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Wednesday, May 15. Jewell took over the Interior Department on April 12. She comes from Washington, the...
Filed Under: National | Politics
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to Interior Department in DC (04/23)
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to employees at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C., this morning. Obama last visited DOI shortly after President Barack Obama took office in 2009. She...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
No payback for Alaska despite votes against Obama's gun bill (04/23)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) voted against expanded background checks for gun sales but President Barack Obama won't be retaliating against them, The New York Times...
Filed Under: National | Politics
Sally Jewell to be sworn in as Secretary of Interior Department (04/12)
Sally Jewell is taking over the Interior Department today. Jewell will be sworn in at a private ceremony this afternoon at the U.S. Supreme Court. Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor,...
Alaska asks DOI to open ANWR to exploratory development (05/21)
The state of Alaska was joined by an Alaska Native corporation executive in pressing the Obama administration to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to exploratory development. Gov. Sean Parnell...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
DOI releases update to fracking regulation on Indian lands (05/16)
The Interior Department today released a new draft of its regulation to cover hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking. The regulation applies to fracking on...
Filed Under: Law | Recognition
Secretary Jewell mum on Little Shell Tribe recognition bid (05/16)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell declined to comment about federal recognition for the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana at a hearing on Wednesday. During the Clinton administration,...
Filed Under: Politics
Audio from SCIA hearing with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell (05/15)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee held a hearing this afternoon with Interior Secretary Sally Jewell. Jewell took over the Interior Department on April 12. She vowed to improve government-to-government relations...
Filed Under: Politics
Senate Indian Affairs Committee with Secretary Sally Jewell (05/14)
The Senate Indian Affairs Committee will take testimony from Interior Secretary Sally Jewell tomorrow. Jewell will offer her views and priorities on Indian issues. This will be her second appearance...
Filed Under: Health | Law | National | Politics
Sen. Murkowski challenges DOI on contract support costs (05/08)
YouTube: Senator Murkowski to Secretary Jewell on Contract Support Costs Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) pushed the Obama administration on Tuesday to abide by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in...
Filed Under: Politics
Secretary Jewell makes first appearance before Congress (05/08)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made her first appearance before Congress on Tuesday. Jewell told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the Interior Department suffered an $881 million cut due the...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
House Natural Resources Committee hearing on fracking rule (05/06)
The House Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing on Wednesday to discuss federal regulation of hydraulic fracturing, a controversial energy-processing technique that's commonly known as fracking. In May 2012, the...
Filed Under: Environment | Opinion | Politics
Bruce Babbitt: Jewell must deny road for Alaska Native village (05/03)
Bruce Babbitt, former Interior secretary during the Clinton administration, and Jamie Rappaport Clark, a former director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, call on Interior Secretary Sally Jewell to...
Filed Under: Politics
Tribes thank Interior deputy secretary David Hayes for work (05/01)
David Hayes, the number two at the Interior Department, is leaving the Obama administration after more than four years of service. Hayes played a key role in Indian affairs. He...
Filed Under: National | Politics
Sally Jewell spent weeks learning about Interior Department (04/30)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell spent "weeks" learning about her new job prior to her Senate confirmation hearing, The New York Times. But Jewell, the former chief executive at Recreational Equipment...
Filed Under: Politics
Secretary Jewell to testify at Senate Indian Affairs Committee (04/29)
Interior Secretary Sally Jewell will testify before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee on Wednesday, May 15. Jewell took over the Interior Department on April 12. She comes from Washington, the...
Filed Under: National | Politics
First Lady Michelle Obama speaks to Interior Department in DC (04/23)
First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to employees at the Interior Department in Washington, D.C., this morning. Obama last visited DOI shortly after President Barack Obama took office in 2009. She...
Filed Under: Environment | Politics
No payback for Alaska despite votes against Obama's gun bill (04/23)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) voted against expanded background checks for gun sales but President Barack Obama won't be retaliating against them, The New York Times...
Filed Under: National | Politics
Sally Jewell to be sworn in as Secretary of Interior Department (04/12)
Sally Jewell is taking over the Interior Department today. Jewell will be sworn in at a private ceremony this afternoon at the U.S. Supreme Court. Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor,...
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