Long Beach federal government
John Sellers Selected to Represent CSULB in Congressional Internship Program
John Sellers, a senior political science major at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), is spending the fall semester in Washington, D.C. as the campus’ 2012 representative in the Congressional Internship Program, which is sponsored by the Panetta Institute for Public Policy.
Bonnie Lowenthal’s Notes from the Capitol
Now that I chair the Joint Committee on Emergency Management, I’m constantly thinking of preparedness. That’s why I’ve met with California firefighters, who were happy to show me their aging air fleet. The helicopters may be old – some of them are Vietnam-era machines – but the men and women at CalFire are doing a [...]
Richardson Moves to Tighten Security at Federal Buildings
Congresswoman Laura Richardson (CA-37) introduced two amendments to the Federal Protective Service Reform and Enhancement Act that would improve and increase safety standards at Federal facilities across the country. The first outlines stricter background check requirements for contracted facility security guards and the second establishes a toll-free hotline for facility tenets and visitors to anonymously [...]
New Historical Exhibition, Rebuilding for the Future A New Deal for Long Beach 1933-1942
The Historical Society of Long Beach is proud to announce the opening of its next original exhibition, Rebuilding for the Future- A New Deal for Long Beach 1933-1942. Funded in part by a grant from the Long Beach Navy Memorial Heritage Association, it features photographs by J. Christopher Launi, along with archival prints and historic [...]
Celebration of Life Remembering Steve Horn, former CSULB President and U.S. Congressman, Set for April 30
A public Celebration of Life remembering Steve Horn, former president of California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) and U.S. Congressman, will be held Saturday, April 30, 2011. To be held at the university’s Carpenter Performing Arts Center, the remembrance will begin at 2 p.m. Horn passed away at his home in Long Beach on Feb. [...]
DOT Awards Long Beach Airport More Than $2 Million in Grant Funding
The City of Long Beach has been awarded $2,045,569 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Transportation in support of projects occurring at the Long Beach Daugherty Field Airport. “The Long Beach Airport is extremely important to our city’s economy, not only meeting a consumer need for passenger service but also playing a vital [...]
$9 Billion in Cuts Isn’t Enough Says the USPS
The Postmaster General told a congressional subcommittee Wednesday that despite taking aggressive steps to reduce costs, the U.S. Postal Service will not survive as a self-financing entity without significant changes to current law. Testifying before the Subcommittee on Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor Policy on Oversight and Government Reform, Postmaster General [...]
Federal Officials Tour Port’s Security Safeguards
John S. Pistole, Administrator of the U.S. Transportation Security Administration, along with other federal officials visited the Port of Long Beach on Thursday to see firsthand the testing of a key security measure for shipping facilities. The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program is a national identification system that requires transportation workers, including those in [...]
Take a Look Inside City Management With CSULB’s Notable Speakers Series
Two officials from the City of Long Beach will lead an interactive discussion on Inside City Management: A Discussion of the Structure and Practice of Long Beach City Management at the next Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) Notable Speaker Series. David Gonzalez, Long Beach’s leadership and organizational development manager, and Tom Modica, the city’s manager [...]
Made in the USA: Port Hosts Forum to Increase Exports
Southern California small businesses can grow profits and jobs by exporting, with the help of innovative financing products from the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Ex-Im Bank Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg said at the Small Business Exporter Forum at the Port of Long Beach on Thursday. “Made in the U.S.A.” is a great [...]
