News from July 2006
By Commerce News Now | Jul 28, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: FARMINGTON - The National Park Service will host Captain William Trent’s Company at an encampment weekend at Fort Necessity National Battlefield on Saturday and Sunday, August 5 and August 6. The camp will be open to visitors from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. both days. Special programs on military history...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: Workshops sponsored by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) will be part of an education and discussion tour aimed at small-scale organic farmers and seed companies in the Northeast.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park report that there is a wildland fire in the park’s Red Eagle drainage. The fire is estimated at 250 acres. It was first reported at 1:18 p.m. this afternoon after smoke was seen from the St. Mary’s visitor center.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: Bryce Canyon National Park Superintendent Eddie Lopez has announced that the Environmental Assessments (EA's) for the park’s Tropic Canyon Highway Stabilization Project and Mossy Cave Trail Rehabilitation and Resource Protection project have been completed and are available for public review and comment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: Dear Administrator McClellan: The United States Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) has exclusive jurisdiction over, among other things, the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Accordingly, we have a responsibility to the more than 80 million Americans who receive healthcare and services from these...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - Park Superintendent Lee Baiza announced the visitation for June was down by 4.4%% from last year with 87,953 visits compared to last year’s 92,044. The year-to-date total is 281,042 which is down by 0.25% from last year.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on GAO’s survey, “Nonprofit Hospital Systems: Survey on Executive Compensation Policies." The survey, GAO-06-907R, is available at www.gao.gov.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: San Francisco, CA, July 28, 2006…The Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the nonprofit support partner to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, has discovered that its name is being illegally used as part of an extensive mail fraud scam. This scam uses the guise of a lottery prize notification...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: Empire, MI - Park Rangers at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore have published a fun-filled line up of interpretive programs for the month of August. Beach walks, star gazing, evening programs, geology talks, and shipwreck rescues are just some of the opportunities awaiting your participation at...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: The Precipice and East Face Trails and cliff were opened on Friday, July 28, 2006 at Acadia National Park, Superintendent Sheridan Steele announced today. The peregrine falcons that have occupied the site since February have successfully raised four fledglings. The trail was closed in mid-March to support ongoing recovery efforts for the peregrine falcon in Maine, which is listed as an Endangered Species under the Maine Endangered Species Act.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a business meeting and a full committee hearing next week.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: Brandon Flint. Batter Up! The Mineral Ball Field Receives a Makeover. This summer the Mineral Ball Field has received a complete makeover. Over the past few months the park has been working on improving the area by installing a new irrigation system, reseeding the field, rebuilding the...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday, July 31, 2006, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici will join Senator Mary Landrieu, D-LA, and leaders of industrial natural gas users to discuss the nation’s urgent need for the natural gas and oil in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. They will outline why ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley today welcomed the conclusion of an agreement between the United States and Mexico that - as intended in the North American Free Trade Agreement - should lead to the complete liberalization of the U.S.-Mexican sweetener market by.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: You may be aware of a statement from IRS Commissioner Mark W. Everson this afternoon regarding problems with the IRS’s electronic fraud detection system (EFDS). U.S. Senator Max Baucus, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, raised the issue of the EFDS yesterday at the confirmation hearing...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 28, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a business meeting and a full committee hearing next week.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2006
News Release: Today the Chairman of the Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural Development, Frank Lucas, convened a hearing to review conservation programs. Specifically, Chairman Lucas wanted to make sure that current programs are working toward the environmental gains they were intended to create.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JULY 27, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Today, the Department of Justice celebrates the 16th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), a historic piece of legislation that was signed into law by President George H. ...
