News from May 2006
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CA - Earlier this spring, the first chick to hatch unaided by humans on the Channel Islands in over 50 years made headlines across the country. Thrilled with the public interest in this historic event, federal agencies and the Ventura County Office of Education unveiled today a webcam that will bring live, streaming images of the chick and its parents into the schools and homes of millions of Americans.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: As part of the National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day, Point Reyes National Seashore will be honoring America’s fallen at 2pm on 29th May 2006 at the historic graveyard located at G Ranch. Join the National Park Service and the United States Coast Guard for services at the Historic Life-Saving...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, today welcomed a Committee vote recommending the confirmation of Susan Schwab to be the next U.S. Trade Representative. Finance Committee members voted off the Senate floor this evening, 18-1, to report out Schwab’s nomination. The full Senate is expected to consider Schwab’s nomination in the coming days.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials from Glacier National Park report that Big Rock Masonry, Inc. of Columbia Falls was selected to construct the masonry portion of a new sign at the West Glacier entrance to the park. The wooden portion of the sign will be built by Glacier employees. Construction started mid-May, with the new entrance sign completed by the end of June. No road closures will be needed to complete this project.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: Keweenaw National Historical Park (NHP) and the Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission announced today that they are seeking applications from sites throughout the Copper Country to partner with the park in providing interpretation and preservation of the copper story on the Keweenaw. The Keweenaw Heritage...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - With the summer camping season approaching, Glacier National Park staff would like to remind campers that the Cutbank, Quartz Creek and Logging Creek campgrounds will all remain in “primitive" status this year. This means that no potable water is available at these locations. Campers should plan on bringing water from a safe source.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: The full committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, May 25 at 10:00 a.m. in SD-366 to receive testimony regarding the outlook for growth of coal fired electric generation and whether sufficient supplies of coal will be available to supply electric generators on a timely basis both in the near term and in the future.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Superintendent Dusty Shultz has announced the next phase of public input into the General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Environmental Impact Statement process. "I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who commented on the first newsletter, and invite...
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today introduced legislation that would require Senate confirmation of future executive directors of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC). The PBGC is a government corporation that insures the pensions of 40 million...
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission told the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee today that, as of last week, 16 utility companies had serious plans to build 25 new nuclear power plants. “Some have announced their plans. Some have only partially announced their plans but haven’t chosen the technology," he said. “This is no longer a flash in the pan. Industry is very serious. They are doing the work and investing the resources."
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: The actual handwritten observations about aphids made by Asa Fitch, a 19th-century pioneer of U.S. insect studies, can now be viewed at an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) website. The documents had spent more than a century tucked away in a collection in Maryland.
By Commerce Newswire | May 22, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, estimated today that a “savings" of $100 million from a one-percent cut in the 2006 budget of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will actually cost the U.S. Treasury $1 billion in lost tax collections.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that on May 20, 2006, it will monitor the municipal and parochial general elections for New Orleans.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 One Defendant Receives 15 Months in Prison WASHINGTON, D.C.The first members of pre-release music piracy groups from Operation FastLink were sentenced today, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the ...
By Commerce News Now | May 19, 2006
News Release: Thank you for that kind introduction, Dean Daly.
By DOE Gazette | May 19, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 19, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 19, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
