News published on Federal Newswire in August 2007

News from August 2007


Interior Department publishes rule on Aug. 29

The US Interior Department published a one page rule on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Proposed rule published by Transportation Department on Aug. 29

The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Aug. 29 by Agriculture Department

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Agriculture Department publish on Aug. 29?

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Agriculture Department on Aug. 29

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Agriculture Department publishes notice on Aug. 29

The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Aug. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


National Park Service Announces Fall Program Schedule

News Release: The National Park Service Outer Banks Group will offer a variety of free ranger-led programs this fall season. At Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial, and on Bodie and Hatteras Islands at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, programs will begin on Tues., Sept. 4. On Ocracoke Island at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, programs start on Mon., Sept. 10. The fall program schedule will run through Columbus Day, Mon. Oct. 8. All programs are free.


19th Annual Sea Music Concert Series

News Release: Experience the excitement and drive of sailors’ work songs and the beauty of plaintive seafaring ballads performed by some of the world’s outstanding maritime musicians, aboard San Francisco’s unique floating waterfront setting. The historic three-masted sailing ship Balclutha, berthed at Hyde Street...


Volunteer Opportunities at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site

News Release: The National Park Service is seeking local area citizens to volunteer and help welcome visitors to this special place of American history. Volunteers serving at Fort Raleigh’s visitor center will meet people from around the world and offer hospitality and orientation services to the public. As a "Volunteer-In-Park" or VIP, special stories of Roanoke Island and England’s first settlements in America are shared with park visitors.


KENNEDY: KATRINA SHOWED HOW LONG A JOURNEY WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE TO LIVE UP TO AMERICA’S PROMISE MORE OF OUR NATION’S CHILDREN NEED A HEALTHY START IN LIFE — NOT FEWER

News Release: Washington, DC: Today, on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Senator Edward M.Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and the author ofthe Children's Health Insurance Program, urged the President to support Congress’s efforts tocover more children. Yesterday...


Bartlett Tree Experts present Clone of Historic Tree

News Release: BARTLETT TREE EXPERTS PRESENT COUSINS’ BEECH CLONE IN CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION.


NPS Visitor Facilities Go To Fall Winter Spring Hours

News Release: Starting Tuesday, September 4, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group visitor centers will be open on the fall/winter/spring hour schedule of 9 a.m. top 5 p.m. daily. This includes the visitor centers at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore visitor centers at Bodie Island, Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island. These facilities are open year-round.


SENATORS SEEK KATRINA ANNIVERSARY ANALYSIS OF RECOVERY

News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery Chairman Mary Landrieu, D-La., marked the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall Wednesday by requesting a thorough analysis of what the federal...


Off-Season Hours at Carlsbad Caverns National Park

News Release: Superintendent John Benjamin announced today that Carlsbad Caverns National Park would return to its normal operating hours on Tuesday, September 4. Benjamin noted, “With schools back in session and much of our summer workforce already gone for the season, we need to adjust the hours we are open and our tour schedule.".


Scientists Seek New Ways to Control Potato Pests

News Release: New and more virulent forms of two scourges that rampaged through potato fields in the past-the golden nematode (Globodera rostochiensis) and potato virus Y (PVY)-are making a comeback. But Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are catching up to them.


Grassley questions NIH leader about his response to questionable actions of division head

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking the director of the National Institutes of Health to address concerns that an internal review he supervised of actions by an NIH division head glossed over problems and failed to answer a number of obvious questions.


Denali Park to Burn Debris Piles Near Remote Cabins and Buildings

News Release: Denali National Park and Preserve fire management staff will burn several piles of woody debris in remote areas of the park beginning Tuesday, September 4 through Friday, September 7, weather and other conditions permitting. The piles are situated near these isolated cabins and buildings: the Stampede Mine site and the Lower East Fork, Lower Toklat and Sushana patrol cabins located along the original Mt. McKinley National Park northern boundary.


Fact Sheet: Department of Justice Efforts to Rebuild New Orleans After Hurricane Katrina

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 In the two years since Hurricane Katrina battered New Orleans, the Department of Justice has provided significant resources to assist in the efforts to rebuild the city. These efforts include working side ...


United States Files Suit Against Long Island Housing Development Company and Architect for Violating Fair Housing Act Requirements

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Wan J. Kim, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division and Roslynn R. Mauskopf, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, today announced the filing of a federal complaint ...


Attorney General Announces New Funding to Assist Recovery Efforts in New Orleans

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Additional Funding Further Demonstrates the Department’s Commitment to Rebuild New Orleans’ Criminal Justice System WASHINGTON – Together with federal, state and local officials, Attorney General Alberto ...