News from May 2007

By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2007
News Release: Olympic National Park is seeking public input about proposed changes to entrance and user fees that would take effect in January 2009.
By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2007
News Release: An unusually durable fungus that was first spotted on tiny insects feeding on eggplants in Texas may become a new biological control for the widespread and costly agricultural pests known as whiteflies.

By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2007
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials announce the following 2007 operating dates for park concessioners.

By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2007
News Release: ****Information Update****. On May 10, 2007, prior to issuing the Beach Access Report, information was communicated that two piping plover nests were located inside the Cape Point pre-nesting area. Field observations later confirmed that one of those two nests was a least tern nest. We regret the error...

By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2007
News Release: Proposed Recreation Fee Increaseat Chaco Culture National Historical Park with an Implementation Date of June 1, 2008.

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Members of the Democratic and Republican Congressional leadership led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined with key Administration officials today to announce an agreement on a new trade policy for America. Today’s announcement was the culmination of months of negotiations between Ways and...

By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2007
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced that the annual seasonal closures of village beaches to ORV use within the National Seashore will go into affect on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. The closures are established in village beach areas that receive heavy pedestrian use, including areas adjacent to Coquina Beach...

By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2007
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives sent a bipartisan message to President Bush last night - we must provide disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers who are struggling to recover from weather related damage in recent years.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2007
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park remind park visitors that summer entrance fees are now in effect. A 7-Day single vehicle entrance fee is $25.00 and the fee is $12.00 for single entrants (hikers/bikers/motorcyclists). The Glacier National Park Annual Pass is $35.

By USDA Newswire | May 11, 2007
News Release: Yesterday, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review food aid and agriculture trade programs operated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Congressman Mike McIntyre of North Carolina is Chairman of the Subcommittee.

By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2007
News Release: Fort Sumter National Monument is accepting applications for a summer employment program for young men and women, ages 15 through 18. The National Park Service will provide gainful employment for males and females of all social, economic, ethnic, and racial backgrounds through a Youth Conservation Corps Program (YCC) designed to accomplish needed conservation work on public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | May 10, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, MAY 10, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 "After several more hours of testimony by the Attorney General, over 6,000 pages of documents released to Congress, an additional thousand pages made available for Congressional review, and many hours of ...
By Commerce News Now | May 10, 2007
News Release: Exports Have Grown Every Quarter Since 2003, Creating Jobs and Spurring Foreign Companies Investments in America WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today issued the following statement on the release of the March 2007 goods and services national trade statistics by the Department’s ...

By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2007
News Release: HOUSTON — The Mudlogging Company USA in Houston has paid $1,151,232 in back wages to 233 employees following a U.S. Department of Labor investigation finding that the company violated the overtime wage provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By DOJ Gazette | May 10, 2007
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 10, 2007
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 10, 2007
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | May 10, 2007
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2007
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 10, 2007
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.