News from May 2007
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2007
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore is currently accepting applications for the Tule Elk Docent Program for the summer of 2007. Tule Elk Docents help promote awareness and protection of the tule elk by helping park visitor’s view, understand, and appreciate the elk during the rut, or mating season. Tule Elk...
By State Newswire | May 10, 2007
News Release: For decades, the Soviet nuclear threat cast an ominous cloud over life in this country. The dual-superpower world of those days provided a frightening enemy but also a strange stability. Given our mutual power to annihilate one another, neither side proved ready to undertake a risky attack.

By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2007
News Release: Magnetic switches like those in computers also might be used to manipulate individual strands of DNA for high-speed applications such as gene sequencing, experiments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) suggest.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2007
News Release: The public is invited to participate in a plein air painting (outdoor painting) workshop on Saturday, May 19th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Contact Sheila Edridge, Artist-in-Residence Coordinator, at (530)396-2353 for additional information about the workshop and to register.
By Interior Newswire | May 10, 2007
News Release: The Whiskeytown Plein Air Painters, a newly formed group of Northern California artists, will demonstrate the technique of “plein air" painting during Whiskeytown National Recreation Area’s “". The Whiskeytown Plein Air Painters will do outdoor painting demonstrations on Sunday, May 20th and Saturday, May 26th from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on location at both Whiskeytown Falls and Crystal Creek Falls.

By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2007
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance, issued thecomment below regarding a paper issued today by the Congressional Budget Office on the StateChildren’s Health Insurance Program, or SCHIP.
By USDA Newswire | May 10, 2007
News Release: If only there were a nifty device that could filter the air leaving chicken coops to reduce the levels of potentially harmful ammonia, dust and pathogenic microbes that enter the atmosphere. Soon there may be, thanks to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist in Fayetteville, Ark.

By Commerce Newswire | May 10, 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 Commerce Newswire | May 10, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded an agreement between the administration and Congress to take a new course on international trade. An understanding announced after lengthy negotiations includes a requirement for enforceable, internationally recognized...

By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2007
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation today announced that it will hold a meeting to inform the public about the Managing for Excellence project on May 30 and 31 in Denver, Colo. This meeting is the fifth public meeting to inform the public about the action items, progress, and results of the project and to seek broad feedback.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 First Eight Weeks of Strike Force Operation Nets 34 Indicted Cases Involving More Than $142 Million in Billing WASHINGTON Thirty-eight people have been arrested in the first phase of a targeted criminal, ...
By Interior Newswire | May 9, 2007
The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 9, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 9, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 9, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 9, 2007
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 9, 2007
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 9, 2007
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 9, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 9, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.