News from September 2007
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 7, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Sep 7, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a four page proposed rule on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Sep 7, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Sep 7, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a four page proposed rule on Sept. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy gave the following remarks followingthe passage by the United States Senate of the College Affordability and Access Act of 2007, whichincludes the largest increase of student aid since the GI Bill.From our earliest days as a nation, education has been...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education,Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following statement on today’s report from theBureau of Labor Statistics, which showed that employers cut 4,000 jobs in August-the firstdrop in the number of jobs since 2003...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: Summer is slowly winding down and fall is in the air. Aspen leaves are still green but will soon be changing at higher elevations and an occasional elk bugle has been heard in Rocky Mountain National Park. Autumn is a magical time, a season of color and sound. A variety of ranger-led programs are available...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: Americans love their spuds, consuming 130 pounds per person annually. Now that culinary love affair could grow even more passionate with Agricultural Research Service (ARS) findings that some potato varieties are packed with health-promoting compounds called phytochemicals.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: The Fisher Reintroduction Plan Environmental Assessment (EA) has been released for public review, announced Olympic National Park Superintendent Bill Laitner today. The EA was developed in partnership with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, with collaboration by the Olympic National Forest.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. Acting Superintendent Charles Cranfield invites the public to scoping meetings that are scheduled to kick off the development of a long-range Off-Road Vehicle (ORV)Management Plan, Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and associated Federal regulations for Cape Lookout National Seashore. The meetings are scheduled as follows.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: Pipestone National Monument’s project to create new interpretive and educational media was included in the eligible list along with 115 other parks in 40 states to receive matching funds from Congress in FY2008, beginning October 1. Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar made the announcement on August 23.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for construction of the Elwha Water Facilities, the second of two major construction projects to begin this year as part of the Elwha Restoration Project. A pre-solicitation notice for this project was released on Aug. 16, 2007.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service’s Denver Service Center (DSC) has selected a joint venture of Watts Constructors LLC and John Korsmo Company (Watts/Korsmo A JV) as the prime contractor to construct the Port Angeles Water Treatment Plant in the City of Port Angeles.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said today that he will build on Senate-passed higher education legislation with an education tax package to be considered by the Committee later this year. The Education Competitiveness Act that Baucus introduced in 2006 contained...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: Nelson Mandela once said that education is the most powerful weapon which you can use tochange the world.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 7, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C- Today, at 12:45pm, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Majority Leader HarryReid, and Representative George Miller will hold a press conference to celebrate the passageof the College Cost Reduction and Access Act, which will provide the largest increase instudent aid since the GI Bill.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 6, 2007
News Release: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii - Free and open to the public, the National Park Service, PBS Hawaii and the Arizona Memorial Museum Association will present a VIP premiere of the Ken Burns documentary, The War. The screening takes place at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 8, 2007, at the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center. It will feature highlights of the upcoming full length 7-part series that airs on PBS beginning Sept. 23, at 8:00 p.m.
