News from July 2008
By USDA Wire | Jul 31, 2008
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: A young boy died Sunday after an apparent drowning in the Green River during a rafting trip through Dinosaur National Monument.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Thursday expressed satisfaction that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun implementation of its Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation and Certification Program. DHS announced that it has...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: The U.S. Senate has approved the final version of bipartisan legislation that will protect children and consumers from toxic toys and other dangerous products by strengthening the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and providing the agency with vital new tools to carry out its mission. The bill,...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: On the morning of July 30, 2008, NPS turtle patrol observed all-terrain vehicle (ATV) tracks inside the posted bird closure located approximately 1.8 miles south of Ramp 23. After entering the closure the unauthorized ATV had driven high on the beach through a least tern nesting area. The vehicle continued...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: The East side of Cape Point reopened on July 29, 2008 tooff-road vehicle (ORV) access. The area is now open to ORV traffic from 6:00 am until 10:00 pm daily. The nighttime prohibition on beach driving is still in effect throughout the Seashore from May 1 to November 15 from 10:00 pm until 6 am. NPS is in the process of developing a permit to allow night driving between September 16 and November 15.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an effort to reduce excessive speculative trading in oil and other commodities, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a member of the Senate Finance and Energy Committees, and the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), are circulating a staff discussion...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: The Yale literature professor Peter Brooks once wrote: “We live immersed in narrative, recounting. our past actions, anticipating. our future projects, situating ourselves at the intersection of several stories not yet completed.".
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Thursday released the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) response to their May 2008 letter requesting a more detailed account of the Comprehensive National Cyber Security...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: Tracking the red flour beetle in grain storage facilities could become easier, thanks to research to identify a key gene in this grain-feeding pest.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: In an effort to protect fishing guides and charter captains against the financial impacts of excessive government regulations, Senators Norm Coleman and Susan Collins today introduced the Small Marine Business and Fishing Guide Relief Act. The legislation will exempt fishing guides, charter captains,...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding Committee approval of her two measures to protect the American public from exposure to perchlorate, a toxic component of rocket fuel that contaminates drinking water systems in 35 states, including California...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Tom Carper (D-Del.) introduced legislation today to provide better oversight of the $71 billion that federal agencies spend each year on information technology programs, and to ensure essential federal services run as efficiently as possible and do not squander valuable...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: Contact... Marc Morano 202-224-5762 marc_morano@epw.senate.gov Matt Dempsey 202-224-9797 matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov Opening Statement of Senator James Inhofe Environment and Public Works Business Meeting Thursday, July 31, 2008 Senator Boxer, there are a number of important items on today's agenda ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: An injured hiker was rescued from Pine Creek Canyon in Zion National Park on Thursday evening, July 30, 2008. Kaitlyn Bohlin, 23, of Northfield, Illinois, fell approximately 100 feet during the last rappel in the popular canyoneering area. She suffered multiple injuries and was transported by helicopter to the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The cause of the fall is under investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: Fish passage and estuarine process will be restored -- Miles of streams will be available for endangered coho salmon and threatened steelhead trout.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed legislation that address toxic substances in drinking water, including perchlorate, and trichloroethylene (TCE), as well as measures to limit the export and release of toxic mercury, advance environmental justice issues, address tracking of hazardous waste, clean up the Great Lakes and improve sanitation systems for rural and native villages in Alaska.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: Celebrate Labor Day at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park with a performance of "Songs of Sea Labor" by noted sea music performers Holdstock and Macleod.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: Dear Mr. Strickland: As Ranking Member of the United States Senate Committee on Finance, I thank you for the March 21, 2008 letter (Response) to the Committees on Finance and Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) letter dated March 1, 2008. In that letter, Senator Enzi and I requested that you...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 31, 2008
News Release: A memorial service celebrating the life of Andrew Palmer will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 4, 2008, in McCurdy Pavilion at Ford Worden State Park. Andy, 18, was fatally injured in a tree falling accident while on a fire assignment in Northern California.
