News from July 2008
By DOT News Wire | Jul 16, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 16, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 16, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 16, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on July 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: Support for S.2029, the Grassley-Kohl Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the delivery of U.S. food aid overseas and efforts to provide agriculture development assistance in developing countries.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: [Salem, Mass] The 20th Annual Salem Maritime Festival will kick off on historic Derby Wharf at Salem Maritime National Historic Site at 7:00 PM on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008 with a free concert by Entrain, the eclectic Martha’s Vineyard-based six-piece band. Entrain will bring their unique combination of rock, blues, calypso, zydeco, jazz and funk to Derby Wharf from 7-9 PM.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: On Saturday, July 19, join Ranger Sue Duncan as she presents her “Snake Tales" program. For a number of people, snakes have a bad reputation but most varieties of snakes are quite harmless. Ranger Duncan will talk about some of the myths that surround snakes. She will also introduce a few of her “friends."...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Joe Bree waited 31 years to visit his brother in Rapid City, South Dakota, but when he did, it turned into a vacation he will never forget. One hundred and five years in the making, Bree and his family became Wind Cave’s sixth-millionth visitor Wednesday, July 16. Told of the honor, Bree’s response was, “Glad we found that parking space.".
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: Everglades National Park encompasses a wide variety of subtropical ecosystems. The expansive sawgrass prairie is interspersed by slash pine and cypress forest, and dotted with lush tropical hardwood tree islands. A tangle of mangrove trees surround the coastal periphery of the park, beyond which lie 100s of mangrove islands.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressured the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to move faster to eliminate material weaknesses in its efforts to collect billions of dollars in unpaid tax debts. The Senators’ statements...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: Kirk Boott, among Lowell’s original incorporators, returns to the City. Anna Whistler, James McNeil’s mother, speaks of her famous son. You won’t want to miss these and many other historic figures through July at sites in the park and Lowell’s historic downtown district. Students from Lowell High School...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: National Park Service (NPS) scientists and managers converged on the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from July 7-11 to share their experiences and knowledge of coral reef ecosystem conservation, education and management strategies with more than 3,500 national and international attendees.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: A novel food safety treatment tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists could become an asset to the fast-growing fresh-cut produce industry.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation is announcing that it will begin implementing improved security measures at three Idaho dams in 2008. The security measures will include the installation of certified crash-tested gates, which will remain open for traffic to pass unless there is an elevated terrorist threat.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: Phone: (831) 389-4486 x265. Climbing Areas Reopen at Pinnacles National Monument. Rock formations subject to advisory closures to rock climbing and off-trail hiking for protecting nesting falcons and eagles have reopened. "All sensitive areas have been reopened and will remain so until next January when...
By State Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC -- In response to the news that the Bush Administration will dispatch Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns to Geneva to join multinational talks on Iran’s nuclear program, Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - The public is cordially invited to attend a Phoetry Hike and Workshop provided by Francis Kazemek the park’s current artist-in-residence. The “Phoetry" Hike and Workshop will combine poetry and photography to create poems describing the experiences generated on a short ¼ mile hike from Tawa Point to the Painted Desert Inn. The artist will share some of his poetry and will explain the concepts of Phoetry during the workshop.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: National Park Service Intermountain Regional Director Mike Snyder today announced that.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 16, 2008
News Release: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday heard testimony about the lack of coordination and uncertain effectiveness of the 74 programs across four federal departments that comprise the Global Nuclear...
