News from May 2008
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Today the House of Representatives today approved bipartisan legislation to deliver tax relief to the men and women of our nation’s armed services, as well as others volunteering in service in America. The bill, H.R. 6081, the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax (HEART) Act of...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today the delayed opening of Cape Point Campground for the 2008 season due to health and safety concerns as a result of standing water and saturated ground conditions.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: With most park roads and campgrounds open, Olympic National Park is ready for the “unofficial" start of summer. Damage from the December 2007 storm is still evident throughout the park, however, and some park destinations remain closed.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: Johnson City, TX -Veterans from all wars will be recognized and their sacrifices commemorated at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park Visitor Center, 100 Ladybird Lane, Johnson City, TX, on May 26, as park staff and the community focus on military service during the Vietnam War. Special activities...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing today examining the budget of the Treasury Department’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) issued the following opening remarks...
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: Mission Point, over looking the site of the Kettle Falls on the Columbia River, contains a multitude of stories that make up the history of the Inland Northwest. For at least 9000 years people have been coming to the falls to fish and trade. In a very short span of time-a little more than 100 years- the tribes that have made this area their home and fished the falls for survival have seen their way of life drastically altered.
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: Even though there's much about wheat that's familiar and ordinary, one feature of this ancient crop-its genetic makeup-remains relatively unknown. In fact, the everyday wheat plant doesn't just have one genome; it has several. In all, wheat's genetic makeup is gargantuan and complex. And it isn't yielding easily to scientists' probing.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley marked National Foster Care Month byintroducing legislation today that would help children with special needs in foster care get placedin safe, permanent and loving homes.
By US DOT Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: BACKGROUND: The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Majority staff will brief the press on the substitute amendment to the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007, S. 2191 and Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) will be available for questions.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s lifeguarded beaches will open on May 24, 2008. Lifeguards will be on duty at Coquina Beach (Nags Head), Lighthouse Beach (Buxton) and Ocracoke Day Use area from 9:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. seven days a week from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials announce the following 2008 operating dates for park concessioners.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley today released a new letter of support for his initiative toestablish new reporting requirements for money that drug and device makers give todoctors in consulting and speaking fees, as well as money spent on meals andentertainment. The endorsement of Medtronic, Inc. is posted with this memo at.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: Saturday, May 24, 7:00 p.m. - First National Parks.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: Yesterday two seven-week-old bald eagle chicks were unexpectedly taken from their nest at Pelican Harbor on Santa Cruz Island by an attacking sub-adult bald eagle.
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today warned of “dire consequences" if the proposed Lieberman-Warner cap and trade legislation becomes law.
By Homeland Newswire | May 20, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Tuesday heard testimony that financial speculation by institutional investors and hedge funds in the commodity markets is a factor in food and oil costs rising...
By Commerce Newswire | May 19, 2008
News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY. Monday, May 19, 2008. What: News Conference to announce the introduction of the Improved AdoptionIncentives and Relative Guardianship Support Act of 2008, and highlightenhanced permanency opportunities for children in foster care. Where: 215 Dirksen Building, the hearing room of the Senate...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 19, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ODAG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 International Law Enforcement Cooperation Leads to Disruption of Organized Crime Ring Operating in U.S. and Romania BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – Thirty-eight individuals with ties to international organized crime ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 19, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 New funding will aid victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS — Today, Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey visited New Orleans and reaffirmed the Department of Justice’s commitment ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, May 19, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON— Motorola, Inc., Siemens Corp. and GlaxoSmithKline will collectively pay a $500,000 civil penalty for system failures that led to the release of trichloroethylene (TCE) into the public drinking water system in Scottsdale, Ariz., the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
