News from May 2008
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: Farm bill negotiators expect to act Tuesday on a final package of farm tax reforms funding farm tax relief, as well as an offset package of agriculture and economic aid trade measures. Following is a list of the agreement’s elements. The tax agreement is fully offset. Estimated savings and costs for overall tax reform, overall tax relief, and individual provisions will be made available, as will additional explanation of each provision.
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici and thirteen of his Republican colleagues today asked the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) to analyze the impacts of a bill they introduced to dramatically increase domestic production.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Robert W. Johnson today announced the selection of Donald R. Glaser as Reclamation's Mid-Pacific Regional Director. Glaser will serve in Sacramento, Calif.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: Effective immediately, the following areas, located south of Pacific Reef Channel are closed to all public entry except to those individuals with a special use permit. Special use permits can be applied for by contacting Biscayne's Visitor Protection Office at 305-230-1144 ext 3043. The closures are being made to facilitate National Park Service case management and control of damaged sites, and will remain closed until further notice.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: The South Manitou Island Lighthouse is about to beam for the first time in 50 years and the National Lakeshore’s famous sand dunes are going to be protected from a weed invasion. “These two projects have been made possible due to the generosity of our partners and the new National Park Service Centennial Initiative," said Superintendent Dusty Shultz.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: The Coral Reef Elementary School’s Art Club, Miami, FL, presents the "Animals of the Everglades" exhibit of student art at the Ernest F. Coe Visitor’s Center, Everglades National Park Main Entrance, 40001 State Road 9336, Homestead, Florida, from May 3rd through May 31st.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: (MUNISING, Mich.) Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore has announced the completion of a Climate Friendly Parks Action Plan which addresses a set of actions the park will pursue beginning immediately to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from park operations and visitation.
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., are seeking detailed explanations from the Department of Homeland Security regarding a new initiative to secure federal information technology systems. In a letter...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: During the May “From Shore to Sea" lecture Channel Islands National Park marine biologist Dan Richards will discuss his research on the black abalone-an important intertidal species that was once among the most abundant shellfish along the California coastline and today is struggling to survive.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) strongly condemned new legislation filed by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Tex.) that would gut $5 billion for the Highway Trust Fund from the FAA transportation bill currently pending before the Senate, killing as many as 170,000 good-paying highway jobs in the process. In September of.
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: Hair-care products, wound-care dressings and drug encapsulation are among the potential uses of new, soy-oil-based polymers known as "hydrogels," developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Peoria, Ill.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: HOMESTEAD - Superintendent Dan Kimball will join representatives of Toyota North America Inc. at the Shark Valley entrance to Everglades National Park on Tuesday May 6, 2008 at 9 AM to announce a gift of $1 million and five vehicles from Toyota to support the park’s education programs over three years.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2008
News Release: Stehekin and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area will be featured on Travel Channel’s Into America’s West with Jeff Corwin tonight, on Saturday, May 3 at 6:00 p.m. Mr. Corwin visited Stehekin and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area last summer as part of the series, the settings for which are described...
