News from April 2009
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Last night, the Firesteel Phantoms of Ontonagon High School withstood 16 other teams to claim the traveling Smackdown trophy in the Seventh Annual High School Local History Smackdown. The team - Francesca Picotte, Thaine Fuller, and Matt Wetsel, coached by Tom LeGault - lasted 15 rounds, proving their expertise in the history of the four-county Copper Country in front of an appreciative, cheering crowd.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Russel J. Wilson invites children throughout the region to take part in National Junior Ranger Day at the seashore on Saturday, April 25. “Becoming a Junior Ranger is a fun way for children to explore and learn more about the National Parks and how they can help protect these important sites," stated Wilson.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Mr. President, over the last five years I have conducted extensive oversight of the Food and Drug Administration. As a result of my oversight activities, I identified serious problems at the FDA that included...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Improving the detection and control of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in cattle could result from technology being developed and tested by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: NPS AND LAKE MEAD ATTRACTIONS ADJUST TO REDUCED LAKE LEVELS.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Today, Congressman David Scott, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, held a hearing to discuss the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) food safety systems.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Mild spring weather has facilitated the efforts of the National Park Service road crew and other park employees to open the road and park facilities to park visitors. The portion of the Denali Park Road between the Savage River (Mile 15) and the Teklanika River Rest Area at Mile 30 will open for travel...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: As hockey and soccer players know, it’s important to have goals. As we look at whether it makes sense to design technology-neutral energy tax incentives, we first need to consider what goals our energy tax policies seek to achieve. Some of the goals that have been mentioned for energy tax policy are...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) today announced nearly 800 projects totaling $750 million that can be completed across the country with funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (see attached release). This major effort includes the following projects in the National Parks of New York Harbor, totaling more than $37 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today to review the U.S. system of energy tax incentives and consider the implications of moving toward an energy tax structure that better links credits and incentives to metrics such as fuel efficiency or carbon...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches will be managed again this summer under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and turtle nesting...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today a $13.1 million investment to demolish and replace condemned portions of the Quarry Visitor Center at Dinosaur National Monument. The Quarry Visitor Center project is one of nearly 800 projects totaling $750 million that can be completed across the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Harkers Island, NC -- Cape Lookout National Seashore Superintendent Russel J. Wilson announces that seven relocated Shackleford horses are seeking loving, forever homes on the mainland.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) applauded the Senate’s passage of legislation to create a panel to examine the financial crisis and encouraged Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats to adopt legislation he first introduced last year...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Correction to Press Release 2006-16 - NPS AND LAKE MEAD ATTRACTIONS ADJUST TO REDUCED LAKE LEVELS.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley said the agreement he reached today with Senator Chuck Schumer of New York will give the Inspector General for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) an additional $1 million for each of the next two fiscal years to oversee the work of the agency charged with protecting investors, maintaining fair, orderly and efficient markets, and facilitating capital formation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, and Rep. Dave Camp, ranking member of the Committee on Ways and Means, are concerned that the White House and Democratic congressional leaders are minimizing the job impact of increasing taxes on certain small business owners, as proposed in the President’s budget.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: RECOVERY ACT PROJECTS FOR LAKE MEAD NRA.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
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By State Newswire | Apr 23, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC -Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the findings of a GAO report issued today prove the need for a comprehensive strategy for U.S. foreign assistance efforts.
