News from April 2009
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: Sally Maertens, resident of Woodland Park, Colorado has received the George B. Hartzog Jr. Award from the National Park Service. This coveted, national award recognizes distinguished individuals and groups who voluntarily give of their skills, talents, and time beyond the normal call of duty. Ms. Maertens...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: (Sullivan's Island, SC) - The National Park Service will offer several special interpretive programs for National Junior Ranger Day free of charge at Fort Moultrie from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., Saturday, April 25, 2009. Park interpreters in period costume will demonstrate how to fire a musket and children...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 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. This major effort includes 14 projects in Olympic National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: BOULDER, Colo.-Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a technique for efficiently suppressing errors in quantum computers. The advance could eventually make it much easier to build useful versions of these potentially powerful but highly fragile machines, which theoretically could solve important problems that are intractable using today's computers.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: Dear Mr. Rand: I appreciate AARP’s continued cooperation with my staff and with the United States Senate Committee on Finance (“Committee") regarding AARP-licensed health insurance policies. The briefings, responses, and document productions provided have helped my staff shed light on AARP-licensed...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: Responding to growing concerns among American families about losses in their retirement, college, and personal savings, Republicans today unveiled the Savings Recovery Act, a bill that will help families protect what they have and begin to rebuild what they have lost. Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, introduced the legislation along with other members of the House GOP’s Savings Solutions Group.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By DOE Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC -- The Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has partnered with Air Products and Chemicals Inc. of Allentown, Penn. to develop the Ion Transport Membrane (ITM) Oxygen, a revolutionary new oxygen-production technology that requires less energy and offers...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 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 release below). This major effort includes the following projects in the National Parks of New York Harbor, totaling more than $37 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chair Pete Stark (D-CA) today helped lead a hearing on reforming the health insurance market. Members of the committee discussed the difficulties obtaining quality, affordable coverage in today`s market, and key reforms to help consumers get better coverage.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
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 Earth Day 2009...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: Dairy cows that produce USDA-certified organic milk also produce manure that may gradually replenish soil nutrients and potentially reduce the flow of agricultural pollutants to nearby water sources, according to findings by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and colleagues.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today announced the first set of global warming working groups in order to reach out to Senate colleagues and build support for climate change legislation.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2009
News Release: DENVER, CO -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. This major effort includes projects in the agency’s Intermountain Region, which includes Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Oklahoma, and Texas.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2009
News Release: Enjoy the riverfront view and FREE activities as history comes to life at the 12th Annual Richmond Civil War Day, Saturday April 25 at the American Civil War Center at Historic Tredegar. The day will be filled activities for the whole family. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Center.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 21, 2009
News Release: The State of Georgia has designated the month of May as Archaeology Month. On Saturday, May 2, 2009, the staff of Fort Frederica National Monument, along with local fourth-grade students, will present a special program called An Afternoon with Archaeology. The program will be an open house from 2 to 4 pm at the park’s archaeology education program site, located on the grounds of Fort Frederica National Monument.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today after two seemingly disparate health care organizations, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and Families USA, a consumer advocacy group dedicated to improving access to affordable health...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today that $93.6 million for Louisiana public assistance projects have been funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) since her visit ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury has returned an 18-count superseding indictment charging Thomas E. Parenteau of Columbus, Ohio; Dennis G. Sartain of Hilliard, Ohio; and Bonnie Helt-Adams of Dublin, Ohio, with tax fraud, bank and wire fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) official pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ga., for his role in a conspiracy to commit bribery involving a multimillion dollar telecommunications contract, and for not reporting the bribes he accepted on his income tax returns, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced.
