News from August 2009
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2009
News Release: Fire managers from Rocky Mountain National Park are preparing to conduct prescribed burns in the areas of Upper Beaver Meadows, Little Horseshoe Park, and South Lateral Moraine. Burning will only occur if favorable weather and fuel conditions permit. The Upper Beaver Meadows burn is approximately 150...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore has been awarded an Active Trails Grant from the National Park Foundation through a generous donation from the Coca-Cola foundation, a Proud Partner of America’s National Parks.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - True to her nickname, the “Oldman Lake Bear," the female grizzly bear that park personnel have been tracking in recent days and her two yearling cubs were observed Monday afternoon, August 17 about 300 yards away from, and heading towards, the backcountry campground at Oldman Lake.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2009
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. Superintendent Russel J. Wilson announces that permits for temporary duck blinds will be available at the Harkers Island Visitor Center beginning Tuesday, September 8, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., and thereafter Monday through Friday.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2009
News Release: Two new vandalism incidents have resulted in expanded buffers at the Ramp 23 shorebird protection area in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The first incident, which occurred between the evening hours of Sunday, August 16 and dawn on Monday, Aug. 17, 2009, was investigated by NPS law enforcement personnel and evaluated by park management. The second incident occurred during the early morning hours of Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2009.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 18, 2009
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are finding ways to protect livestock and human health by quelling the cellular chatter of a common foodborne pathogen.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2009
News Release: Seneca Falls - The public is invited to attend a special program in observance of Women's Equality Day on Aug. 26, 2009, at Women's Rights National Historical Park in Seneca Falls. Park volunteer Helen Kirker, Clerk of the Farmington Meeting and President of the 1816 Farmington Quaker Meetinghouse...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2009
News Release: Sheridan Steele, Superintendent, Acadia National Park, is pleased to announce that Paul Crowley, maintenance worker, and Cheryl Sullivan, volunteer for the Maintenance Division, have been chosen as the 2009 Acadia National Park Employee Safety Award winners.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service announced today that both the Beverly Shore Volunteer Fire Department and Pines Volunteer Fire Department have been awarded a total of $13,700 as part of the Department of the Interior’s Rural Fire Assistance program. The grant is given to volunteer fire departments that protect rural communities and play a substantial cooperative role in the protection of Federal lands such as Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 18, 2009
News Release: Dover, Tennessee---Interpretive programs and Civil War musket firings will be the highlight for Labor Day Weekend at Fort Donelson National Battlefield. This year’s programs, hosted by the 50th Tennessee Infantry (CSA), will also include a Civil War surgeon’s program. The Civil War camps will be set up on September 5 and 6, 2009.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) defines various levels of risk for exposure to H1N1 in the workplace.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 2009 Louisiana Katrina/Rita Recovery (PDF, 4 pages - 198 KB).
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC) will pay the United States $200,000 to settle allegations that it made false claims related to the use of Justice Department grant funds. Based in Boston, NEMLEC is a non-profit corporation and a law enforcement council. It is comprised of a consortium of 47 police departments in Middlesex and Essex Counties, as well as two county sheriff’s departments.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A fifth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced. Kevin M. Young, 42, of Temple Hills, Md., pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in the District of Columbia to a one-count criminal information charging him with unauthorized computer access. Young is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 9, 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami, Fla., was indicted today for conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major American retail and financial organizations, and stealing data relating to more than 130 million credit and debit cards, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Craig Shaber, an attorney from San Diego was arraigned today before Magistrate Judge Anthony J. Battaglia in that city on charges of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and tax evasion for years 2000 to 2002, the Justice Department and IRS announced. On Aug. 14, 2009, ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 17, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Treasury Department on Monday announced that they approved an extension to the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF) and that, at this time, they do not anticipate any further additions to the types of collateral that are eligible for the facility.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 17, 2009
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 17, 2009
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Aug 17, 2009
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
