News from December 2009
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: Closure of Fairyland and Paria Point Roads at Bryce Canyon National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today called on President Barack Obama to clarify reports that during a background briefing with reporters, a senior White House official warned Congress that failure to regulate greenhouse gases would result in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seizing “command-and-control" role over the process.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: Washington - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar seeking answers as to why the Department decided to terminate the profitable royalty in-kind (RIK) program for collecting oil and gas royalties. A recent showed that the program generated over $106 million in benefits for the American taxpayer in 2008, raising the five-year total benefits from the program to more than $256 million.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 4213, the Tax Extenders Act of 2009, by a vote of 241-181. The critical legislation, introduced by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), would extend several tax provisions currently set to expire at the end of the year.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: I’d like to take a few minutes to talk about Senator Crapo’s motion to commit. If Senator Crapo prevails, and he should prevail, the unrelated House bill, along with Senator Reid’s amendment, would be sent to the Finance Committee. The Finance Committee would be empowered to return the bill to the full...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: Dear Deputy Director Zients: The General Services Administration (GSA) telecommunications contracts provide basic telephone, network services, and information technology services to federal agencies. These contracts are very important for ensuring that agencies have the telecommunications abilities...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: (Corpus Christi, Texas)- Visitors choosing to bring their dogs to the National Seashore are putting their dogs at significant risk for severe illness and potentially death.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: Theodore Roosevelt National Park is looking for volunteers to participate in the nationwide Audubon Christmas Bird Count. The Medora Count will take place on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010, starting at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time at the South Unit Visitor Center of Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The North Unit Count will be held on Sunday, Jan. 3, 2010, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Central Time at the park’s North Unit Visitor Center.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: The U.S. Navy and National Park Service will be offering free evening boat tours of Pearl Harbor that are open to the public on December 18-20, 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: or Linda Friar 305-242-7714 (Linda_Friar@nps.gov) to make reservations or for additional information.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: Obey Statement. Conference Report and Statement of Managers. Bill Summary: Transportation, HUD. Bill Summary: Commerce, Justice, Science. Bill Summary: Financial Services. Bill Summary: Labor, HHS, Ed. Bill Summary: Military Construction, VA. Bill Summary: State, Foreign Operations. List of Conferees.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that Cape Hatteras National Seashore has adopted two Shackleford Banks ponies from the Foundation for Shackleford Horses, Inc. in Beaufort, NC. The two fillies, named Sacajawea and Jitterbug, will be delivered to Ocracoke Pony Pens on Sunday, December 13. The ponies will be temporarily displayed for the visiting public to view in a special enclosure near the observation platform from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., pressed government officials Wednesday on the status of federal programs designed to prevent terrorists from entering the United States and expressed displeasure over the Internet posting by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) of sensitive security information.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: Today, Congressman Tim Holden of Pennsylvania, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research, held a hearing to review regulatory and legislative proposals to improve the condition of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: One important goal of health reform is to make health insurance more affordable for low and middle income Americans. To that end, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act would be the largest tax cut for individuals and families that Congress has passed since 2001.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 9, 2009
News Release: Obey Statement. Conference Report and Statement of Managers. Bill Summary: Transportation, HUD. Bill Summary: Commerce, Justice, Science. Bill Summary: Financial Services. Bill Summary: Labor, HHS, Ed. Bill Summary: Military Construction, VA. Bill Summary: State, Foreign Operations. List of Conferees.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 FY 2010 Preparedness Grant Programs Overview (PDF, 28 pages - 353 KB) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the release of fiscal year 2010 grant application guidance kits for 13 DHS grant ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the creation of the Import Safety Commercial Targeting and Analysis Center (CTAC)—a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility designed to streamline and enhance federal efforts to address import safety issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced a settlement of the long-running and highly contentious Cobell class-action lawsuit regarding the U.S. government’s trust management and accounting of over three hundred thousand individual American Indian trust accounts. Also speaking at the press conference today were Associate Attorney General Tom Perrelli and Deputy Secretary of the Interior David Hayes.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Jacob Wingo, Clayton Morrison, Darren McKim and Richard Robins were sentenced today and yesterday in federal court in Hot Springs, Ark., on federal civil rights and obstruction of justice charges related to a conspiracy to drive a woman and her children from their home in Donaldson, Ark., because the victims associated with African-Americans.
