News published on Federal Newswire in February 2009

News from February 2009


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) this month shipped some precious cargo to Norway: seeds from 20,000 different crop samples maintained by the agency's National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS).


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent a letter to the White House today calling on the Administration to clarify by March 4th their policies related to the preservation and retention of e-mails that fall under the authority of the Presidential Records Act.


News Release: An international team of researchers that includes an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) expert on wheat biotechnology has discovered a gene that will make bread wheat capable of resisting stripe rust, a fungus that causes crop losses in many states.


News Release: FARMINGTON, Pa: The National Park Service will honor the winners of the Fort Necessity Washington's Birthday Art Contest with award ceremonies Saturday, February 21. Students in the fourth, fifth and sixth grades of local elementary schools were challenged to artistically depict an event in George Washington's...


News Release: On Saturday, October 4th, 2008, Yosemite National Park Rangers arrested Phillip Bradley, 62, of Merced, California for poaching inside the boundary of Yosemite National Park. The arrest culminated a months-long investigation by the National Park Service and the California Department of Fish and Game. The investigation was initiated by an anonymous tip to the California Fish and Game tip-line, CalTip.


Reclamation's 2008 Engineer of the Year, other Reclamation Engineers Recognized during National Engineers Week

News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation's 2008 Engineer of the Year, David Palumbo, was recognized today along with other Federal and Reclamation engineers for their contributions to Reclamation and the engineering profession this past year during the Federal Engineer of the Year awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent a letter to the Inspectors General of federal agencies receiving funds from the ‘American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’ calling on them to put “proactive measures in place to ensure these billions do not fall victim to programmatic failures and bureaucratic mishaps."


Peyote Hunt of the Huicol Indians

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DOE Seeks Applications for Tracking Carbon Dioxide Storage in Geologic Formations

News Release: Washington, DC -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today issued a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to enhance the capability to simulate, track, and evaluate the potential risks of carbon dioxide (CO2) storage in geologic formations. Geologic storage is considered to be a key technological solution to mitigate CO2 emissions and combat climate change.


News Release: WASHINGTON —RE/MAX East-West, a real estate firm in Elmhurst, Ill., and one of its former real estate agents, John DeJohn, have agreed to pay $120,000 to settle allegations that they illegally steered prospective homebuyers toward and away from certain neighborhoods based on race and national origin, the Justice Department announced today. The consent decree was signed on Feb. 17, 2009, by U.S. District Judge Ruben Castillo.