News from February 2009
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today praised the inclusion of $400 million in the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" (ARRA) for the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (APRA-E). Baucus first introduced legislation to create ARPA-E to spur research on innovative ways to move toward energy independence, and helped to push through the creation of ARPA-E in the “America Competes Act of 2007.".
By USDA Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: A prototype pressure chamber and camera system that finds very small cracks, called microcracks, in fresh eggshells has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below regarding his vote late today against the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Three Senate Republicans voted for the bill. Seven Democratic members of the House of Representatives voted against the bill. The latest cost estimate of the proposal from the Congressional Budget Office is $787 billion. With interest costs added, the bill will easily increase deficit spending by $1 trillion.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that Oregon Inlet, Frisco, and Ocracoke Campgrounds will open to the public on Friday, April 3, 2009. Oregon Inlet and Frisco Campgrounds will remain open through Columbus Day, Oct. 12, 2009. The Ocracoke Island Campground is on a reservation...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
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By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: Petrified Forest- Weeds in your front yard are a nuisance but fast-growing, non-native weeds can be devastating to croplands, parks, and other natural areas. For example the saltcedar (Tamarix spp.) a native of Eurasia, can draw up to 300 gallons of water per day, lowering ground-water, and can cause...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: TranSystems/Stone Consulting & Design, a transportation consulting firm in Warren, PA, was selected as the project consultant to undertake a feasibility study of the expansion of the Park’s trolley system. This project is the Phase 1 Trolley Extension Alternatives Development Study by Lowell National...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), expressing disappointment in Congress’ failure to limit spending provisions to those that will create jobs and invigorate the economy, voted against the $790 billion economic stimulus package.
By State Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - The arrest today of a leading member of the new unity government in Zimbabwe who had fought for years for political reform is “shocking," said Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins today released the following statement on the passing of Beverly Eckert, a member of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee for the 9/11 Commission. Eckert was a victim of last night’s crash of Continental Flight 3407 outside of Buffalo, New York.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today hailed the inclusion of provisions to improve health care in Native American communities as part of the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009" (ARRA). This bipartisan legislation includes multiple measures aimed at...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ―Park Superintendent Cliff Spencer announces that Petrified Forest National Park will be changing to longer spring hours on Sunday, March 1, 2009. The park will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 6:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST) daily. The Painted Desert Visitor Center and the Rainbow Forest Museum hours will be the same as the park hours. The Painted Desert Inn National Historic Landmark is open from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC -- Two technologies developed by researchers at the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have earned 2009 Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards from the Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (FLC). Both technologies enable the cleaner use of coal for electricity production and have been licensed to the private sector for commercial development.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: Olympic National Park Superintendent Karen Gustin will speak at the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Chamber of Commerce meeting on Wednesday, February 25. The meeting will be held at 12:00 noon at the Breakwater Inn on Highway 112 between Clallam Bay and Sekiu.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: From Chairman Baucus: “Our country is facing its biggest economic crisis in generations, and tonight Congress made a bold statement: we will not sit idly by while Americans suffer. President Obama now has a bill to sign that will create millions of good-paying jobs and help families and businesses stay...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed President Obama’s economic plan to save and create 3.5 million of jobs, jumpstart our economy and provide critical relief to American families. H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, passed by a vote of 246-183.R. 1.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 13, 2009
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives today gave final approval to the controversial spending package crafted by congressional Democrats under the guise of economic stimulus despite the fact that not a single Republican voted for the bill. Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Five defendants, all members or associates of an extended family, face potential life sentences after being found guilty of sex trafficking for participating in a scheme that lured young Central American women and girls into the Los Angeles area and forced them into prostitution, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King for Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Brien for the Central District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—A fish wholesaler, its owner and an employee have all pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia for the illegal purchase and sale of striped bass from the Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River from 2003 through 2007, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Four individuals have been arrested and charged with carrying out a racially-motivated beating and conspiring to interfere with the civil rights of an African-American man in Nampa, Idaho.
