News from February 2009
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected two projects for continuation within the Department's Solid State Energy Conversion Alliance (SECA) Program research portfolio. The projects--led by FuelCell Energy, in partnership with VersaPower Systems, and Siemens Energy--have successfully...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: Common milkweed is the only food source of monarch butterfly caterpillars. But for some farmers, the plant is also a valuable source of floss that can be harvested for use as a hypoallergenic filler for high-end pillows, comforters and jacket linings.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Leaders of the Senate Finance Committee and the House Ways and Means Committee today unveiled an agreement to save jobs and to support American workers, communities, firms, and farmers by improving and expanding the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program in the American Recovery and...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: Mr. President, today I want to talk about one specific area of this cobbled together spending party the Senate is considering.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service has released a draft White-tailed Deer Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore seeking public comment. Each unit of the National Park Service is driven by federal enabling legislation and this management plan is needed to ensure that...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: Olympic National Park is seeking public input regarding a proposal to rehabilitate the Boulder Creek trail and former automobile campground. The park proposes to restore a 2.2-mile section of the old Boulder Creek Road to a trail by removing the asphalt, improving and removing stream crossings, and restoring and rehabilitating the Boulder Creek campground.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: ROCKVILLE, Md.-At a live demonstration of fire safety experiments today, a group of firefighting, public safety and scientific organizations described a landmark collaborative study examining the effect of firefighting crew sizes and equipment arrival times on fire growth rates and a person's ability...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: Golden Gate National Parks News Releases Now Available Via RSS Feed.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Senator Max Baucus (D?Mont.).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - This morning at approximately 12:30 a.m., Grand Canyon National Park rangers responded to a 9-1-1 call in a housing area within the park and discovered two deceased bodies.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2009
News Release: (Sandy Hook, NJ) -In keeping with the park’s goal of supporting green transportation alternatives, Sandy Hook Unit Superintendent Dave Avrin recently announced new plans to enhance water access and ferryboat service at Gateway National Recreation Area’s Sandy Hook Unit. Under consideration are a new...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee resumed its series of hearings to review legislation addressing the transparency and oversight of derivative markets. For the second consecutive day, the Committee received testimony and asked questions of fifteen witnesses representing stakeholder groups about the Derivatives Markets Transparency and Accountability Act of 2009, draft language circulated last week by Chairman Collin C. Peterson of Minnesota.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: As feed costs rise and the production of ethanol from corn grain increases, swine producers have ramped up their search for new feed supplements for younger swine. According to studies by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, feeding dried distiller's grains (DDGS) to piglets can give their immune systems an extra boost.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal district court in Connecticut has permanently barred Elda Sinani, a resident of that state, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. Sinani consented to the civil injunction order.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Former Tippah County, Miss., Deputy Sheriff Jeffrey Rogers, 35, pleaded guilty today to a one-count information charging him and former Deputy Sheriff William Rogers with violating the civil rights of an arrestee, the Justice Department announced. William Rogers, 56, who is Jeffrey Rogers’ father, pleaded guilty on Jan. 20, 2009, to the same charge of violating the civil rights of an arrestee.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The United States has filed a complaint against Westar Energy alleging that the company violated the Clean Air Act by making major modifications to the Jeffrey Energy Center, a coal-fired power plant in St. Marys, Kan., without also installing and operating modern pollution control equipment, ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it has paid more than $100 million in compensation and medical benefits to Florida residents under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). The act was created to assist those individuals who became ill ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: Melville, New York – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will sponsor “Getting It Right – Know Your Fiduciary Responsibilities,” a free compliance assistance seminar, on February 12 at the Melville Marriott Long Island at 1350 Old Walt Whitman Road.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 4, 2009
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Feb. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
