News from February 2009
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: “Where Do the Children Play?" will be shown in the Mather Auditorium in Munising on Thursday, March 12, at 7 p.m. All interested parents and teachers are invited to view this one hour Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) documentary. Admission is free, as is popcorn.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Dan Kimball is pleased to announce the launch of the park’s newly expanded podcast program. “By creating a series of informational and interpretive podcasts, Everglades National Park is providing new ways for visitors to learn about a special place they might not ever visit, but still want to enjoy." says Kimball.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today hailed President Barack Obama’s signature of the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 into law. Baucus has been a longtime champion of CHIP, the hugely successful program that brings health care to uninsured...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CAHA) 2008 annual reports for protected species and a report on the status of off-road vehicle management plan and negotiated rulemaking have been released and are available to the public on the PEPC website under the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy project at.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the strong House vote approving Senate legislation to renew and expand the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which provides health insurance for children living in families not poor enough for Medicaid, butstill...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is seeking to strengthen provisions in the economic stimulus bill that would help charities continue to provide their services to people in need. Grassley filed amendments to allow charities to reimburse volunteers at higher mileage rates than currently allowed and to require states to pay the non-profits with whom they’ve contracted to provide services before being able to receive increased federal funds in the stimulus package.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: (Ninety Six, SC) Have you ever seen a ring billed duck, a pied billed grebe, or a ruddy duck? Many people know the history that waits for them at Ninety Six National Historic Site but some don’t know about the wildlife within the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today passed H.R. 2, the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act, by a vote of 290-135. This landmark, bipartisan legislation reauthorizes the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), which currently provides health insurance for...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: Dear Dr. Elmendorf: I am writing to request that the Congressional Budget Office conduct an analysis of the macroeconomic impact of the Senate stimulus bill. This analysis should include an estimate of employment and GDP under the current January CBO baseline relative to the Low and High multiplier...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today announced subcommittee Ranking Members for the 111th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 4, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Republican Doc Hastings responded to the decision by Interior Secretary Salazar to withdraw tracts of lands in Utah that were offered for lease in December after a seven-year environmental review process. This decision...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), and Darrell Issa (R-CA), introduced The Performance Rights Act, a bipartisan measure that takes a first step at ensuring that all radio platforms are treated in a similar manner and that those who perform music are paid for their work.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent a letter to the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) urging her to postpone a vote on legislation to delay the transition to digital television until the impact of a reported conflict of interest from an advisor to President Obama is fully known and disclosed.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: Today the following statement on the signing of the Children’s Health Insurance Program into law was released...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2009
News Release: “The Endangered Everglades - Part II" exhibit at Everglades National Park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it has entered into a settlement agreement with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) that, if approved by the court, will resolve the complaint of pattern or practice religious discrimination filed by the United States against WMATA under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The former finance director of an Orange County, Calif.-based valve company pleaded guilty today in connection with his role in a conspiracy to pay approximately $628,000 in bribes to numerous foreign government officials, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—Kentucky Utilities (KU), a coal-fired electric utility, has agreed to pay a $1.4 million civil penalty and spend approximately $135 million on pollution controls to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act, the Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court in Maine has permanently barred Robert A. Grover from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court also ordered the Maine resident to provide his customer lists to the government and to mail copies of the complaint and court order to his customers. Grover consented to the civil injunction order.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 3, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in San Francisco returned an indictment against two former executives from Chunghwa Picture Tubes Ltd. (Chunghwa) and one former executive from LG Display Co. Ltd. (LG) for their participation in a global conspiracy to fix prices of Thin Film Transistor-Liquid Crystal Display (TFT-LCD) panels, the U.S. Department of Justice announced today.
