News from July 2009
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released a statement following the announcement that the U.S. Postal Service was placed on a “high risk" list because of its poor fiscal health.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: As As a very special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Tours of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of Wednesday, August 5, 2009.
By State Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: Following yesterday's European Union (EU) Foreign Ministers Meeting in Brussels, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement about the EU agreeing to extend the mandate of the EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) for another twelve months until the Sept. 14, 2010:
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: Jamaica Bay Programs. In the Air, In a Tree and On the Ground - the Birds!. Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge. Sunday, August 2. 1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. It’s all about the birds for children four years and up, accompanied by an adult. Listen to a bird story, make a birdhouse, and take a bird-oriented nature walk.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is seeking clarification of the White House’s position on keeping the U.S. tariff on imported ethanol after a statement in favor of lifting the tariff from the President’s nominee for ambassador to Brazil.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: The month of August brings the last burst of flowers, thunderstorms and colorful sunsets. Why not come out to your national park or recreation area to enjoy those August delights or explore, learn and have fun?
By USDA Newswire | Jul 28, 2009
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry held its third hearing this month to review the economic conditions facing the dairy industry. Subcommittee Chairman David Scott of Georgia called today’s hearing to continue to hear from producers across the country about the steep decline in milk prices since 2007, and the effects those prices are having on the dairy industry.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: On Monday, September 7, 2009, celebrate maritime labor history at San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park with a special concert of “Songs of Sea Labor," featuring a double bill with the outstanding Bay Area sea performers Salty Walt and the Rattlin’ Ratlines at 12:00, and Holdstock and Macleod at 1:00, aboard the historic 1890-built ferryboat Eureka, berthed at Hyde Street Pier, San Francisco. Wheelchair accessible.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: A trap to keep stinks bugs from Asia out of people's homes is being developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: A Virginia man pleaded guilty today to participating in a scheme to steal fuel worth approximately $39.6 million from the U.S. Army in Iraq.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—A father and son pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Greenbelt, Md., to illegally over fishing striped bass, also known as rockfish, from 2003 through 2006, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: Seven individuals have been charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists and conspiring to murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons abroad.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—The operator of an ocean-going chemical tanker ship was sentenced today in federal court to pay a fine of more than $2 million for polluting the high seas, the Justice Department announced.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Centennial Bankshares, Inc., Ogden, Utah, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the issuance of a consent cease and desist order against The Colonial BancGroup, Inc., Montgomery Alabama, a registered bank holding company.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: On July 27, 2009, the Federal Reserve will offer $125 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Additional information regarding the auction is listed below; the auction will be conducted as specified in this announcement, Regulation A, and the terms and conditions of the Term Auction Facility (www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/taf.htm).
By Fed Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board will soon begin a statistical study of household finances to update data collected at the outset of the economic downturn that began in late 2007.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: The U.S. Bureau of the Census released new residential sales for June 2009. Sales of new one-family houses rose 11.0 percent in June, well above the rise of 2.3 percent expected by private-sector analysts.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: Launch of revamped site coincides with Americans with Disabilities Acts 19th anniversary WASHINGTON — In conjunction with the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the U.S. Department of Labor has re-named and re-launched DisabilityInfo.gov as Disability.gov. Available at http://www.disability.gov, ...
By Labor Gazette | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it has paid more than $5 billion in compensation and medical benefits to more than 52,600 claimants nationwide under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA). This milestone coincides with the eighth anniversary ...
