News from July 2009
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: In an effort to better manage the traffic delays leaving Sandy Hook caused by New Jersey’s Highlands Bridge replacement project, today National Park Service officials met with representatives from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT), including the Director of the Division of Traffic Operations...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 27, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Dan Kimball announced today that Everglades National Park has extended the public scoping comment period for the potential land exchange with Florida Power and Light Company environmental assessment (EA). The comment period will continue through August 4, 2009 in response to public requests for additional time to review and comment on the scoping newsletter. This newsletter can be viewed or downloaded from the park website at.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2009
News Release: Today, near Black Lake (10,620 feet) in Rocky Mountain National Park, a 47 year old female, (hometown unknown at this time) suffered a broken ankle. Park dispatch was contacted by cell phone at 2:30 p.m. Black Lake is 5.4 miles from the Glacier Gorge Trailhead. The first ranger arrived on scene at 4:35...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - An analysis released by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), yesterday affirms that H.R. 3200, the America`s Affordable Health Choices Act, would offer targeted assistance to those in need today and lead to an increase in employer-sponsored health insurance coverage.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and committee members Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Kent Conrad (D-ND), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) and Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) issued the following statement today regarding the committee’s efforts to craft a health care reform bill...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, today responded to the release of a letter from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on the cost-cutting measures in H.R. 3200, America`s Affordable Health Choices Act.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - At approximately 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, July 25, search teams found a body believed to be that of overdue backpacker Bryce Gillies in the Bonita Creek drainage on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will launch on Monday the five-day National Level Exercise 2009 (NLE 09)—the first national level exercise to focus on terrorism prevention—in conjunction with federal, state, local, tribal, private sector and international partners.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “I am deeply saddened by the tragic death of one of our own. Agent Robert Rosas was gunned down while protecting our nation’s Southwest border. This act of violence will not stand—nor will any act of violence against the Border Patrol. I have directed that the full resources of the Department assist in the investigation to find and bring to justice those responsible for this inexcusable crime.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: Sara Kuban, 202-282-8010 Eileen McMenamin, Bipartisan Policy Center, 202-379-1633 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and members of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG) met today to discuss the Department’s progress in implementing the recommendations outlined in the 9/11 Commission Final Report released five years ago this week.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 24, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today unveiled five new efficiency initiatives, marking the fourth milestone in the Department-wide Efficiency Review launched in March.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Casper, Wyo., Thursday returned an indictment charging Randy Lee (a/k/a Jimmy Lee) and Jay Lee (a/k/a John Marks, a/k/a Anthony Romero) of Cheyenne, Wyo., with odometer tampering, title fraud, securities fraud, mail fraud and conspiracy to commit these offenses. The ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2009
News Release: Robert Young, 56, a former captain in the U.S. Army, 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 24, 2009
News Release: A Jersey City, N.J., producer has been charged by a federal grand jury in Newark, N.J. with distributing obscene DVDs through the mails.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 24, 2009
News Release: “ The signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 19 years ago was a watershed moment for persons with disabilities and for all Americans concerned with the cause of equal justice. In the nearly two decades that have followed, the ADA has empowered Americans with disabilities to fully pursue ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 24, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve on Friday announced that the amounts of Term Auction Facility (TAF) credit offered at each of the two auctions in August will be reduced to $100 billion from $125 billion in July. Specifically, the Federal Reserve will offer $100 billion of 84-day credit on Monday, August 10 and $100 ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 24, 2009
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke today reminds Americans who are still not digital television-ready that they have one more week to request converter box coupons before the July 31st deadline.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement regarding the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA): "July 26 marks the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, landmark legislation designed to prevent discrimination and enable individuals with disabilities to fully participate in all aspects of society.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on July 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
