News from July 2009
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Rangers in Grand Canyon National Park are investigating the possible abduction of a woman from a residential area within the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2009 - Tomorrow, House Democrats plan to hold a vote on the “Restore Our American Mustangs Act" (H.R.1018), which would create a new $700 million welfare program for wild horses. This floor action comes at a time when unemployment has soared to 9.5 percent, a 26-year high, and the federal deficit has grown to a historic $1 trillion.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA.- President Barack Obama’s announcement last week that he intends to nominate Jonathan Jarvis to be director of the National Park Service has been widely praised by those familiar with his work in Washington State, including Fort Vancouver National Historic Site and the Vancouver National Historic Reserve.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Richmond National Battlefield Park offers the fourth of its five Wednesday evening Capital History at Sunset programs for 2009. The series continues on July 22 and runs through July 29. All programs are free, and begin at 7:00 pm.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Will congressional Democrats vote “NO" when asked if Americans who like their current health care coverage should be able to keep it? That’s the question Republicans on the House Education and Labor Committee posed today through a series of amendments aimed at preventing a government takeover of our ...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to review current issues in food safety. This is the fourth hearing on food safety held by the House Agriculture Committee and its Subcommittees this year.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Senators Joseph I. Lieberman, ID-Conn., and George V. Voinovich, R-OH., commented on a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, “Grants.gov Has Systemic Weaknesses That Require Attention," (GAO-09-589), showing that a government Web site designed to streamline the federal grant process is plagued by technical limitations, degraded performance and user difficulties.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Bridge Fire Continues to Burn in Bryce Canyon National Park and Dixie National Forest.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Kudzu, "The Vine that Ate the South," could meet its match in a naturally occurring fungus that Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have formulated as a biologically based herbicide.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: As the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee continues debating a controversial plan from congressional Democrats to allow a government takeover of our nation’s health care system, Republicans are pulling out all the stops to ensure Americans who like their current health care coverage can keep it.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches will be managed again this summer under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and turtle nesting...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued the following comment today following a speech by United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ronald Kirk regarding new trade enforcement initiatives. Senator Baucus noted Ambassador Kirk and the Obama Administration share his commitment to an international trade policy that promotes a thriving domestic workforce and levels the playing field for American businesses in the global economy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), and Ways and Means Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statements following Ambassador Ron Kirk’s speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the trade enforcement priorities of the Office of the United States Trade Representative...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of three projects under the Office of Fossil Energy's University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. University researchers will investigate the chemistry and physics of advanced turbines, with the goal of promoting clean and efficient operation when fueled with coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) and hydrogen fuels.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) commented today on a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report recommending the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) consider expanding a program requiring taxpayers to demonstrate federal...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: The former director of information technology for a non-profit organ and tissue donation center was sentenced today to two years in prison for hacking into her former employer’s computer network.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today announced more than $8.7 million in Recovery Act funds for three communities in California to use in fighting crime and drug trafficking as part of the Justice Department’s Southwest Border Strategy. In March 2009, the Department announced its Mexico Cartel Strategy, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Paul Richard Arceneaux, a resident of Church Point, La., was sentenced today to prison for failing to file his personal tax returns for 2003 and 2004 and corruptly interfering with the due administration of the Internal Revenue laws, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: A Greek citizen, Panagiotis Lekkas, the captain of the bulk cargo ship the M/V Theotokos, pleaded guilty today to four felony counts in federal court in New Orleans for violating anti-pollution laws, ship safety laws and obstructing a U.S. Coast Guard investigation. Additionally, a Philippine citizen, ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 15, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday approved an interim final rule amending Regulation Z (Truth in Lending) to require creditors to increase the amount of notice consumers receive before the rate on a credit card account is increased or a significant change is made to the account's terms. The amendments also allow consumers to reject such increases and changes by informing the creditor before the increase or change goes into effect.
