News from July 2009
By Interior Newswire | Jul 4, 2009
News Release: The Panther Creek Fire located within Ross Lake National Recreation Area, was detected on June 28 and was started by lightning during a series of electric storms that moved through the area earlier in the month.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 4, 2009
News Release: The Grouse and Harden fires continue to grow moderately in two areas of Yosemite National Park. The Grouse Fire is approximately 2160 acres, three miles southwest of Yosemite Valley and north of Glacier Point Road. The Harden Fire on the north side of the park, west of Harden Lake and northwest of White Wolf is currently 1120 acres. On Friday, the Central Sierra Type II Incident Management Team began managing the Grouse Fire.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2009
News Release: Tulelake, CA - The Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, and the Tule Lake Committee will hold a dedication ceremony of the new Tule Lake Unit of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument at 10:00AM, on Friday July 3rd in Newell, CA. The public is invited to attend the dedication...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2009
News Release: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park invites the public to view a Hollywood version of the war in Vietnam on Saturday, July 18 at 9 p.m. by attending a screening of The Green Berets, co-directed by and starring John Wayne.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2009
News Release: (Keystone, SD) Mount Rushmore National Memorial, a unit of the National Park Service (NPS) is developing a groundbreaking partnership with CyArk - a US-based non-profit organization that pioneered the digital preservation (3d laser scanning, modeling and archiving) of world heritage sites and monuments...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 3, 2009
News Release: Sunday, July 12, 2009 will mark the centennial of Oregon Caves National Monument. Oregon Caves invites the community to join the celebration. Commemorative festivities kick off on Saturday, July 11 with an ice cream social at 1 p.m. Ice cream will be served by Oregon First Lady Mary Oberst and her family.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 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 Interior Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: Acting Superintendent Dave Uberuaga and Kirstie Kari participated in a community celebration commemorating the reopening of the El Portal Market. The El Portal Market, a fixture in the small community of El Portal on Highway 140, completely burned in a fire in March 2008.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Kuwait—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano toured a U.S. Coast Guard cutter in Kuwait today and met with USCG personnel to thank them for their service.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has joined a whistleblower suitagainst Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC); Applied Enterprise Solutions (AES); Dale Galloway, Chief Executive Officer of AES; Stephen Adamec, former Director of the Naval Oceanographic Major Shared Resource Center (NAVO MSRC) at the Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi; and Robert Knesel, Deputy Director of NAVO MSRC, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: A federal judge in Tampa, Fla., has permanently barred eight men – including five tax preparers and two Certified Public Accountants (CPA) – from promoting an alleged tax fraud scheme involving bogus income tax credits. The eight men are among 32 defendants named in a civil injunction lawsuit who allegedly ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: Joseph McNealy, a former Jackson, Miss., computer systems administrator, was sentenced today to 70 months in prison for receiving and possessing images of child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON— As part of a multi-site settlement, G-I Holdings Inc. has agreed to address asbestos contamination caused by its past operation of the largest chrysotile asbestos mine and mill in the country, the United States and the state of Vermont announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — A Kansas woman pleaded guilty to making a false statement to the FBI during an investigation into allegations of fraud against the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) E-Rate program, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: The federal financial regulatory agencies and the Federal Trade Commission yesterday published final rules and guidelines to promote the accuracy and integrity of information furnished to credit bureaus and other consumer reporting agencies, and widely used to determine consumers' eligibility for credit, employment, insurance, and rental housing.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: The California State Controller's Office has announced that it may issue registered warrants, or IOUs, for some payments as early as today. These registered warrants would not be payable immediately, but rather on a future date. These warrants will be identified with the word "REGISTERED" on the front.
By Fed Newswire | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between First DuPage Bancorp, Inc., Westmont, Illinois, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke will travel to Moscow, July 6-8, in conjunction with the Presidential Summit Meeting between Presidents Obama and Medvedev. Locke will represent the administration at a private sector Business Summit where U.S. and Russian business leaders will present recommendations to expand bilateral commercial cooperation.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the June 2009 Employment Situation report released today: "Today's news is a reminder of the severity of the economic problem that this administration inherited and continues to illustrate the pressing needs of American working families.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 2, 2009
News Release: UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending June 27, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 614,000, a decrease of 16,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 630,000. The 4-week moving average was 615,250, a decrease of 2,750 from the previous week's revised average of 618,000.
