News from June 2009
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: The Republican Health Care Solutions Group today unveiled a health care reform plan that will make health care more affordable, reduce the number of uninsured Americans, and increase quality at a price our country can afford. The GOP plan makes sure that Americans who like their health care coverage can keep it - a stark contrast with the Democratic plan, which the Congressional Budget Office has said will shift millions of Americans out of their current coverage.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Acting Yosemite Superintendent Dave Uberuaga announced today that Dick Ewart is the recipient of the 2009 Barry Hance Memorial Award. Ewart, a Yosemite National Park Ranger, received the award at an all employee meeting today attended by approximately 300 people, including several past Barry Hance Award recipients.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: TUSAYAN, Ariz. -- The Ruby Complex is currently 3,456 acres. The Complex includes the Game Reserve Fire on the Grand Canyon National Park and the Ruby Fire on the Kaibab National Forest. As expected, the fires have grown together. One organization is managing the complex in a cooperative effort between the Grand Canyon National Park and the Kaibab National Forest.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Oyster Bay, NY: Independence Day at Sagamore Hill- A Red, White, and Blue Fourth of July: Independence Day was an important holiday for Theodore Roosevelt, who often spoke atthe festivities in Oyster Bay and then gathered his extended family and friends atSagamore Hill for a day of celebration.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued the following comment today after receiving an affirmative response from Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) Special Inspector General Neil Barofsky to a request for a thorough audit of day-to-day federal involvement in firms in which the...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released the following statement on the removal of Gerald Walpin as Inspector General for the Corporation for National and Community Service...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Yosemite National Park will be reconstructing part of the Glacier Point Road beginning this Monday, June 22, 2009. Work will consist of the rehabilitation, restoration, and resurfacing of the road, including repaving and drainage improvements to include 5.1 miles of the road from the Chinquapin intersection to Badger Pass Ski area. Additionally, there will be work on the Wawona Road (Hwy. 41) near the Chinquapin intersection.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Over GOP objections, Democrats on the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee today approved a pair of partisan proposals that would impact Americans’ ability to save for retirement by making 401(k) plans more complex and costly while reducing workers’ access to individualized investment advice.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and the Senate Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittee, today spoke on the Senate floor in response to the Administration’s announced financial regulatory reform proposal. In March, the Senator introduced The Financial System Stabilization and Reform Act (FSSRA) of 2009, establishing a Financial Stability Council. Her comments follow...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today issued the following statement about President Obama’s plans to overhaul the financial system...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Peach growers and consumers now have two new sweet, juicy, yellow-flesh peaches to add to their list of favorite varieties.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - “Brown Bag" lunchtime seminars on various topics will continue over the next several months, officials at Glacier National Park announced today. The free presentations are held in the West Glacier Community Building unless noted otherwise. All programs begin at noon unless noted otherwise. The public is invited to these free lunchtime presentations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) and Representative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), a senior Member of the Ways and Means Committee, today applauded Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas H. Shulman for his efforts to address a law that taxes an individual’s...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Contact: USDA Office of Communications (202) 720-4623.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By US DOT Newswire | Jun 17, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding the Obama Administration's proposal for an 18-month highway, transit, and highway safety reauthorization that will replenish the Highway Trust Fund...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: Funding will Improve Energy Efficiency and Beach Access.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will be serving up "soccer under glass" - the glass of a microscope lens - when nanosoccer makes its second appearance at the RoboCup games at the international competition in Graz, Austria, from June 29 to July 5, 2009.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: Gary Moss, 37, was sentenced to serve 41 months in federal prison for conspiring to deprive individuals of their civil rights, and co-conspirator Devan Klausegger, 30, was sentenced to serve 51 months for the same charge. Both defendants were ordered to serve three years of supervised release and ordered to pay restitution to the victims in the amount of $3,107.
