News from March 2009
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson applauded U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s announcement today that USDA plans to purchase about 200 million pounds of nonfat dry milk for domestic feeding programs, offering relief to dairy farmers and low income families challenged by tough economic times.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
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By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS TO MAKE SHORT FILMS ABOUT LAKE MEAD.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC --Research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Oil and Natural Gas Program has found a way to distinguish between groundwater and the water co-produced with coalbed natural gas, thereby boosting opportunities to tap into the vast supply of natural gas in Wyoming as well as Montana.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) has completed the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Marin Headlands and Fort Baker Transportation Infrastructure and Management Plan. Implementation of the plan would: fix paved roads that have crumbling pavement and failing culverts; widen...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
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By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a 2009 competition for multiyear research funding in two major areas of national interest, civil infrastructure and manufacturing, under its Technology Innovation Program (TIP). TIP expects to provide cost-shared funding for approximately 25 new R&D projects.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: Welcome to the first weekly Beach Access Report of the 2009 season for Cape Hatteras National Seashore! 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...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ. -On Saturday, April 25, 2009, Grand Canyon National Park will celebrate National Junior Ranger Day with kid-friendly activities and programs for the entire family.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today announced legislation that would make existing tax breaks permanent for working families and individuals including the child tax credit, marriage penalty relief, and lower middle-income tax rates among other provisions. The...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: Using state-of-the-art genomics techniques, a team of scientists from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Iowa State University (ISU) and Brazil have identified a cluster of soybean genes that provide resistance to the fungus Phakopsora pachyrhizi, which causes Asian soybean rust (ASR). The discovery will help defend the $27 billion U.S. soybean crop against ASR, through conventional breeding or biotechnological means.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan B. Kimball is pleased to announce a series of public meetings to present revised preliminary alternatives for the park’s marine areas as part of an update to its General Management Plan (GMP). The alternatives are described in Newsletter #5: Revised Preliminary Alternatives for the Marine Waters available on the park website (www.nps.gov/ever - follow links to GMP). The public comment period runs through May 15, 2009.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review tobacco production in the United States. Congressman Mike McIntyre of North Carolina is Chairman of the Subcommittee.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs Ranking Member Jeff Flake (R-AZ) today, in a letter to National Security Advisor James Jones, sought clarification and a briefing on the Administration’s plans and defensive preparations in advance of North Korea’s anticipated missile test.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry held a hearing to review the problem of obesity in the United States.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, who earlier this week introduced The Financial System Stabilization and Reform Act (FSSRA) of 2009, which would fundamentally restructure the nation’s financial regulatory system to strengthen oversight and accountability, issued the following statement in response to the Administration’s financial regulatory plan...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
News Release: KATHERINE LANDING FISH CLEANER NOW OPEN.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 26, 2009
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