News from March 2009
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: Statement of Jim Northup, Superintendent, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, regarding Congressional approval of the designation of the Beaver Basin Wilderness within Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: Stock users interested in learning more about packing techniques, ‘Leave No Trace’ principles and using stock animals, such as horses, mules and llamas, on Olympic National Park trails are invited to participate in a one-day wilderness stock packing workshop on April 17.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has agreed to grant a license to a Canadian firm interested in marketing a type of non-wire, virtual fencing technology for cows linked to global positioning.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research held a hearing to review the administration and management of contracts for the USDA conservation programs.
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: There is no place in the world where global warming is having a more profound effect than the Arctic.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley today advanced a proposal to authorize $25 million over the next five years to help small- and medium-d charities get training and management help. The funding would be given as grants to qualified organizations nationwide. Iowa charities and foundations with established training programs would be eligible for a grant, if they chose to apply.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: Today's hearing focuses on the need for transportation investment as we move forward with the next highway, transit and highway safety authorization. The current authorization legislation, SAFETEA-LU, will expire on Sept. 30, 2009. The new bill will be called MAP-21, Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century.
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following opening remarks for the nomination hearing for Christopher Hill, President Obama's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Iraq.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service has closed a 1.5-mile section of Colosseum Mine Road to motor vehicle traffic. Recent storm activity has eroded the road as it passes through Colosseum Gorge, making the road surface unstable and unsafe.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 25, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) today delivered remarks on the House floor urging Members to vote NO on the Previous Question on the Rule for the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act so that the House can vote to restore Americans’ Second Amendment rights on federal lands that were struck down last Thursday by Washington, D.C.-based federal judge).
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) announced the nomination hearing for Lieutenant General Karl Eikenberry, President Obama's nominee to be U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan.
By State Newswire | Mar 25, 2009
News Release: Senator John Kerry (D-MA), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today joined with Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN), the ranking Republican on the Committee, to reauthorize a vital foreign policy and economic development tool - the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: Multicolored Asian lady beetles are appreciated by farmers and home gardeners alike--until the pest-eating insects decide to spend the winter indoors. The beetle, Harmonia axyridis, becomes a nuisance insect upon entering homes to escape the cold, sometimes in huge numbers. When threatened, it releases a yellow liquid that, while nontoxic, smells foul and produces stains.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – An Irish trading company and three of its officers have been charged with purchasing helicopter engines and other aircraft components from U.S. firms and illegally exporting them to Iran using companies in Malaysia and the United Arab Emirates. Among the alleged recipients of these U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today Deputy Attorney General David Ogden announced increased efforts and reallocation of DOJ personnel to combat Mexican drug cartels in the United States and to help Mexican law enforcement battle cartels in their own country. Deputy Attorney General Ogden was joined in announcing a comprehensive response to the situation on the Southwest border by Department of Homeland Secretary Janet Napolitano and Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Edward B. Bartoli, a Clearwater, Fla., resident and former attorney, was sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Charles R. Norgle of Chicago, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The owner of two elder care homes in Long Beach, Calif., has pleaded guilty on Mar. 23, 2009 to bringing undocumented aliens into the United States and forcing two of them to work at her businesses.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Alberto Goachet, 67, a political consultant and aide to former Puerto Rico Sen. Jorge De Castro Font, was sentenced today to three months in prison, three months of home detention and three years of supervised release, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Pine City Bancorporation, Inc., Pine City, Minnesota, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
By Fed Newswire | Mar 24, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Spring Grove Investments, Inc., Spring Grove, Minnesota, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
