News from March 2009
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: Seneca Falls - Women's Rights National Historical Park will offer the last in a series of Women's History Month programs on Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM in the visitor center at 136 Fall Street, Seneca Falls.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: Harkers Island, NC -- Superintendent Russel J. Wilson announced a 25% discount this year, from June 8 through Sept. 1, on cabin rental rates for the Great Island Cabin Camp (on South Core Banks across from Davis, North Carolina) and Long Point Cabin Camp (on North Core Banks across from Atlantic, North Carolina).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: “To date, the Troubled Asset Relief Program has given more than $300 billion to private companies and there are plans to give billions more.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service is planning to conduct a prescribed burn on approximately 30 acres of park property at the Cold Harbor Battlefield, Richmond National Battlefield Park at the end of March. The burn will be carried out only if certain conditions are met, as described below. The areas to be burned...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service is planning to conduct a prescribed burn on approximately 20 acres of park property at Malvern Hill Battlefield, Richmond National Battlefield Park at the end of March. The burn will be carried out only if certain conditions are met, as described below. The areas to be burned...
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: (rtsp://video.webcastcenter.com/srs_g2/epw031909.rm?start=42:20). Washington, DC - In remarks delivered today, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works called national global warming legislation "the common-sense approach" to ensure that our ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: PBS Series Airing in September Explores History of the National Parks and Stories of Those Who Fought to Protect and Preserve America’s Natural Treasures.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR), and Senator Olympia Snowe (R- ME) today introduced the Compensation Fairness Act of 2009, legislation to discourage excessive compensation by companies that have...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
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By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ. - A man found deceased in his residence within Grand Canyon National Park on Monday has been identified as Richard Dennis Schultz.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: Dear Mr. Allison: As Fannie Mae is currently under the conservatorship of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), U.S. taxpayers have a substantial interest in its operational decisions. Taxpayers should see their tax dollars applied in a manner that will provide them with as optimal a return as...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: On Tuesday March 17 (St. Patrick’s Day), more than 40 students from the University of Iowa participated in a volunteer clean-up effort at Vicksburg National Cemetery. The students were on a Pay It Forward Tour organized by Students Today Leaders Forever, a non-profit group dedicated to leadership and community service.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: Lowell, MA. Lowell National Historical Park and Lowell Telecommunications Corporation (LTC) announce a new partnership project through a grant from the National Park Foundation. The project, “Lowell’s Young Producers", will provide the high school members of the River Ambassador Program with an opportunity...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: Determining the host range of fungal pathogens that have potential for use as biological controls of weeds should become easier to do, thanks to a new technique developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House of Representatives today gave overwhelming bipartisan support to H.R. 1586, legislation written by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), to tax the bonuses of highly paid individuals at a rate of 90 percent if their employer received more than $5 billion in Federal capital injections under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). The legislation passed the House by a vote of 328-93, drawing support from 85 Republican Members.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2009
News Release: Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee Susan Collins (R-ME), Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT), and Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) have introduced bipartisan legislation that would provide the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) with the authority it needs to quickly...
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 18, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | Mar 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today continued his call for the Administration to honor its commitment to transparency by implementing the means necessary to track every government bailout dollar and unlock the value of toxic assets.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced that it has entered into a consent decree today with Muskegon County, Mich., that, if approved by the court, will resolve the Department’s lawsuit against the county alleging that a former employee was subjected to sexual harassment that caused a hostile ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 18, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The government has filed two lawsuits against the Union Pacific Railroad Company for allegedly failing to prevent the use of its rail cars to smuggle large quantities of narcotics into the United States, the Justice Department announced today. The complaints, filed in San Diego and Houston, ...
