News from May 2009
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2009
News Release: Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park opened around 9:00 a.m. yesterday morning, May 21. It closed last night at 8:45 p.m. due to weather conditions and reopened this morning. The Mayors of Grand Lake and Estes Park cut a ceremonial ribbon this morning to celebrate the opening of the road that connects their two communities.
By USDA Newswire | May 22, 2009
News Release: Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson expressed his appreciation for Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack’s decision to use the Dairy Export Incentive Program to assist U.S. dairy farmers who are suffering from record low prices nation-wide. Peterson strongly encouraged the Administration to take this action to provide relief to dairy farmers.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Christopher Dodd yesterday evening introduced the Healthy Families Act, which will allow American workers to earn paid sick days to care for themselves and their families without risking their jobs.
By DOL Newswire | May 22, 2009
News Release: Following this week’s hearing of the Education and Labor Committee on seclusion and restraint in schools - during which it was revealed that children have been abused, injured, and even killed through misuse of such tactics - Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA) has requested a detailed analysis of the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed response to the problem, and plans to protect children in the future.
By DOE Newswire | May 22, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - The Plains CO2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, one of seven members of the U.S. Department of Energy's Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, has begun collecting core samples from a new characterization well near Spectra Energy's Fort Nelson natural gas processing plant in...
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2009
News Release: Petrified Forest National Park will host a Native American Arts Fair on Friday and Saturday, June 5th and 6th from 10:00am to 5:00pm. Many regional Native American artists will share their talent and offer works for sale. Jewelry, fetishes, ceramics and other traditional American Indian arts and crafts will be available to purchase. Admission to this event is free to the public on both days.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2009
News Release: FARMINGTON - The details of the encounter are still debated. Young George Washington was in the secluded glen at sunrise on that May morning 255 years ago. The French troops, who were just waking, put up fifteen minutes of resistance. The skirmish sparked the French and Indian War, a war that spread to four continents.
By Interior Newswire | May 22, 2009
News Release: Aerial searchers on Mt. McKinley discovered no new leads today as to the whereabouts of missing solo climber Dr. Gerald Myers. Four NPS spotters on board a Cessna Conquest fixed wing aircraft flew two separate flight missions to the upper elevations of the peak on Friday afternoon, getting a clear look at the summit plateau and elevations above 19,000 feet. Lower level cloud cover prohibited a helicopter search of the mountain’s middle elevations.
By Interior Newswire | May 21, 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 DOE Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano commended today the seizure of 630 kilograms (0.69 tons) of cocaine by Mexican customs officials at Mexico City International Airport using non-intrusive screening ...
By Homeland Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Secretary Napolitano: Well, thank you, Ed [National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC) Chairman Ed Mueller]. And good afternoon—and I hope that your meetings today are useful because the subjects that you are ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a Tanzanian national who has been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since September 2006, will be prosecuted in federal court in the United States pursuant to the Mar. 12, 2001 superseding indictment currently pending against him in the Southern District of New York.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation Centers Inc. nursing home chain will pay the United States $4 million to settle allegations that Regency submitted false claims to Medicare and the Texas Medicaid program, the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas announced today. The Victoria, Texas-based chain currently owns and operates 24 nursing home facilities located through the state.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Three HealthEast Care System hospitals have agreed to pay the United States $2.28 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today. All three hospitals are located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn., area.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — A U.S. Navy subcontractor from Virginia has pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud the Navy in connection with contracts for fabricated metal to be used for the repair and maintenance of elevator equipment on Navy aircraft carriers and support vessels, the Department of Justice announced today. The charge is the first to arise out of the Department’s ongoing antitrust investigation into the sales of fabricated metal products and other materials to the U.S. Navy.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment today charging Robert Young, 56, a former captain in the U.S. Army, and Robert Jeffery, 55, a former master chief petty officer in the U.S. Navy, with conspiracy and theft of government property in connection with a scheme to steal large ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: The Maine Department of Education (MDE) has agreed to pay the United States $1.5 million to settle allegations that it submitted false information to the U.S. Department of Education regarding the state education agency’s eligibility to receive federal funds under the Migrant Education Program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: The Department has filed a complaint in U.S. District Court in Arkansas against the City of Marion alleging it subjected Stacy D. Allen, an African-American and a former City part-time patrol officer, to discrimination on the basis of his race when he was not selected for either of two full-time patrol officer positions in the Marion Police Department.
By DOJ Newswire | May 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal jury that convicted Steven D. Green, a former Ft. Campbell, Ky., soldier of charges arising out of the rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the murder of the girl and her family today said it was unable to reach a unanimous verdict on whether the defendant should be sentenced to ...
