News from May 2009
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2009
News Release: Artist and National Park Ranger Scott Kraynak will open a solo exhibition of his work at Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery on Friday, June 12, 2009. Inspired: Countless Sources of Beauty, One Spectacular Park features colored pencil drawings by Kraynak, inspired not only by...
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2009
News Release: National Park Service summer programming at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore will start on Friday, May 22, 2009. A wide variety of programs will be offered daily through Labor Day. Also on May 22, the visitor centers at those three parks will begin summer hours of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
By Interior Newswire | May 18, 2009
News Release: Pipestone National Monument Invites the Public to Attend.
By Commerce Newswire | May 18, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) welcomed today’s implementation of the Trade and Globalization Adjustment Assistance Act of 2009,.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2009
News Release: Sagamore Hill, home of President Theodore Roosevelt, is the perfect destination for families who want to do something special for the Memorial Day Week End. The following activities and events are free and no reservations are required.
By Interior Newswire | May 17, 2009
News Release: Sagamore Hill NHS will receive $219,000 to replace its failing windmill as part of the economic stimulus program from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. This money is part of a $750 million package that will be used for 800 projects across the National Park Service throughout the country.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2009
News Release: Tulelake, CA - World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, Tule Lake Unit began giving the first of its on-site summer tours on Saturday, May 16th. On Dec. 5, 2008 President Bush, designated the former Tule Lake Segregation Center and Camp Tulelake (former CCC camp, prisoner of war, Japanese American confinement site), as one of the nine areas identified as part of the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument.
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ. -- Grand Canyon National Park has completed two of three South Rim prescribed fires planned for this spring. Firefighters completed ignition of the 222 acre Picnic Prescribed Fire on Wednesday, May 13, and the 319 acre Quarry Prescribed Fire on Friday, May 15, 2009. Some fire activity...
By Interior Newswire | May 16, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Mary Risser announced that the Operator Certification Commission recently recognized Merlin Mott for his years of service providing safe drinking water for the staff and public. The Operator Certification Commission is a branch of the Division of Drinking Water in the Department of Environmental Quality.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2009
News Release: Roger Lowe, 50, of Indianapolis, was sentenced today to five years in prison for receiving child pornography.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2009
News Release: Michael Wayne Sulfridge, a resident of Union Grove, Ala., and former vice president of corporate finance at Image Entry, Inc. (Image Entry), pleaded guilty today to fraud and tax evasion charges stemming from the company’s 2001 acquisition by Sourcecorp, Inc. (Sourcecorp).
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2009
News Release: Lakhdar Boumediene, an Algerian national who had been held at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility since 2002, has been transferred to France.
By DOJ Newswire | May 15, 2009
News Release: The president of a Miami-Dade County, Fla.,-based intermediary and the former controller of a Miami-Dade County-based telecommunications company both have pleaded guilty in connection with their roles in a conspiracy to pay and conceal more than $1 million in bribes to former Haitian government officials.
By Commerce News Now | May 15, 2009
News Release: Hi, I’m Gary Locke, Secretary of the United States Department of Commerce, and I’d like to welcome you to World Trade Week 2009. There is no better time to recognize the importance of trade to our economy and standard of living than during World Trade Week.
By Commerce News Now | May 15, 2009
News Release: Last year, a record 58 million travelers visited the United States to conduct business, see family and friends, and experience our big cities, small towns and incredible natural wonders. As we celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week, we are reminded that the industry benefits every state and U.S. territory, employing more than eight million workers across the country.
By Labor Gazette | May 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today certified for release $10,175,575 in unemployment insurance (UI) modernization incentive funds to the state of Hawaii. Hawaii qualified for the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) by allowing workers to use their ...
By Labor Gazette | May 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today certified for release $62,817,683 in unemployment insurance (UI) modernization incentive funds to the commonwealth of Virginia. Virginia qualified for the funds available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) by allowing workers ...
By Labor Gazette | May 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $462,096 grant to assist approximately 100 workers affected by layoffs at True Textiles Inc. located in Guilford and Newport, Maine.
By Labor Gazette | May 15, 2009
News Release: Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained court judgments restoring $97,317.49 to the Triangle Laboratories Inc. Retirement Fund in Durham, North Carolina.
By USDA Wire | May 15, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a four page proposed rule on May 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
