News from May 2009
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today called for the annual Federal budget to include Federal obligations from the bailout of AIG and other failed businesses.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: Qiualified visitors must present a valid military I.D. upon entering the historic site or sites of their choice. Applicable sites include the USS Bowfin Submarine Museum and Park, Battleship Missouri Memorial, and Pacific Aviation Museum. The USS Arizona Memorial and USS Oklahoma Memorial, both operated and maintained by the National Parks Service, do not charge general admission.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The Arizona Department of Transportation will open Highway 67 to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Friday, May 15 by 7:00 a.m. Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim, a Forever Resorts property and Grand Canyon Trail Rides will also commence their season operations on May 15, continuing...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: Wednesday’s Fire Activity: Firefighters completed ignition of the Picnic Prescribed Fire. Creeping fire activity was observed with some single and group torching. Smoke dispersal was good, with no impacts to park roads. Firefighters will continue to patrol the area until the fire is completely out.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area. Long-term Resource Management Under a Changing Climate. Table of Contents. 1. Executive Summary and Introduction. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Adapting to Climate Change at Gateway and. Download the (8.89 MB).
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: - House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson (D-MN) and House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank today made the following joint statement after receiving a letter by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on regulating over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: While on routine patrol in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore near the State Park, a National Park Service Protection Ranger encounter five individuals, several in possession of alcohol. The area is closed to alcohol. The ranger was talking to all five of the individuals when, suddenly, one of them ran...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 13, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding passage of Senator Coburn’s amendment to restore Americans’ Second Amendment rights on public lands.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore is currently accepting applications for the Tule Elk Docent Program for the summer of 2009. Tule Elk Docents help promote awareness and protection of the tule elk by helping park visitor’s view, understand, and appreciate the elk during the rut, or mating season. Tule Elk...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: Page, Ariz. - An employee with Glen Canyon National Recreation Area received the Department of the Interior’s highest award for Valor.
By DOL Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: Following this morning’s White House meeting on health care reform between President Obama and congressional Democrats - but not a single congressional Republican - Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA) issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2009
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - The M'Clintock House, located at 14 East Williams Street in Waterloo, will open for the summer beginning Saturday, May 23. The site will be open Thursday through Sunday, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM, throughout the summer.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: BOSTON, MA - Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry announced today that nine
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded Finance Committee action to favorably report, by a unanimous voice vote, the nomination of Neal Wolin to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. Today’s vote was scheduled as an executive session during the Committee’s...
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that long-time Outer Banks Group employee Paul K. Stevens has been selected as the next Chief Ranger for the Outer Banks. Stevens replaces Norah Martinez who transferred to become the Chief Ranger at Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve in Alaska earlier in 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – John Demjanjuk, a former Nazi death camp guard and a resident of Seven Hills, Ohio, has been removed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to Germany, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and ICE Acting Assistant Secretary John P. Torres announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Houston returned a two-count indictment today charging Laura Pendergest-Holt, the chief investment officer of Houston-based Stanford Financial Group (SFG), with conspiring to obstruct a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proceeding investigating SFG, as ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today announced the details of its newly formed initiative aimed at preparing government officials and contractors to recognize and report efforts by parties to unlawfully profit from the stimulus projects that are being awarded as part of The ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: Alaska Gold Co. (Alaska Gold), and NovaGold Resources Inc. (NovaGold), the owners and operators of the Rock Creek Mine near Nome, Alaska, have agreed to pay a $883,628 civil penalty to resolve violations of a storm water discharge permit.
By Fed Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Security Bank Corporation and Security Interim Holding Corporation, each of Macon, Georgia, registered bank holding companies, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Banking Commissioner of the State of Georgia.
