News from May 2009
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman John Tanner (D-TN) and Ranking Member Sam Johnson (R-TX) issued the following joint statement in response to the 2009 report of the Board of Trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds, released today...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA) issued the following statement in response to the 2009 report of the Board of Trustees of the Medicare Trust Fund, released today...
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: A pair of California condors recently discovered incubating an egg in the first San Benito County nest in more than 70 years are now caring for a wild hatched chick. The birds are nesting in a shallow cave high on a vertical cliff face located at the RS Bar Guest Ranch in Paicines, California. In an unprecedented opportunity, the owners of the RS Bar Guest Ranch are teaming up with Pinnacles Partnership to offer limited public viewing of the nest site.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials today announced the following 2009 operating dates for park concessioners. These concessioners, who work under contract within Glacier National Park, provide visitor services including lodging, food service, gift shops, tours, transportation, horseback...
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) and Ranking Member Charles W. Boustany, Jr. (R-LA), today introduced H.R. 2343, the Tax Compromise Improvement Act of 2009, legislation that would help struggling taxpayers enter into offer-in-compromise (OIC) agreements...
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: The Conservation Fund joined the east Texas community and a host of public and private partners on April 15, 2009 to celebrate and announce the donation of 6,600 acres of bottomland hardwood forest and cypress-tupelo wetland to the National Park Service as part of Big Thicket National Preserve.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Governor Deval Patrick today announced the Department of Energy's intent to award Massachusetts $25 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to accelerate development of the state's Wind Technology Testing Center and create hundreds of new jobs in the area.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy today released the following statement
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2009
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By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: A fifty-seven year old male was discovered at 11:00 a.m. this morning at the base of Ptarmigan Glacier near Notchtop Couloir in Rocky Mountain National Park by two backcountry skiers. The men were able to contact park dispatch via cell phone at approximately 11:45 a.m. The fifty-seven year old male had...
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 Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below about the 2009 Medicare Trustees’.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced that the annual seasonal closures of village beaches to off-road vehicle (ORV) use within the National Seashore will go into affect on Friday, May 15, 2009. The ORV closures are established in village beach areas that receive heavy pedestrian use, including areas...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — Christine A. Varney, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department’s Antitrust Division, today announced that the Department is withdrawing, effective immediately, a report relating to monopolization offenses under the antitrust laws that was issued in September 2008. As of today, ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2009
News Release: Novo Nordisk A/S (Novo), a Danish corporation based in Bagsvaerd, Denmark, has agreed to pay a $9 million penalty for illegal kickbacks paid to the former Iraqi government. Novo agreed to pay the fine as part of a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department. The matter is part of the Justice Department’s ongoing investigation into the U.N. Oil-for-Food program.
By DOJ Newswire | May 11, 2009
News Release: U.S. District Judge Samuel B. Kent was sentenced today to 33 months in prison for obstruction of justice related to an investigation of a judicial misconduct complaint filed against him.
By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2009
News Release: Thank you, Michelle. Good morning everyone. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and I are pleased to welcome you to today’s Supply Chain Infrastructure Competitiveness Conference.
