News from May 2009
By Homeland Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: Bipartisan legislation that would provide the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) with the authority it needs to quickly hire experienced, well-qualified staff to conduct rigorous oversight of reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan unanimously passed the Senate this week.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: Contact: Sandy Snell-Dobert, 907-641-2337, ext. 227.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: (Calumet, MI) Facility Manager Charles Masten has announced that area young people will share in a summer work opportunity offered through the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program, administered by Keweenaw National Historical Park, in Calumet, Michigan. Applications are being distributed to area high schools for students between the ages of 15 and 18 interested in applying for the popular YCC program. There are no income restrictions for this youth employment program.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service Outer Banks Group announces the start of numerous projects to be completed during 2009 summer and fall seasons. These projects are being accomplished using funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the National Park Service (NPS), and Eastern National. In...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ. - Construction began this week on visitor improvements outlined in Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan. The improvements will address significant parking shortages which are causing resource degradation issues, safety risks due to pedestrian/vehicular conflicts at and around Mather Point, and difficulty accessing the Grand Canyon Visitor Center (Visitor Center) located at Canyon View Information Plaza (CVIP).
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: (Corpus Christi, Texas)- Superintendent, Joe Escoto, announced today, that effective immediately and until further notice, park visitors will have their passes scrutinized in order to insure, that they are up to date and in compliance with fee standards. The park must also comply with Director's Order 22: Recreation Fees. “We will be scrutinizing all park passes, this includes the Padre Island National Seashore Pass ( PAIS Pass), the Senior Access and Access Passes".
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: LAS VEGAS - This summer season Lake Mead National Recreation Area will begin billing for transporting patients in National Park Service ambulances. This move will bring the park into line with other units of the National Park Service (NPS) including Grand Canyon National Park and Death Valley National Park.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service Outer Banks Group announces the start of numerous projects to be completed during 2009 summer and fall seasons. These projects are being accomplished using funds provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the National Park Service (NPS), and Eastern National. In...
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: Work to improve Chinook salmon and steelhead trout habitat within Clear Creek below WhiskeytownDam is beginning at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Gravel suitable for spawning fish is being placed in or along Clear Creek at several locations between Whiskeytown Dam and NEED Camp. This gravel replaces the natural source that was blocked by Whiskeytown Dam upon its completion in 1963.
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: Mr. GRASSLEY: Mr. President, it is no secret that I have worked for decades to bring greater transparency and accountability to all facets of government operations. If there is one thing that I have learned over those years it is that you cannot achieve the goal of greater transparency and accountability without access to information.
By DOL Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today released the following statement regarding the proposal from a coalition of insurers, hospitals, physicians, pharmaceutical companies, medical device manufacturers and providers that could...
By USDA Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: Poultry infected with the parasite Eimeria maxima usually develop avian coccidiosis, a disease estimated to cost producers globally more than $1.2 billion every year. So Agricultural Research Service (ARS) immunologist Hyun Lillehoj has been working with colleagues in ARS and around the world to find dietary supplements that strengthen the poultry immune system.
By Interior Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: Students from the Urban Forestry Trade program at the Pine Knot Job Corps Center recently cleared hazard trees at the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. As part of National Youth Service Day and National Volunteer Week, Urban Forestry Instructor Todd Kip and his students removed several...
By Commerce Newswire | May 1, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today blasted new guidelines that could severely limit the ability of ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) agents to conduct worksite enforcement against illegal workers.
