News from November 2009
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service continues to accomplish work on projects at Grand Canyon National Park that have been funded, in part, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Recent projects include repair of the historic North Rim forest trails, some of which...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: The strong nor’easter that swept up the East Coast over the weekend has left impressive after effects in its path on the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Park visitors and ORV users will encounter noticeable differences in ocean beach and dune conditions and caution is advised.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Public comment period to close Nov. 21, 2009 for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Lassen Volcanic National Park Warner Valley Comprehensive Site Plan.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: As part of the Office of Nuclear Energy's Next Generation Nuclear Plant (NGNP) Program, the Advanced Gas Reactor (AGR) Fuel Development Program has achieved a new international record for irradiation testing of next-generation particle fuel for use in high temperature gas reactors (HTGRs).
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), along with Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Ranking Member Charles Boustany (R-La.) introduced legislation today to help ensure...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement today regarding the Administration’s announcement that the United States will engage on the Trans Pacific Partnership Free Trade Agreement (TPP)...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent the following letter to Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) this morning regarding the exclusion of government witnesses from tomorrow morning’s hearing entitled: “Joint Investigative Hearing entitled, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Dear Secretary Sebelius: We appreciate your continuing leadership and efforts to confront the H1N1 influenza outbreak as well as your response to the letter that we wrote to you on Oct. 27, 2009 and to Senator Collins’ letter on Oct. 26, 2009. With unprecedented speed your department has overseen...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - A new improved-performance refractory lining material developed by the Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has been successfully tested and could lead to greatly increased reliability and economics of gasification technology as a clean and efficient process.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Working to protect taxpayers and Medicare beneficiaries, Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced legislation to get at a major factor in Medicare fraud by giving the federal government more time to pay Medicare providers when waste, fraud and abuse is suspected.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Dear Secretary Sebelius: We appreciate your continuing leadership and efforts to confront the H1N1 influenza outbreak as well as your response to the letter that we wrote to you on Oct. 27, 2009 and to Senator Collins’ letter on Oct. 26, 2009. With unprecedented speed your department has overseen...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on a new report saying that a $400 tax credit provided by the economic stimulus plan may leave more than 15.4 million Americans owing money to the IRS because of under-withholding from their paychecks. The...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Several partners with Big Bend National Park have combined their efforts to establish best practices in support of the park's night sky project.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: A new partnership has been formed to combat the spread of Russian olive and other invasive weeds on private and public lands in the Escalante River watershed in southern Utah.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: "Credibility counts in government and stupid mistakes like this undermine it".
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), along with Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-Ga.) and Ranking Member Charles Boustany (R-La.) introduced legislation today to help ensure...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: The tenth season of Biscayne National Park's popular Family Fun Fest series kicks off Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009 at the park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center. The event is free and takes place from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the second Sunday of every month from December through April - one month earlier than the previous 9 years.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
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By DOE Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Department of Energy today announced the recent appointment of three key senior staff members to the Office of Fossil Energy - James F. Wood, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Clean Coal; Christopher A. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oil and Natural Gas; and Michelle Dallafior, Senior Policy Advisor to the Assistant Secretary.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 15, 2009
News Release: Step Back into the Past this Holiday Season.
