News from November 2009
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON--The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Tuesday considered the nominations of Erroll Southers and Daniel Gordon.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: Mr. President, last week we learned that the nation’s unemployment rate has risen to 10.2 percent. One out of every ten working Americans is out of a job. But the real number is even higher than that. It’s really closer to one in every six. When you add in people who are underemployed or have stopped...
By State Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement today in response to the formation of a coalition unity government in Lebanon:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park fisheries staff, along with federal, state and Tribal agency partners recently completed spawning ground surveys for bull trout within the park. Bull trout are listed as a “Threatened" species under the Endangered Species Act and annual spawning nest (redd) counts provide a non-invasive way to monitor relative population strength.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ. -At approximately 6:00 p.m. on Monday, November 9, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center (Grand Canyon’s 911 dispatch center) received a report of a man down on the Bright Angel Trail just below “mile-and-a-half house". The reporting party, family members who had hiked ahead of the man, said that when they found him he was not breathing, was unresponsive and his head was bleeding.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: The General Management Plan for Cumberland Gap National Historical Park has been posted and is available for public review and comment. It is a plan that will outline the management of the park and its resources.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: It’s the responsibility of Congress to weigh the costs and benefits of every policy decision it makes, and the bigger the issue the more important it becomes. This isn’t the Environment Committee so this isn’t the place for a detailed examination of the purported environmental benefits of any climate...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: A team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant physiologists is studying how global climate change could affect food crop production--and prompt the evolution of even more resilient weeds.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: Join San Juan Island National Historical Park staff and volunteers for the annual old-fashioned Holiday Social, tree-trimming and cookie potluck from noon to 3 p.m., Saturday, December 5, at English Camp.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D?Mont.) in a hearing today explored the effects of prospective climate change legislation on employment, focusing on the areas of renewable energy, energy efficiency, carbon capture and storage and nuclear power. Baucus convened the hearing...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) delivered remarks today before the Washington International Trade Association (WITA), where he outlined a new, comprehensive U.S. trade policy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: BOULDER CITY, Nev. - The National Park Service is looking for partners in the community to help restore and protect the park's wilderness areas south of Boulder City. As part of the initiative, rangers will be increasing day and night patrols in the Black Canyon and Eldorado wilderness areas.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 10, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service and California State Parks invite you to an “Old-Time Holiday" celebration at Whiskeytown's Tower House Historic District and Shasta State Historic Park on Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Visitors will be treated to festivities and refreshments at both...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 9, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano joined students at Abu Dhabi’s Zayed University on Sunday to discuss the importance of equal opportunities in education and the value of public service for women across the world.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 9, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials met with their counterparts from the Mexican Ministry of Finance and Public Credit (SHCP) on Friday to outline joint initiatives to combat transnational crime, increase law enforcement collaboration and increase the secure flow of travel and trade along the U.S.-Mexico border.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has asked a federal court to shut down a Dallas-area tax return preparer, the Justice Department announced today. The government complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Dallas alleges that Travis Nicholas Stenline of Seagoville, Texas, operates a business he calls Nick Tax or Nick’s Taxes that prepares fraudulent returns for customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Laurie O. Robinson was sworn in today as Assistant Attorney General in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs (OJP).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2009
News Release: An eighth individual pleaded guilty today to illegally accessing numerous confidential passport application files. Susan Holloman, 58, of Washington, pleaded guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Alan Kay in the District of Columbia to a one-count criminal information charging her with unauthorized computer access. Holloman is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 21, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Sioux City, Iowa, today barred a Humboldt, Iowa, woman, Gayle Lemmon, and her tax preparation business from claiming improper deductions on federal income tax returns. The court’s order, which Lemmon agreed to, also prohibits her from representing customers before the IRS and requires her to attend government-approved tax training classes.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Deputy Assistant Attorney General Molly Boast of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division issued the following statement today after the European Commission (EC) issued a statement of objections regarding Oracle Corporation’s proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc.: "After conducting ...
