News published on Federal Newswire in October 2009

News from October 2009


The US Interior Department published a two page rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Oct. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Research on Childhood Obesity May Help Fight Epidemic

News Release: More than 16 percent of children and adolescents in the United States are overweight-a doubling of the estimated incidence of overweight among children and a tripling of the rate among adolescents in the past two decades. But scientists funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and based at the ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center (CNRC) at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas, are fighting back.


News Release: WEST BRANCH, IOWA- The 2009 Artist-in-Residence program at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site featured writer Laura Madeline Wiseman and painter Patricia Rottino Cummins. Each artist donated work created during their residencies this summer. Ms. Wiseman’s poem “Maternal Lineage" may be found on the...


All Veterans, Military Personnel and Families Receive Free Admission on November 11

News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. -All National Park Service sites, including Glacier National Park, will offer free admission to veterans, current members of the U.S. armed forces, and their families on Wednesday, Nov. 11, in honor of Veterans Day. This annual fee-free day was established in 2006 and is in addition...


Fort Necessity to receive original Jumonville document at French and Indian War Seminar

News Release: (Farmington, PA) Joseph Coulon de Villiers sieur de Jumonville. The annual French and Indian War Seminar is held at the site that bears his name. This year there will also be a rare document that bears his signature: Villiers Jumonville.


News Release: In marking up H.R. 2194, I have one transcendent goal in mind: To maximize the chances that Iran, the leading state sponsor of terrorism, will be prevented from acquiring the capacity to produce nuclear arms. That capacity would pose perhaps the most serious strategic threat to our nation.


Grassley Works to Help Military Personnel With First-time Homebuyer Tax Credit

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is a co-sponsor of legislation to help members of the military benefit from the first-time homebuyer tax credit, which is likely to be extended and possibly expanded in the coming weeks.


News Release: WASHINGTON - At a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee business meeting Wednesday, Ranking Member Senator Susan Collins, R-Me., opposed President Obama’s nomination of Rafael Borras to be Under Secretary of Management at the Department of Homeland Security. The committee, chaired...


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. ­- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Wednesday approved the nomination of Rafael Borras to be Under Secretary for Management at the Department of Homeland Security. The Committee, led by Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., reported Borras to the full Senate by a vote of 7 to 3.