News from October 2009
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: U.S. SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR KEN SALAZAR.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today joined colleagues to warn against harmful benefit cuts and federal intrusion into seniors’ health care decisions that would result from a government takeover of the nation’s health care system. With Democrats ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: WEST BRANCH, IOWA- This fall, after her second summer as an interpretive ranger at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, teacher Kristen Bergren returned to her third grade classroom in Moline, Illinois. As the park’s Teacher-Ranger, she will continue sharing her love for national parks with her students.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, along with all other National Park sites, will honor U.S. military veterans and current members of the U.S. armed forces with free admission on Wednesday, November 11. In addition, Casa Grande Ruins will host four guided tours on that day-at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m....
By State Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Chairman Kerry released the following statement today in response to news reports about Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai:
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 28, 2009 - During today’s House Natural Resources Full Committee markup, Democrats voted to authorize an additional $22.5 million for neotropical birds and against a fiscally responsible Republican amendment to eliminate the funding increase.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: (Calumet, MI) The Keweenaw National Historical Park (NHP) Advisory Commission will host an event on Saturday, November 7 for issuance of the United States Postal Service’s pictorial cancellation to honor the bicentennial of Douglass Houghton’s birth. The event will take place from 11:00 am until 3:00 pm in the lower level lounge of Michigan Tech’s Douglass Houghton Hall in Houghton Michigan.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 28, 2009
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture held a hearing to review implementation of Title X of the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. Chairman Dennis Cardoza of California called today’s hearing to examine the implementation of Farm Bill provisions regarding specialty crops, organic agriculture, and plant pest and disease management.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: Dear Secretary Sebelius: We are writing to express our strong concerns about the Department of Health and Human Service’s implementation of distribution plans for the H1N1 influenza vaccine. After an impressive effort to research, test, and initiate production of an H1N1 influenza vaccine in record...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 In conjunction with an interagency task force, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced new proposed guidance for protecting the health of emergency responders during an anthrax attack on a major U.S. city.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: Two Chicago men have been arrested on federal charges for their alleged roles in conspiracies to provide material support and/or to commit terrorist acts against overseas targets, including facilities and employees of a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed in 2005, federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement with the city of Marion, Ark., that, if approved by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas, will resolve the department’s lawsuit against the city alleging race discrimination in employment in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. Title VII prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of race, sex, national origin or religion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: Robert J. Cabelly, 61, of Washington, D.C., has been indicted in the District of Columbia in an eight-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to violate the Sudanese sanctions regulations and to act as an unregistered agent of a foreign power, four counts of violating the Sudanese sanctions regulations, as well as one count apiece of money laundering, passport fraud and making false statements.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: Troy, Mich., resident Syed Aziz pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Detroit to participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of the following Written Agreements: Written Agreement by and between Ogden BancShares, Inc., Boone, Iowa, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago; Written Agreement by and among Ames Community Bank, Ames, ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the issuance of a consent Prompt Corrective Action Directive against SolutionsBank, Overland Park, Kansas, a state chartered member bank.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: Good morning. Thank you Ambassador Huntsman. This year marks the 60th Anniversary of the People’s Republic of China. Since 1949, China has grown to become one of the strongest and most vibrant economies in the entire world. In the past 30 years, since the reforms initiated by Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping, ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: Thank you. Good afternoon, everyone. It is an honor to be with you at Jinan University.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce today released its 2009-2013 travel forecast and expects the United States to welcome 63 million international visitors in 2013, an increase of nine percent from record-setting visits in 2008. However, reflective of the global economic downturn, international visitation is projected to decline eight percent between 2008 and 2009 to 53 million visitors.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 27, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $6 million grant to provide an estimated 1,550 jobless workers in Kentucky with partial premium payments for health insurance coverage.
