News published on Federal Newswire in October 2009

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY), senior Senate Finance Committee member John Kerry (D-MA) and Ways and Means Select Revenue Subcommittee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) today unveiled a comprehensive...

Glen Canyon Winter Hours of Operation

News Release: Glen Canyon National Recreation Area announces the following winter operating hours for facilities and commercial services.

Rangel, Baucus, Neal, Kerry Improve Plan to Tackle Offshore Tax Abuse Through Increased Transparency, Enhanced Reporting and Stronger Penalties

News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ways and Means Select Revenue Subcommittee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA), and senior Senate Finance Committee member John Kerry (D-MA) today unveiled a comprehensive...

Follow Haleakala on Twitter

News Release: Press releases from Haleakala National Park will now be distributed on Twitter in addition to our regular email listing. If you would like to follow us on Twitter you can find us at @Haleakalanps or.

Grassley: Federal Government is Wrong to Keep ACORN in Combined Federal Campaign

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, is concerned that the federal government is refusing to omit ACORN from the Combined Federal Campaign. Sen. Grassley conducts oversight of tax-exempt groups and related entities. Here's a comment from Sen. Grassley...

Grassley floor speech about higher premiums that would result from pending health care legislation

News Release: As I travel around Iowa, I hear a lot of concern about out-of-control government spending and a massive government takeover of our health care system. People are worried that health reform will result in lower quality, less access and government bureaucrats deciding what health insurance you can and can’t have.

ARS Scientists Cryopreserve Pest-Imperiled Ash Trees

By USDA Newswire | Oct 27, 2009

News Release: Using cryopreservation methods, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have devised a procedure for storing frozen budwood from ash trees (Fraxinus) and thawing the delicate buds for later use in propagation.

Water and Power Subcommittee Ranking Republican McClintock Requests Field Hearing on California Drought

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 27, 2009 - Today at an oversight hearing on Water Management and Climate Variability, House Water and Power Subcommittee Ranking Member Tom McClintock (CA-04) urged Democrats to help provide relief to San Joaquin Valley famers and families who are suffering from a devastating man-made drought.

Bodie Island Lighthouse Lens Work Progressing

News Release: Cheryl Shelton-Roberts, along with ten other volunteers from the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society, worked with NPS contractor, Carolina Lighthouse Lens Works, and National Park Service volunteers this past week for several days carefully cleaning the prisms from the Bodie Island Lighthouse Fresnel lens.

Zion National Park to Offer Weekend Shuttle Bus Service in November

News Release: The mandatory shuttle service on the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive in Zion National Park and shuttle service in Springdale, Utah, has ended for the season. The park will be providing a voluntary shuttle service on the Zion Canyon Scenic Drive on Saturday and Sunday, through November. Shuttle service will also be offered on Thanksgiving Day, November 26 and Friday, November 27. All shuttle bus operations will end for the 2009 season on the evening of November 29.

JNEM Releases Final General Management Plan

News Release: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Releases Final Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement.

Baucus Floor Statement Regarding Unemployment Insurance

News Release: Mr. President, the unemployment rate is now 9.8 percent. Before long, economists expect it to top 10 percent.

Secretary Napolitano Applauds President Obama’s Intent to Nominate Caryn Wagner as Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 26, 2009

News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today applauded President Obama's intent to nominate Caryn Wagner as Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis (I&A).

Attorney General Holder Expands U.S. Attorney Advisory Committee

News Release: WASHINGTON - Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the appointment of nine new U.S. Attorneys to serve two-year terms on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC). The new appointees include: U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara; U.S. Attorney ...

Justice Department Settles Voting Rights Case with Lake Park, Florida

News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced the filing of a consent decree settling a Voting Rights Act lawsuit against the town of Lake Park, Fla., that, subject to court approval, will alter the method of electing the town commission. The town will discontinue use of its current at-large method of electing the commissioners. Lake Park will use a limited voting plan beginning with the March 2010 elections.

Former Federal Corrections Officer Sentenced to Life in Prison on Civil Rights Charges Related to Fatal Assault

News Release: WASHINGTON – Erin Sharma, a former corrections officer with the Federal Bureau of Prisons, was sentenced today in federal court in Orlando, Fla., on federal civil rights charges related to the fatal assault of an inmate, announced Assistant Attorney General Thomas E. Perez of the Civil Rights Division ...

Utah-Based Tax Shelter Operators Plead Guilty in $200 Million Dollar Tax Fraud

News Release: WASHINGTON – David Plummer, Spencer Plummer and Terry Green, operators of a fraudulent tax shelter that offered tax benefits in connection with the leasing of thoroughbred mares, pleaded guilty today to a criminal information charging them with one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Justice Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced.

Cuban Citizen Extradited from Latvia and Arraigned for Allegedly Trafficking Counterfeit Slot Machines and Computer Programs