News from October 2009
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2009
News Release: Over the next five months, weather conditions permitting, fixed wing and helicopter flights will occur over Rocky Mountain National Park. These flights will assist with the survey procedures to estimate elk populations in the park. Park staff anticipate no more than three days of flights per month. The flights will not occur on holidays.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D?Mont.) and Ranking MemberChuck Grassley (R?Iowa) commented today on a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report onthe Treasury Department’s Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI). The TFI was created inMarch 2004...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2009
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing the soybean model GLYCIM to improve its performance under a range of conditions around the world. In the process, they've been able to pinpoint the best agronomic practices for maximizing soybean production in Thailand.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2009
News Release: Yosemite National Park’s meadows, trails and wildlife are better off thanks to a $5.8 million contribution by the nonprofit Yosemite Fund.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2009
News Release: For a detailed description of the project and to submit comments, please visit the NPS Planning, Environment, and Public Comment website using the following link.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 26, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04), Congressman Bill Cassidy (LA-06) and 67 bipartisan Members of Congress sent a letter to Nancy Sutley, Chairwoman of the President’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, expressing concerns that the Task Force’s Interim Report is not balanced and could be used to block offshore energy development and job creation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon National Park fire officials implemented the Hearst Tank prescribed burn on the South Rim Saturday, Oct. 24. Approximately 100 acres were ignited.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In December of 2008, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) launched an investigation into Countrywide Financial Corporation’s infamous VIP and Friends of Angelo Program that exposed the inner workings of Countrywide’s efforts to buy friends...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Edolphus “Ed" Towns (D-NY) and Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statements after Chairman Towns issued a subpoena to Bank of America for Countrywide Financial VIP program documents. Chairman...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 23, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Charleston, S.C. - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham today announced an agreement between DHS and the state of South Carolina to use $800,000 in fiscal year 2009 homeland ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Army contracting official was sentenced today to 40 months in prison for accepting more than $80,000 in bribes in exchange for corruptly providing contract work to two Afghan trucking companies, announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Tommy Handy, aka "Tom Tom," waived indictment and pleaded guilty in federal court in Little Rock, Ark., to a federal charge of sex trafficking of an underage female, announced Thomas E. Perez, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, Jane W. Duke, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former State Department employee was sentenced today to 12 months of probation for illegally accessing more than 75 confidential passport application files, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division announced. William A. Celey, 28, of Washington, was also ordered ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed a motion to intervene in Disability Advocates Inc. v. David A. Paterson, et al. in federal court in the Eastern District of New York. The United States alleges that the state of New York has failed to house thousands of individuals with mental illness who ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 23, 2009
News Release: Thank you all for joining me today at this, the first Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) meeting of the Obama administration.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 23, 2009
News Release: U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, Larry Summers join interagency meeting focused on initiatives to boost U.S. exports and create jobs Related Image Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today chaired the Obama Administration’s first meeting of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee (TPCC) and focused on ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 23, 2009
News Release: Locke also announces $1.4 million grant for broadband mapping in West Virginia Related Image U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke visited Simonton Windows in West Virginia with Senator Jay Rockefeller and Governor Joe Manchin today to celebrate the return of 200 employees to the company, thanks to the ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 23, 2009
News Release: Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) today released additional guidance to help plan administrators and service providers comply with the expanded requirements for reporting service provider fee and compensation information on the Form 5500 Annual Returns/Reports. The expanded requirements apply for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2009.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 23, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Oct. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Oct 23, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on Oct. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
