News from October 2009
By DOE Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP), one of seven partnerships in the U.S. Department of Energy's Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program, has successfully injected 1,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the Mount Simon Sandstone, a deep saline formation that is widespread across much of the Midwest.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: On Friday, Oct. 16, 2009, a 49-year-old man died of what appears to have been a case of heat stroke following a prolonged hike in unseasonably hot weather on Santa Cruz Island within Channel Islands National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: Today, Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2009, Trail Ridge Road officially closed for the season to through travel. Old Fall River Road officially closed for the season on October 8, 2009. Since Sunday, October 4, Trail Ridge Road has been closed due to consistent winter conditions of drifting snow, high winds...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of "Healthy Animals." This quarterly online newsletter compiles ARS news and expert resources on the health and well-being of agricultural livestock, poultry and fish.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont) commented today on the quarterly report from Special Inspector General (IG) for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), Neil Barofsky. The Special IG reports that the TARP played a significant role in stabilizing the financial...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: Branch Chief for Interpretive Services in Yosemite National Park, Mary Kline, was the recipient of a National Park Service (NPS) National Accessibility Achievement Award in the “Programmatic Accessibility Achievement" category.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area will be hosting a public scoping meeting on Thursday, Oct. 29, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at park headquarters. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss an upcoming Environmental Assessment (EA) of new trail connections in three units of the park:...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan M. Collins, R-Me., introduced a bill Wednesday aimed at making the federal government, the world’s largest institutional consumer of energy, more energy efficient. Her measure also would require that all executive branch agencies set clear goals in order to chart progress in this critical area.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 21, 2009
News Release: Committee Bill Will Bring Accountability to Over-the-Counter Markets for the First Time.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today called on Senate Democratic leaders to hold a hearing on the nomination of Service Employees International Union Associate General Counsel Craig Becker to the National Labor Relations Board. Becker was nominated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Omni Home Care, a home health care agency in Evansville, Ind., and its parent corporation, Omni Home Health, have agreed to pay the United States $1.97 million to settle claims that it violated the False Claims Act between 2006 and 2008, by failing to obtain certain required physician approvals before submitting bills for home health services to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury in Denver returned a 15-count felony indictment yesterday charging two individuals with conspiracy, wildlife trafficking and firearms violations stemming from the illegal trapping, killing and selling of bobcats and their pelts, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Three tax shelter promoters, Peter J. Peggs of Prides Crossing, Mass., Robert D. Larsen of Winter Park, Colo., and Craig M. Stone, formerly of Fort Pierce, Fla., were convicted of conspiracy to defraud the United States by a federal jury in Grand Rapids, Mich., today following a four-week trial, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. In addition, the jury found Peggs and Larsen guilty of tax evasion.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — A U.S. Army Sergeant deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, pleaded guilty today to bribery and a money laundering conspiracy arising out of her work administering transportation services, the Department of Justice announced today. The Army Sergeant has agreed to pay $90,000 in restitution to the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and to cooperate with the Department of Justice’s ongoing investigation.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: On Oct. 19, 2009, the Federal Reserve conducted an auction of $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Following are the results of the auction: Stop-out rate: 0.250 percent Total propositions submitted: $39.566 billion Total propositions accepted: $39.566 billion Bid/cover ...
By Fed Newswire | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings on September 8 and 21, 2009.
By Fed Newswire | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the appointment of Patrick M. Parkinson as director of the Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, effective immediately.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Bureau of the Census today released data on new residential construction in September 2009. Permits declined 1.2 percent in September but have risen 15.1 percent since their low in April. Starts edged up 0.5 percent in September and have grown 23.2 percent above their low in April.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: Federal OSHA to review all state plan programs WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released a report on Nevada's occupational safety and health program that reveals a number of serious concerns with the program's operation, including failure ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 20, 2009
News Release: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking solicits comments from public WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will publish an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) in the Oct. 21 edition of the Federal Register as an initial step in development of a standard to address the hazards of combustible dust.
