News from October 2009
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2009
News Release: National Park Service Announces Termination of Fort Hancock Rehabilitation Agreement.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2009
News Release: Artificial insemination (AI) techniques that work well with cattle and swine can be difficult or costly to perform in sheep, but help's on the way, thanks to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) studies in Fort Collins, Colo.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Jay Rockefeller, a West Virginia Democrat, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, have introduced legislation that would make it easier for consumers to take advantage of a tax incentive in the stimulus package intended to encourage the purchase and manufacture of energy-efficient doors, windows, and skylights.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2009
News Release: A Friday Houseboat fire on Lake Powell resulted in burns and other injuries to six people.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2009
News Release: Celebrate the 35th Anniversary of Knife River Indian Villages NHS! Governor John Hoeven has proclaimed Oct. 26, 2009, Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site Day commemorating the site’s 35th anniversary. On Oct. 26, 1974, Congress authorized the park to become a unit of the National Park Service.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2009
News Release: On Saturday, Oct. 17, at approximately 6 p.m., an ultralight plane carrying two people crashed in Zion National Park near the Right Fork of North Creek. The pilot and a passenger from the St. George, Utah area received injuries ranging from bumps and bruises to bone fractures. Two Zion National Park...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2009
News Release: The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission will convene for its regular quarterly meeting at 9:00 A.M. on Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009 at park headquarters located on the corner of Red Jacket Road and Hwy. US-41. Agenda items include Commission base-budget funding, 2010 Keweenaw Heritage...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 19, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the Administration's green jobs event.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 19, 2009
News Release: Responding to today’s announcement from the White House that 250,000 education-related jobs have been saved or created as a result of the economic stimulus package enacted earlier this year, the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s top Republican, Rep. John Kline (R-MN), issued the following statement...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano yesterday joined President Obama, Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan, Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan and White House ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal judge in St. George, Utah, has permanently enjoined Kent Bickmore, the founder of a so-called asset-protection business, from helping customers file fraudulent liens and create hidden nominee bank accounts, the Justice Department announced today. Bickmore agreed to the injunction without admitting the government’s allegations.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that a federal district court in Richmond, Va., ruled yesterday that Virginia violated the voting rights of American military personnel and other overseas citizens by failing to mail absentee ballots in sufficient time for them to be counted in the Nov. 4, 2008, general election.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: Former General Services Administration (GSA) Chief of Staff David H. Safavian was sentenced today to one year in prison on charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements in connection with the investigation into the activities of former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced this week that it has filed a lawsuit against TK Properties L.L.C., its officer, Scott Terveen, and two employees, Ann Wagner and Corey Anderson, for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating on the basis of race. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: The positive role that trade and investment play in enhancing industrial modernization, creating jobs, and improving relations between the United States and Russia highlighted discussions today between U.S. and Russian officials. U.S.-Russian trade reached record levels in 2008, when total volume topped $36 billion.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 16, 2009
News Release: Washington – The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans - known as the ERISA Advisory Council - will meet Tuesday, Nov. 3, and Wednesday, Nov. 4, at the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW, in Washington, D.C.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 16, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
