News from October 2009
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2009
News Release: The entrance road and parking lot resurfacing project has been rescheduled for Monday and Tuesday, October 19 and 20, 2009. Visitors to Casa Grande Ruins National Monument may experience brief delays on the entry road to the Monument. The road and parking area will be resurfaced and restriped during...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2009
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA: In order to help keep the public informed about upcoming projects, activities and events in this unit of the national park system, Fort Vancouver NHS is now utilizing the social networking and microblogging service Twitter.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 8, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 8, 2009
News Release: "We Owe It To Our Troops To Bring Hardnosed Realism To Whatever We Ask Them To Do ".
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2009
News Release: "Video Adventures On The High Seas" Program At Park Library.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2009
News Release: As of September 16th, 2009, in areas open to ORV use, night driving is allowed with a night driving permit. There is no cost to the permit and permits are available online at.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 8, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced a comprehensive proposal to extend unemployment insurance by up to 14 additional weeks for jobless workers in all 50 states. Nearly two million out-of-work Americans face expiring benefits by the end of the year.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 8, 2009
News Release: Don't Miss "Tales of the Engagé": a National Park Urban Campfire Program at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
By DOL Newswire | Oct 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee, today issued the following statement on a new report showing state-by-state disparities in health care.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: An updated version of the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) flagship nutrient database has been launched by ARS, the principal intramural scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The database is the major authoritative source of information about food composition in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bruce Lapierre of Pascoag, R.I., was sentenced to 51 months in prison today for tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States, the Department of Justice and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced. Chief Judge Mary M. Lisi of the District of Rhode Island also ordered Lapierre to pay $463,988 in restitution. Judge Lisi ordered that Lapierre to begin serving his sentence on Oct. 28, 2009.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and Education Secretary Arne Duncan today joined with Chicago city officials to call for a national conversation on values to address youth violence in the wake of the fatal beating of a Chicago high school student. The announcement followed meetings with City officials, community leaders, students, and parents.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: Michael Wildridge, 41, pleaded guilty today to transportation and possession of child pornography and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Bruce Mikulyuk, 50, of Mishawaka, Ind., pleaded guilty today to interfering with the housing rights of a white woman and an African American man by burning a cross in their yard and later returning with a knife and threatening the man if he did not leave, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Moldovan national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Kansas City, Mo., for his role in a forced labor trafficking scheme that victimized workers in 14 states, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City returned a superseding indictment against a former manager of a U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractor in Iraq, charging him with conspiracy to commit bribery, bribery and failing to appear in court, the Department of Justice announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: Thank you. As always, Secretary Chu, it’s a pleasure to share a stage with you. I’m so pleased to see all of you here. We are coming to a critical time in the debate about energy and climate legislation. And I want to commend all of you for getting behind this effort. Having the support of the business ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: Move marks 5th round of enforcement initiative by mine safety agency ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) today announced that 10 mine operators from around the country have received letters putting them on notice that each has a potential pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards under Section 104(e) of the federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act).
By Labor Gazette | Oct 7, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis leads the U.S. delegation to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for the 16th Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labor. Today Secretary Solis addresses the labor minister attendees in a plenary session titled "Coordination of Policies and Programs for Promoting ...
By DOT News Wire | Oct 7, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
