News from September 2009
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) shuttle system had an increase in riders during the 2009 season, its third in existence. The shuttle ended operations for the year on Labor Day, September 7, with park officials reporting a significant increase in the number of riders.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service will close off the portion of Mineral Springs Road between Oak Hill Road and U.S. Highway 20, in Porter, Indiana, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on September 19& 20. This closure will allow visitors to Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore’s Duneland Harvest Festival to safely park and walk into the program site at Chellberg Farm.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today introduced the America’s Healthy Future Act, landmark health care reform legislation to lower costs and provide quality, affordable health care coverage. The Chairman’s Mark will make it easier for families and small businesses...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Invites Public to Gather to Watch Premier of Ken Burns Film on National Parks.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday held a hearing on the nomination of Richard Serino to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Serino is currently Chief of Boston Emergency Medical Services (EMS).
By USDA Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2009-Three Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have been inducted into the agency's Science Hall of Fame for research accomplishments that include improving rice varieties, increasing crop productivity in arid climates, and enhancing human and bovine health by focusing on safeguards to dairy cattle and milk.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 16, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) delivered the following opening statement at today’s Full Committee hearing on The Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009 (H.R. 3534).
By DOL Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, spoke this afternoon on the floor of the House about pending legislation that would eliminate the private sector-based Federal Family Education Loan program - the lending model chosen by a large majority of colleges and universities. The bill, H.R. 3221, also creates or expands numerous entitlement spending programs, including a number unrelated to higher education or college access.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area invites you to a special sneak peak screening of the upcoming Ken Burns Film: The National Parks: America’s Best Idea premiering on PBS. Come to either the National Park Service Headquarters or the scenic Satwiwa Culture Center, both located in Thousand Oaks, to enjoy the film and refreshments.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: Saturday, September 26th, 2009. 9 am-1 pm. Paramount Ranch. National Public Lands Day (www.npld.com) is the nation’s largest hands-on volunteer effort to improve and enhance the public lands Americans enjoy. Volunteers can choose from a variety of activities to help improve and enhance the park: installation...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - The Department of Energy today announced 11 projects valued at $75.5 million aimed at increasing scientific understanding about the potential of promising geologic formations to safely and permanently store carbon dioxide (CO2).
By DOE Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Forty-three research projects that will advance carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies while providing graduate and undergraduate student training opportunities at universities across the country will be supported by $12.7 million in U.S. Department of Energy funding announced today.
By State Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC-Following three years of negotiations, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement applauding the sixty-third United Nations General Assembly's historic passage of a resolution to create one UN agency for women, which will promote women's equality and rights:
By Interior Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded a construction contract to SKY Engineering and Construction, Inc. of Phoenix, Ariz., for the renovation of the Desert View restroom and the replacement of existing chemical toilets with new concrete vault toilet buildings at four...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following statement today on the proposal released by Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith (R-TX) have sent a letter to White House Counsel Gregory Craig calling for the release of information pertaining to the appointment of a number of senior Administration advisors, otherwise known as “czars."
By Interior Newswire | Sep 15, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that National Park Service (NPS) crews will begin repair work on several popular Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) beach access ramps on Hatteras Island this week. The work is expected to begin this week and be completed by early October. Park visitors can expect to see...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Baltimore on Wednesday, Sept. 23, to deliver remarks at the News and Terrorism: Communicating in a Crisis workshop produced jointly by the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences and DHS. More details on the trip will be released once they are finalized."
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 15, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Secretary Napolitano believes the American people deserve an alert system that is effective and trusted. She thanks the task force for its hard work on this important issue. The Secretary looks forward to reading the report and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 15, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal judge in San Francisco has issued permanent injunctions barring four individuals from promoting what a government lawsuit describes as a complex tax-fraud scheme involving several entities located around the globe, the Justice Department announced today. U.S. District Judge Phyllis ...
