News from April 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Domestic Policy Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim Jordan (R-OH) today sent a scathing letter to General Motors (GM) Chairman and CEO Edward Whitacre assailing GM’s “slick marketing campaign" built around statements that “constitute a lie to the American people."
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2010
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid- to late-August and sea turtle nesting closures may...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The National Weather Service is predicting rain and snow throughout the weekend for Glacier National Park, with new snow accumulations of a foot or more throughout the park above 4,000 feet. Upper elevations already received about a foot of new snow this week. Because of the winter-like storm, and to ensure visitor and employee safety, road access will be adjusted as conditions warrant.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2010
News Release: Scientists funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) found that volunteers who followed a low-calorie diet or a very low-calorie diet not only lost weight, but also significantly enhanced their immune response. The study may be the first to demonstrate the interaction between calorie restriction and immune markers among humans.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 29, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2010
News Release: The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area will conduct an informational public meeting on May 12, 2010, regarding the proposed Morgan Falls bridge and connecting trails. The meeting will be from 7:00 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. at the East Cobb Library in the Kroger shopping center at the corner of Johnson...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2010
News Release: Tomorrow, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson begins a series of field hearings to hear from people about U.S. farm policy in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 29, 2010
News Release: Losses of managed honey bee colonies nationwide totaled 33.8 percent from all causes from October 2009 to April 2010, according to a survey conducted by the Apiary Inspectors of America (AIA) and the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Beekeepers identified starvation, poor weather, and weak colonies going into winter as the top reasons for mortality in their operations.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Local youth from the Escalante Future Scientists are competing in the National Park Foundation’s First Bloom garden design contest. First Bloom gives 4th- 6th grade youth around the country firsthand experience in national parks. Park rangers and the education specialist at Bryce Canyon...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 29, 2010
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: Your staff has asked whether, in my opinion, the Committee’s effort to determine what the government knew about Dr. Hasan before the shooting at Ft. Hood, as opposed to whether he is guilty or innocent, is likely to put at risk the fair administration of justice. Speaking only for...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Yesterday, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA) joined colleagues on the House Energy and Commerce and Education and Labor Committees in a letter to insurance companies, asking them to end the practice of...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 28, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after today’s announcement that the Administration will allow the private investment and development of the Cape Wind Energy Project in the Federal waters off the Massachusetts coast.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT), Susan Collins (R-ME), Joe Lieberman (ID-CT), John McCain (R-AZ), and Thomas Carper (D-DE) this week introduced the Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2010, a bipartisan bill that reauthorizes the Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG), the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Grant (SAFER), and the Fire Prevention and Safety Grant (FP&S) programs.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C.- Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today joined German Interior Minister Thomas de Maizière and German Constitutional Court President Andreas Vosskuhle to deliver remarks about collaborative international efforts to prevent, deter and disrupt international terrorism while respecting individual privacy at Georgetown University Law Center.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C. - U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland today signed a landmark Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to strengthen emergency management cooperation in response to major storms and other disasters of all kinds.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C. - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks highlighting the Department’s ongoing efforts to bolster aviation security at the National Chamber Foundation’s Annual Aviation Summit—a forum sponsored by the non-profit affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in order to foster public debate on emerging critical aviation issues.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Juan Cortes-Meza, 33, of Mexico; Raul Cortes-Meza, 22, of Mexico; Edison Wagner Rosa Tort, 71, of Cartersville, Ga.; and Otto Jaime Larios Perez, 27, of Guatemala were sentenced by U.S. District Judge Richard W. Story for participating in sex trafficking in an organization targeting young Mexican women.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – David Ryder, a convicted felon who was dressed as a police officer on the day of a police-involved shooting on Sept. 4, 2005, in New Orleans, pleaded guilty today in federal court to lying to a federal agent and to illegally possessing a firearm.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Sophia Manuel and Alfonso Baldonado Jr. have been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges arising from a human trafficking scheme to hold Filipino nationals in forced labor in country clubs and hotels in Southeast Florida, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 28, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Former New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officer Robert Barrios pleaded guilty today in federal court to conspiring with fellow officers to obstruct justice by covering up a police-involved shooting that occurred on the Danziger Bridge in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
