News from April 2010
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin today announced the issuance of a commercial use authorization (CUA) for bicycle rental operations located at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center on the park’s South Rim. The National Park Service underwent an open and competitive...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell of Iowa, Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, held a hearing to review two proposals received by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to create exchanges that would trade derivatives based on box office receipts.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: Bar Harbor, ME - Acadia National Park Superintendent Sheridan Steele said the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has provided $2,670,668 to repave roads and parking lots and rehabilitate culverts and stonework in Acadia National Park. The National Park Service recently awarded Sargent Corporation of Stillwater, Maine, a contract to complete the work. Most of the work is on the Park Loop Road system and adjacent parking areas with some work in the Schoodic area.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today issued the following statement in response to escalating political unrest in Thailand:
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa and House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Lamar Smith today asked nine auto CEOs to answer questions about the relationship between “secret negotiations" with the Obama Administration on setting greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards under the Clean Air Act (CAA) and government aid to the auto industry including the use of government ownership stakes in Chrysler and GM.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: LOWELL, MA - Lowell National Historical Park and the Lowell Film Collaborative are pleased to sponsor a series of programs focused on food traditions and innovators in Massachusetts.
By State Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement on the appointment of House members to the conference committee to reconcile the House and Senate versions of Iran sanctions legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 22, 2010 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Forests, Parks and Public Lands held a legislative hearing on the bipartisan Cabin Fee Act of 2010 (H.R. 4888 ). The Subcommittee heard from multiple cabin owner witnesses who expressed real need for the legislation, which will correct volatile and skyrocketing cabin fees by establishing a fair, sustainable fee system.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Russel J. Wilson welcomes the public to join us Sunday, April 25 outside the Harkers Island Visitor Center of Cape Lookout National Seashore as we celebrate Junior Ranger Day and National Park Week.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park report more roads are opening this week, allowing greater access for visitors during the second weekend of National Park Week. Entrance fees are waived through April 25, 2010. National Park Week, a program of the National Park Service, is an opportunity...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today welcomed a new report examining Montana’s innovative system for funding child welfare service providers, and said inventive ideas in the Montana system could benefit child welfare programs in other states across the country.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: Join the National Park Service for an open house on Saturday, May 1, 2010. The event takes place from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the grounds of the U.S. Coast Guard Historic District at 1815 I’On Avenue on Sullivan’s Island.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Jim McDermott (D-WA), delivered the following statement today at a Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing examining the role of education and training in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Thursday introduced legislation to renew a highly effective, competitive grant program to help prevent disaster-related damage before it happens.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: PUBLIC COMMENT SOUGHT. Park Superintendent Connie Rudd announced today that Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Curecanti National Recreation Area are beginning a management plan for wilderness and backcountry for both parks. “The plan will explore and address many issues," said Rudd. “It...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 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 DOL Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: “I’d like to thank all of you for being here today as we continue to discuss the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Through our previous hearings, we have gained valuable insight into the need for education reform, the Administration’s views on how best to meet this challenge, ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Park Foundation is inviting schools across the country to explore the unique geology of Utah’s Bryce Canyon National Park in an Electronic Field Trip (EFT) on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010. The program, which includes interactive lesson plans and games leading up to the EFT, is free for participating schools and is targeted to elementary and middle school youth.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Treasury Secretary to justify claims that General Motors has repaid its TARP loans when GM is using other TARP funds to repay the loans.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 22, 2010
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on a new analysis from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office on the impact of penalties for not complying with the individual mandate to purchase health insurance. The CBO document is posted with this news release at finance.senate.gov.
