News from April 2010
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2010
News Release: JUNIOR RANGER DAY HIGHLIGHTS NATIONAL PARK WEEK AT SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today sought a comprehensive U.S. government investigation into the effects of China’s intellectual property rights (IPR) infringement on American jobs and the American economy. This infringement...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Monday served the Obama Administration with subpoenas for witnesses and documents critical to the Committee’s investigation into the circumstances leading up to the November 5, 2009, terrorist attack that killed 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) delivered the following remarks at the National Press Club today as a featured guest in their Newsmaker’s Luncheon series. Below are Chairman Levin’s remarks as prepared for delivery. You can also click here to watch his remarks and the question and answer session which followed".
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2010
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray invites children throughout the Outer Banks to take part in National Junior Ranger Day at their local national park sites on Saturday, April 24. “Becoming a Junior Ranger is a fun way for children to explore and learn more about the National Parks and how they can help protect these important sites," stated Murray.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 19, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is launching its latest campaign to collect information about farmers markets for the 2010 USDA National Farmers Market Directory, the official count of the nation’s farmers markets. Farmers markets can be added to the directory by market managers, representatives of state farmers market associations, state departments of agriculture, farmers market personnel, and nonprofit organizations.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 19, 2010
News Release: Back for a fourth season - San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park to take passengers on a three hour San Francisco Bay sailing adventure, spring, summer and fall seasons!.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 18, 2010
News Release: In honor of National Park Week, admission to all Pearl Harbor Historic Sites will be free on Sunday, April 18, for active-duty, reserve, auxiliary and retired U.S. military personnel and their dependants. This extends to all service branches - Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard and National Guard.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2010
News Release: Fire Island National Seashore is celebrating National Junior Ranger Day at the Fire Island Lighthouse on Saturday, April 24, 2010, from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with an afternoon of special programs and other activities. In addition to the fun, kids can earn special Junior Ranger patches and badges.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2010
News Release: The Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area is proud to announce the visit of National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis. Director Jarvis will visit the park headquarters in Sandy Springs on April 20 in celebration of National Park Week.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 17, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Jim F. Milestone has announced that Whiskeytown National Recreation Area will be accepting applications for the summer youth job program. Anyone between the ages of 15 and 18 years of age may apply for a summer job. Applications may be obtained at career counseling offices at Shasta, Foothill, Enterprise, West Valley, Central Valley and Anderson High Schools and also at Whiskeytown Headquarters Building beginning April 15, 2010.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks about the Department’s support for first responders to top law enforcement leaders from across the nation at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today attended a roundtable discussion with university leaders in Cambridge, Mass., hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, on ways for the Department ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Recognize Holocaust Survivor as Outstanding American By Choice Boston, Mass. - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas today welcomed more than 400 new U.S. citizens representing 78 countries of origin at a naturalization ceremony at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 16, 2010
News Release: Chairman Price, Ranking Member Rogers, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the President's fiscal year (FY) 2011 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A).
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON—Two subsidiaries of Exxon Mobil Corporation – Mobil Oil Guam Inc. and Mobil Oil Mariana Islands Inc. – have agreed to pay $2.4 million for allegedly violating the federal Clean Air Act by failing to control emissions from their facilities, the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON-- The United States has filed suit asking the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia to permanently bar Saloum A. Njie and his company, MIAAS Associates LLC, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department will not pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against the eight Bay County, Fla., Boot Camp staff members involved in the incident that resulted in the death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson, the department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A one-count bill of information filed today in federal court charges New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Officer Robert Barrios with conspiring with fellow NOPD officers to obstruct justice by covering up a police-involved shooting in the days after Hurricane Katrina, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 16, 2010
News Release: President Obama’s Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force today announced the launch of StopFraud.gov. StopFraud.gov is a one-stop shop for the American people to learn how to protect themselves from fraud and to report it wherever - and however - it occurs. It will also serve as a hub of information about the task force’s work.
