News from April 2010
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: April 19 -23, 2010. With support from port-related businesses and the National Park Service, the Friends of Fort McHenry have created an education program that immerses students from selected Baltimore City schools in the history of Fort McHenry. This program not only inspires a sense of pride in their...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 14, 2010 - Today, House National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop (R-UT), House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (R-WA), Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Peter King (R-NY) and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation has released for public review and comments the Draft Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) on the construction of new wells at the Elk Valley Rancheria to provide water for livestock and irrigation. The Elk Valley Rancheria is located in Crescent City, California. This project is being funded by the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) and Senator Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) today applauded new proposed regulations from the U.S. Treasury Department and other federal...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on Wednesday welcomed news that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE) have announced significant changes to the Energy Star program, all aimed at bolstering its certification process to ensure that only products which meet energy-efficiency requirements receive the coveted blue logo.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: Saturday, April 24th has been designated National Junior Ranger Day in conjunction with National Park Week (April 17-24), an annual presidentially proclaimed week for celebration and recognition of the country’s nearly 400 national park areas. The Junior Ranger program engages young people in age appropriate activities that allow them to discover the significance of a specific site and introduce them to the national park system and to the mission of the National Park Service.
By State Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today released a statement in response to a series of earthquakes that struck a mountainous region in western China:
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - House Oversight & Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa said a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the Department of the Interior’s failure to determine whether or not appropriate payments are being made to the federal government by energy companies who lease public lands for oil and gas extraction is a troubling sign that needed reforms at the Department of the Interior are not being put in place.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: (Munising, MICH.) All around the nation and world, science cafés are springing up to engage everyday citizens and working scientists in conversations about the value of scientific inquiry. These special cafes are held at casual meeting places, in plain language, and include conversations that welcome people with no particular scientific background to the discussion.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: Mr. President, shortly, the Senate will vote on the motion to waive the Budget Act for the consideration of my amendment and this important bill to extend Unemployment Insurance benefits and other vital safety net programs.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, today warned sensitive student information could be at risk through vast data warehouses that collect private, personally identifiable information on school children. The committee heard testimony on the risks to students’ personal information during a hearing on data collection in the K-12 education system.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Ways and Means Committee today held a hearing on energy tax incentives that are driving the green job economy. Committee Members discussed the positive growth spurred by investments created by the American Recovery and Investment Act (P.L. 111-5), and further steps the Committee can take to reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil, and spur additional job creation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 14, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today to explore opportunities for creating jobs through the Federal Unemployment Insurance program. Baucus examined the effectiveness of new programs for Americans receiving unemployment insurance that would give...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 13, 2010
News Release: Come celebrate Earth Day at the Rocky Mountain National Park Greenhouse Thursday, April 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. This is the best time of year to tour the greenhouse since it is full of native plants being grown for restoration projects throughout the park. Park experts will on hand to give greenhouse tours and answer questions about keeping the park "green." Parking is available at the Beaver Meadows Visitor Center where staff will direct you to the nearby greenhouse.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal district court in Florida has permanently barred Jacksonville resident Shirley Clark from preparing tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. Judge Marcia Morales Howard of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida entered the permanent injunction against Clark and her firm, Nichet Corp. Clark consented to the injunction, which requires her to turn over her customer list to the Justice Department.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court has ordered the Walthall County, Miss., School District to eliminate policies that have resulted in significant racial segregation among students in the school district, the Justice Department today announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Paul Zabczuk, a resident of The Woodlands, Texas, pleaded guilty to filing a false tax return in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today. Sentencing has been set for June 22, 2010, before Judge William Dimitrouleas of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Zabczuk remains free on $1 million bail pending sentencing, where he faces a maximum sentence of three years in prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2010
News Release: A retired colonel in the U.S. Army pleaded guilty today to accepting thousands of dollars in gratuities from a contractor during his deployment to Iraq as a contracting officer’s representative, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2010
News Release: The founder and chief executive officer of Image Entry Inc., pleaded guilty today for his role in a conspiracy to inflate his earnings resulting from the company’s 2001 acquisition by SourceCorp Inc., announced Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Lanny A. Breuer and U.S. Attorney James T. Jacks of the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 13, 2010
News Release: Detroit-area resident Emma King pleaded guilty today to engaging in a fraudulent medical testing scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
