News from April 2010
By DOL Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) released the following statement today regarding a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) inspections of domestic food facilities. Among its findings, the report...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: (Munising, MICH.) To celebrate National Park Week, please join National Park Service Ranger David Kronk for guided hike from Miners Castle to Miners Beach and back on Saturday, April 24. Meet at Miners Castle at 9 a.m. to begin this two hour program as Ranger Kronk interprets the geology and natural history along the way.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park and the Town of Estes Park are teaming up again to provide an opportunity for area residents to recycle corrugated cardboard. The first Community Cardboard Recycle day for 2010, will be Saturday, April 17, from 8:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Residents are asked to bring their corrugated cardboard to the Rocky Mountain National Park truck/trailer site on Mills Drive. Signs will be posted on Mills Drive to direct you to the exact location.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: New Visitor Center and Accessible Trails Will Deepen Public’s Connection to Iconic National Park Site.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: A new test that is one billion times more sensitive for detecting staph enterotoxin A is among the latest nutrition and health findings reported in the newest issue of the Agricultural Research Service's (ARS) Food and Nutrition Research Briefs (FNRB) and its Spanish-language edition (Informe de investigaciones de alimentos y nutrición).
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the following comment about the suggestion by White House economic adviser Paul Volcker that the United States should consider imposing a Value Added Tax, or national sales tax.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: Harkers Island, NC -- Superintendent Russel J. Wilson announces that park staff has completed posting important nesting sites for the threatened piping plover. The nesting season for piping plovers and other beach nesting birds extends from April 1 to August 31. The nine sites on the Core Banks include...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: The National Park Service, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, California, has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed project. The EA is now available for public review and comment through April 27, 2010. The National Park Service (NPS) proposes recontouring slopes and establishing drainage improvements at the Crystal Creek Quarry site, and installing mine safety treatments at abandoned mine lands in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: As part of the larger National Parks Week celebration, the 4th annual Waterfall Week celebration begins on April 17 at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, and will continue through April 25. Waterfall Week is timed to encourage visits to the park’s three major waterfalls during their peak flows when...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: National Park Service will waive Entrance Fees During National Park Week.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park report that the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) is currently open for vehicles 10 miles to Lake McDonald Lodge on the park’s west side and six miles to Rising Sun on the east side. The road into Two Medicine is open for vehicle traffic as far as Running Eagle Falls. Kintla Road is open to Big Prairie. All other park roads remain closed to motorized vehicles due to snow and ice.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -. Click to enlarge. Background: 1. President Obama’s new OCS plan locks up 360 million acres, or 60 percent of the OCS previously under moratoria. 1. According to an April 2, 2010 Rasmussen poll, 72 percent of Americans are in favor of new offshore drilling, while 59 percent say...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released a report today entitled, “An Agency on the Brink: How the Theft of Sensitive Property Exposed a Climate of Complacency at the National Archives." The report details new information stemming...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: Zion National Park is pleased to announce the selection of Mark Graham as the Artist-in-Residence for the April 2010 session. Graham, a landscape painter and educator at Brigham Young University, recently moved to Utah from New York City. He has a profound interest in wilderness, in desert ecology, and in the role of art in fostering a sense of reverence for the natural world. Graham will provide a public presentation at the Zion Lodge Auditorium on April 17, 2010 at 9 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 7, 2010
News Release: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Calif. (March 24, 2010)-Starting April 1, Conzelman Road between McCullough and Field Roads will close to all traffic including bicycles and pedestrians for six months. These additional closures are part of the Project Headlands safety and access improvements for several popular Marin Headlands roads.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Abuja, Nigeria, on April 11 at the invitation of the Nigerian government to meet with her African counterparts and officials from the International Civil ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — A New York City federal grand jury returned an indictment against a former Mount Sinai Medical Center and School of Medicine purchasing official today for participating in bid-rigging and fraud conspiracies related to contracts for work performed at Mount Sinai, the Department of Justice announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: A Detroit-area resident pleaded guilty today for her role in an infusion and injection therapy scheme to defraud Medicare, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By Fed Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Atlantic Southern Financial Group, Inc., Macon, Georgia, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Banking Commissioner of the State of Georgia.
By Fed Newswire | Apr 6, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee on Tuesday released the attached minutes of the Committee meeting held on March 16, 2010.
