News published on Federal Newswire in August 2010

News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today applauded the IRS’s announcement that it would discontinue the practice of making a taxpayer’s debt indicator (DI), a figure maintained by the IRS to track whether an individual taxpayer has any delinquent tax debts or other obligations that...

Chairman Kerry On The Constitutional Referendum In Kenya

By State Newswire | Aug 5, 2010

News Release: Washington, DC -Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement in response to yesterday’s constitutional referendum in Kenya:

NPS Implements 2010 Sea Turtle "Nest Watch" Volunteer Program

News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today the return of the sea turtle "Nest Watch" volunteer program for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore 2010 summer/fall sea turtle season. Under the direction of Resource Management staff, the goal of the Volunteer Park (VIP) program is to ensure the successful...

Lewis, Becerra Hail IRS Decision to Protect Consumers by Removing the “Debt Indicator”

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) and Xavier Becerra (D-CA), Subcommittee Member and Vice Chair of the Democratic Caucus, today issued the following statements in support of the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) decision to no longer provide tax preparers...

Kline: Stop the Bailouts

By DOL Newswire | Aug 5, 2010

News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s decision to summon Congress to Washington to vote on a controversial state bailout, including $10 billion requested by teachers’ unions to keep school systems funded at levels states cannot afford.

Chairman Levin Statement on Medicare and Social Security Trustees Reports

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement upon release of the annual reports from the Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds...

Man Rescued after Falling over Edge of Grand Canyon

News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - At approximately 2:45 p.m., the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report that a man had fallen over the edge near Mather Point on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.

SENATOR COLLINS ISSUES STATEMENT ON COMPLAINTS RAISED BY ICE OFFICERS, DRAFT IMMIGRATION MEMO

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Susan Collins, R-Me., Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on Thursday called upon Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to immediately look into concerns raised by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

SENATORS COLLINS, LIEBERMAN PRAISE FBI FOR al-SHABAAB TERRORISM ARRESTS

News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Thursday praised the FBI for arresting two people and charging 12 others from Minnesota, Alabama, and California with material support for the terrorist organization al-Shabaab.

Yosemite National Park Announces Public Meetings Regarding the Tuolumne River Plan

News Release: Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announces several public meetings regarding the Comprehensive Management Plan for the Tuolumne Wild and Scenic River (Tuolumne River Plan). The public meetings will take place at Parsons Memorial Lodge in Tuolumne Meadows on Aug. 20, Sept. 10, Sept. 11, Sept. 17, and Sept. 18, 2010. All meetings will occur from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.

National Park Service and Havasupai Tribe hold ribbon cutting ceremony on new housing for Supai Camp constructed with funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Under clear blue skies the National Park Service and Havasupai tribal members held a ribbon cutting ceremony today for newly constructed housing in Supai Camp located within Grand Canyon National Park. Funding for this project was made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Not only has this project improved housing for the tribe, it created jobs in local communities.

National Park Service Beach Access Report for August 5, 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...

Information Regarding the Democratic Alternative to the Johanns Amendment to the Small Business Jobs Bill

News Release: After Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced the series of amendments the Senate will consider to the Small Business Jobs Act, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) released the text of the Democratic alternative to the Johanns amendment. The Democratic alternative responds to concerns raised by small businesses by making targeted changes to information reporting requirements that would significantly reduce paperwork burdens.

LIEBERMAN, COLLINS PRAISE FBI FOR al-SHABAAB TERRORISM ARRESTS

News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Thursday praised the FBI for arresting two people and charging 12 others from Minnesota, Alabama, and California with material support for the terrorist organization al-Shabaab.

USDA Seeks Sheep and Goat Producers for Sheep Center Board

By USDA Newswire | Aug 5, 2010

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking candidates for the board that oversees the new National Sheep Industry Improvement Center.

FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE IN DIRE NEED OF REFORM

News Release: WASHINGTON-A new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report shows that the Federal Protective Service (FPS) does not adequately train its contractor guards and that, on a building-by-building basis, no one is accountable for decisions about each building the FPS protects. The report, “Addressing Weaknesses...

Restoring Habitat for Seabirds on the Channel Islands

News Release: The Channel Islands provide essential nesting and feeding grounds for approximately 99 percent of seabirds that nest in southern California. Restoring critical seabird habitat on the Channel Islands is the featured topic for the August “From Shore to Sea" lecture by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) biologist Annie Little.

Baucus: Report Showing Stronger Medicare Trust Fund is Good News for America’s Seniors

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said today that the annual report from the Board of Trustees of the Medicare and Social Security Trust Funds on the financial outlook of the programs is good news for the sustainability of the Medicare program. The report concluded...

Baucus Unveils New Substitute Amendment to the Small Business Jobs Act