News from December 2010
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2010
News Release: The holiday season is a great time to visit Rocky Mountain National Park. In addition to beautiful scenery, wildlife viewing and a variety of winter recreational activities to do on your own, some fun activities with park rangers are offered. Rocky Mountain National Park has a calendar full of fun family activities for the holidays.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Susan Collins issued the following statement regarding the selection of Rear Adm. Sandra L. Stosz to serve as the next Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives will consider H.R. 6517, the Omnibus Trade Act of 2010, as amended, tomorrow. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) introduced this important legislation to extend expiring trade provisions, and to support American manufacturing on Dec. 13, 2010.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2010
News Release: Hawaiians can now worry less about finding stray yellowjackets living in their Christmas trees shipped from the mainland United States, partly due to research by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist and his university and state cooperators.
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today extending his condolences on the loss of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Construction has been completed on the Historic Grand Canyon Depot (Depot) finishing improvements to the area where Grand Canyon Railway passengers load and unload buses for tours within Grand Canyon National Park. The project was included as part of Grand Canyon’s 2008 South Rim...
By State Newswire | Dec 14, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Following Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) announcement this afternoon regarding the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released this statement:
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2010
News Release: This holiday season is a perfect time to visit Florissant Fossil Beds with visiting friends and family. The Monument offers two; self guided interpretive trails as well as 14 miles of easy to moderate hiking trails. The visitor center has an exhibit of delicate insect and leaf fossils and a theater where one can view the orientation film. The bookstore is great for last minute gifts.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation announced today the availability of two WaterSMART Title XVI Water Reclamation and Reuse Program funding opportunities. Both funding opportunities are available online at www.grants.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Florida man and two U.K. nationals pleaded guilty Dec.10, 2010, to immigration fraud charges for their roles in a scheme to fraudulently procure visas from the U.S. Embassy in London through a Florida property development company called Royal Development. The guilty pleas were announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – DeKalb County, Ga. has agreed to make major improvements to its sanitary sewer systems in an effort to eliminate unauthorized overflows of untreated sewage, the U.S. Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department today announced it has filed a lawsuit against Berkeley School District, Berkeley, Ill., alleging that the school district violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by failing to reasonably accommodate the religious practices of Safoorah Khan, a Muslim teacher at McArthur Middle School.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday proposed two rules that would expand the coverage of consumer protection regulations to credit transactions and leases of higher dollar amounts.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: NEW YORK — The U.S. Department of Labor has taken legal action to recover more than $829,000 in back wages for 32 workers employed as demolition laborers by Enviro & Demo Masters Inc. and Gladiators Contracting Corp., construction demolition companies based in Brooklyn and Queens.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent order requiring C.S. Capital Management Inc. of Atlanta, Ga., and owner Paul H. Saylor to restore $1,090,000 to the Plumbers and Pipefitters National Pension Plan as restitution for improperly investing $25 million in risky private placement bonds. The firm also was ordered to pay $109,990.91 in fines to the federal government.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
