News from February 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - With President Obama’s announcement that he will hold a televised, bipartisan health care meeting on February 25th, Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said today that the first question President Obama should address...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2010
News Release: Homestead, Florida: Today, Monday February 8, 2010, Everglades National Park Fire and Aviation Division will be conducting a prescribed fire burn in the East Everglades District of the park. General location of the fire is south of 136th Street, North of 168th Street, and West of 218th Avenue. Staff...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2010
News Release: Rome, NY:The staff at Fort Stanwix is recruiting young patriots that want to make a difference in their bodies with some fun in the fresh air. What does that have to do with Fort Stanwix? Come learn about life in the Continental Army during a Central New York winter and find out.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2010
News Release: Music and History Celebrating. African American Heritage Month. Lowell, MA. Lowell National Historical Park is hosting two programs in celebration of African American Heritage Month. Each is a free program at the Park Visitor Center, 246 Market Street, in Lowell. Music and song played a powerful role...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin has announced that a revised environmental assessment (EA) for the construction of a new Science and Resource Management Facility in the park is now available for public review and comment.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) recently awarded the contract for construction of Phase II of the improvements called for in Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim Visitor Transportation Plan to Fann Contracting, Inc. of Prescott, Arizona.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today a clarification of the law enforcement statistics contained in the 2009 Off-Road Vehicle Law Enforcement Management Actions and Activities report that was released on Feb. 2, 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 8, 2010
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Lake Mead National Recreation Area volunteers will be among the 2.3 million volunteers participating in Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup happening in 15,000 communities nationwide on Saturday, March 6. Boulder Harbor will be the focus of this year’s event at Lake Mead and will be from 8 am to 12 pm.
By State Newswire | Feb 8, 2010
News Release: WITNESSES: Nicole Wong, Esq. Vice President and Deputy General Counsel. Google, Inc. Ms. Rebecca MacKinnon. Visiting Fellow. Center for Information Technology Policy. Princeton University. Cofounder of Global Voices Online. Mr. Robert W. Holleyman, II. President and CEO. Business Software Alliance...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2010
News Release: Crater Lake National Park Service Rangers launched a Search and Rescue Mission for three overdue cross country skier early Wednesday morning 02.03.10. Three cross country skiers from the Eugene, Oregon area were reported overdue along the East Side of Crater Lake during the afternoon of 02.02.10.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC -- Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today condemned the order announced by Iranian President Ahmadinejad to begin enriching uranium to 20%, ostensibly to fuel a medical research reactor. With uranium in this form it is significantly easier to continue the enrichment process to a weapons level of 80% or more.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ahead of a hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform scheduled for this Wednesday entitled, “Toyota Gas Pedals - Is the Public at Risk?" the Committee’s Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA), said today that he plans on requesting that the panel’s Chairman Edolphus...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 6, 2010
News Release: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that a settlement has been reached in a dispute begun in 1943 over a proposed 34-mile stretch of road through Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Under the terms of the agreement signed today by the Department of the Interior, Swain County, North Carolina, and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Department of the Interior will pay up to $52 million into a trust fund established for the County.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that it will monitor the Feb.6, 2010, municipal primary election in the city of New Orleans to ensure compliance with the anti-discrimination requirements of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2010
News Release: Balli Aviation Ltd., a subsidiary of the United Kingdom-based Balli Group PLC, pleaded guilty today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to a two-count criminal information in connection with its illegal export of commercial Boeing 747 aircraft from the United States to Iran, announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A resident of India pleaded guilty today to conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges arising from an international fraud scheme to "hack" into online brokerage accounts in the United States and use those accounts to manipulate stock prices, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Deborah K.R. Gilg of the District of Nebraska.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 5, 2010
News Release: The federal financial regulatory agencies and the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (the regulators) issued a statement today on prudent lending to creditworthy small business borrowers.1 The regulators recognize that small businesses play an important role in the economy and know that some are experiencing difficulty in obtaining or renewing credit.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 5, 2010
News Release: Good afternoon. Thank you to Mike Eckhart for his kind introduction. And thank you to the American Council on Renewable Energy for hosting this conference.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 5, 2010
News Release: During last week’s State of the Union speech, the president announced a goal of doubling exports over the next five years to support 2 million jobs in America.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 5, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on the January 2010 Employment Situation report released today: "This past January, the economy lost 20,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate dropped to 9.7 percent.
