News from January 2010
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: Lenape: Ellis Island’s First Inhabitants closes Jan. 10 - Don’t miss it.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina - Superintendent Russel J. Wilson announced the dates of the 2010 operating season and the opening of reservations for the Great Island cabins on South Core Banks and Long Point cabins on North Core Banks within Cape Lookout National Seashore.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) recently introduced H.R. 4350, the “Fallen Heroes Family Act of 2009." Each year a number of military families who have lost a loved one face unnecessary difficulties and hardship when trying to bring a surviving parent legally to the United States to raise the U.S. service member’s child. Recently, the task has been accomplished through the difficult process of private bills in Congress.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: (Hancock, MI) The National Park Service at Keweenaw National Historical Park is working with EPA, Franklin Township, and numerous other stakeholders to remediate the Quincy Smelting Works and plan for appropriate and beneficial future uses of the site. The EPA has provided the services of a facilitator from its IDIQ contractor, E2 Inc. to assist the group in its efforts.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: The has been released and communicates the various accomplishments met by the staff, partners and volunteers of Gateway National Recreation Area. The park is committed to protecting and preserving our natural and cultural resources and providing opportunities for visitor enjoyment.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement today regarding the Obama Administration’s Christmas Eve gift to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today sent a letter to White House Counsel Robert Bauer requesting the White House provide a “full and complete list of all elections in which the White House engaged in efforts to persuade specific...
By Commerce News Now | Jan 1, 2010
News Release: Most Americans consider themselves middle class. This raises the question, what does it mean to be middle class? This report examines various definitions, discusses middle-class values and aspirations and presents hypothetical budgets showing how these aspirations might be achieved with different incomes. Finally, we consider whether or not it is harder to live a middle-class lifestyle today than it was twenty years ago.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 1, 2010
News Release: Today, 164 years after the battle, it is the birds that remain on the site. And, as part of the Audubon Society’s 110 annual Christmas Bird Count, Palo Alto Battlefield NHP has a glimpse of which birds are currently in the park..
