News from July 2010
By USDA Wire | Jul 19, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 19, 2010
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 19, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are a step closer to unlocking genetic clues that may lead to packing more protein and oil into soybeans, a move that would boost their value and help U.S. growers compete in international markets.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park’s Citizen Science Program announces the first annual Noxious Weed Blitz on Friday, July 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the West Glacier Community Building. Noxious Weed Blitz participants will be trained to assist Glacier’s Invasive Plant Management Program by learning to identify, map and pull invasive plants.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - As President Obama attacked Republicans today on the economy, Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, called the President’s remarks “hypocritical" in the face of findings released yesterday in an audit conducted by the Special Inspector...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: Dear Secretary: We wanted to bring your attention to an important issue that we have been focusing on for some time that could save your agency and Americans significant tax dollars. As you know, information technology (IT) has changed the way agencies operate. Over the past decade or so IT has transformed...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park and the Lassen Park Foundation hosted the ‘Reach the Peak’ kickoff event July 17 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Lassen Peak parking area to celebrate the Lassen Peak Trail Rehabilitation Project. “I want to thank everyone that made this event so successful. Over two hundred...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: For the second summer, the National Park Service (NPS) has hired a Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) crew to assist with many park projects. These energetic young students recently performed valuable brush clearing and trail maintenance work in the Buxton Woods Trail near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Work conditions have been difficult with the hot weather but that makes for a refreshing afternoon swim after the work is complete!.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative action against Mas Por Menos LLC, operating in Charlotte, N.C. The action alleges that the company committed willful, repeated, and flagrant violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By USDA Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture is currently seeking comments on proposed procedures for the upcoming referendum on the continuation of the Sorghum checkoff program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement today regarding the final recommendations of the President’s Ocean Policy Taskforce.
By State Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, applauded today’s vote in the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) granting the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commissions (IGLHRC) consultative status.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin issued the following statement today following a meeting of Committee Democrats to discuss upcoming legislation to create new, green jobs and encourage the production and use of renewable energy technology and conservation...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 18, 2010
News Release: World War II Museum Artifacts on Display.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 17, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - An audit that will be released tomorrow by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) entitled: “Factors Affecting the Decisions of General Motors and Chrysler to Reduce Their Dealership Networks" has found that it is unclear if the Obama Administration’s...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Walter Kendall Myers, a former State Department official, and his wife, Gwendolyn Steingraber Myers, have been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole and 81 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in a nearly 30-year conspiracy to provide highly-classified U.S. national defense information to the Republic of Cuba.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two defendants have been sentenced to prison in connection with a series of superseding indictments charging 26 individuals for their participation in an online child pornography conspiracy, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. Morrison of the Southern District of Indiana.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against the owner, management company and former manager of Summerhill Place Apartments, a 268-unit apartment complex in Renton, Wash., for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating on the basis of race, color, national origin and familial status in the rental of apartments.
