News from June 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the modified substitute amendment he introduced to the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act. From Chairman Baucus...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: Paicines, CA - The National Park Service, an agency of the Department of the Interior, has awarded an $8.5 million contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) to Anderson Burton Construction, Inc, a general contracting company based in Arroyo Grande, CA.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials are pleased to announce the entire Native America Speaks schedule for the 2010 season. Now in its 29th season, the Native America Speaks program provides park visitors the opportunity to hear from members of the Blackfeet, Salish and Kootenai Tribes as they share their perspectives about their culture, traditions, mythology and personal connection to this place now known as Glacier National Park.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC -- Field testing the potential for combining geologic carbon dioxide (CO2) storage with enhanced methane recovery is underway at a site in Alabama by a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) team of regional partners.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and Senator Thomas Carper, D-Del., Wednesday hailed the bipartisan support of prominent members of the House of Representatives for comprehensive cybersecurity legislation introduced last week by the three Senators.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: The legislative business before the Senate deals with the so-called tax extenders. These extenders, as important as they are, represent only a small portion of the time-sensitive tax legislative business that needs to be completed. I have a chart that illustrates the status of several pieces of must-do...
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued the following statement supporting Secretary Timothy Geithner’s designation of Iranian entities and individuals.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announced today that Cindy Whitten is the recipient of the 2009 Barry Hance Memorial Award. Whitten, the Acting Human Resources Officer and Workers Compensation Program Manager, received the award at an all employee meeting today in Yosemite Valley. The ceremony was attended by approximately 400 people, including several past Barry Hance Award recipients.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - We dare you to try to keep up with the Junior Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park! It's fun and healthy to play in the parks and now National Park Junior Rangers get an extra reward for movin'it outside.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: The Cape Hatteras National Seashore Bodie Island Lighthouse, located south of Nags Head just off of N.C. Hwy. 12, is undergoing a massive restoration project this summer. Although the site is a busy and active construction area, the Bodie Island complex remains open to the visiting public. The park visitor center and Eastern National bookstore are open and offer a variety of interpretive programs from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., seven days a week, to the visiting public.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: On June 11-12, nature enthusiasts conducted a 24-hour “wildlife census" for Jamaica Bay BioBlitz 2010. About 100 volunteers documented over 500 animal and plant species at Gateway National Recreation Area’s Floyd Bennett Field. Scientists, college students, hobbyists and families crawled through underbrush...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Education proposed a broad set of rules and definitions to strengthen the federal student aid programs. The Department is proposing, among the regulations, a requirement that proprietary institutions...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: The multimedia website section for Rocky Mountain National Park continues to expand with videos, podcasts, webcams and blogs. Roaming Rockies podcasts help you plan your visit to the park. Interested in hiking in the Longs Peak area? A new podcast gives a snapshot of what to expect and how to prepare. Check out the ten essentials podcast, which highlights those key items that should be in your backpack every time you head out on the trail.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with exclusive Senate jurisdiction over taxes, today released new numbers from the Internal Revenue Service, showing the agency has hired more than 1,000 military veterans each of the last three years.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 16, 2010 - The House Natural Resource Committee today approved, with favorable recommendation, a Resolution of Inquiry (H. Res. 1406 ) introduced by Ranking Member Doc Hastings and National Parks, Forest and Public Lands Subcommittee Ranking Member Rob Bishop to direct the Department of Interior to turn over to Congress the missing pages and related documents of an “" detailing plans to potentially designate 13 million acres of new National Monuments.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: Six artists have been selected for the summer 2010 Artist-in-Residence Program at Rocky Mountain National Park. Artists will be provided with a creative, contemplative environment in which to generate artistic works and share their works with the public. Artistic diversity, new ideas and creative uses...
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and Senator Thomas Carper, D-Del., Wednesday hailed the bi-partisan support of prominent members of the House of Representatives for comprehensive cybersecurity legislation introduced last week by the three Senators.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: Wild potato germplasm that offers resistance to some major potato diseases has been identified by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., chairman of the Senate’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, released new data compiled by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) showing that corporations who issued stock options to their executives claimed 2008 stock option tax deductions that were collectively $52 billion larger than the expenses shown on the company books for options granted during the tax year covered by the returns.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., June 15, 2010 - Congressman Bill Cassidy (LA-06) delivered the following opening statement as the acting Ranking Member at today’s Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife hearing on “Ocean science and data limits in a time of crisis: Do NOAA and the Fish and Wildlife Service have the resources to respond?".
