News from June 2010
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A design/build project to construct 6 new RV sites and associated infrastructure will begin soon in the developed area on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The project will also include the demolition of 6 external frame cabins, each approximately 300 square feet in size, while formalizing the parking and walkways around the cabins.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2010
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the Africa Trade Office and the Prince George's County Economic Development Corp. (PGCEDC) have formed a partnership to promote research on agricultural products in ways that bring jobs to Maryland, assist developing nations in Africa and encourage international trade. ARS is the U.S. Department of Agriculture's principal intramural scientific research agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2010
News Release: Today the Obama Administration issued new rules that govern whether individual and employer-sponsored health insurance plans can remain exempt - or “grandfathered" -- from the new health care requirements passed by Congress and signed into law by the President in March. The New York Times wrote, “… in...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A thunderstorm passed over Northern Arizona late last week resulting in three lightning caused fires on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The fires were discovered between Friday (6/11) and Saturday (6/12). Two fires, the Walla Fire, approximately 12 miles northwest of...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park fire managers plan to conduct a prescribed fire on the South Rim within the next several weeks if weather and forest conditions permit.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - A report released today by the Treasury Inspector General of Taxation Administration (TIGTA) reveals that most Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) recipients’ unpaid taxes have been resolved. Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA) first examined this issue...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In an interview with Politico’s Roger Simon, President Barack Obama accused some in Congress of being hypocritical in their assessment of the Administration’s handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - A Glacier National Park Centennial exhibit entitled Land of Many Stories is currently on display at the Montana Historical Society Museum in Helena, Mont., and now a virtual tour of the exhibit is just a mouse click away. The exhibit represents the rich history of the park and features a wide diversity of tangible artifacts from the early 1900s to today.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 11, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C. - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced more than $11.9 million in Fire Station Construction Grants (SCG) funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - designed to support the nation's first responders while creating jobs and stimulating local economies.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury has returned an 11 count federal indictment charging three current and two former New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) officers in connection with the police-involved shooting of Henry Glover, a New Orleans resident shot and killed in the days after Hurricane Katrina.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON– A federal jury yesterday convicted a Baltimore Police Department (BPD) officer, Gregory Mussmacher, on civil rights and obstruction charges related to his physical abuse in 2004 of a then-17-year-old arrestee whom Mussmacher assaulted with a baton while the teen was handcuffed, shackled and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2010
News Release: Farmington Hills, Mich., resident Baskaran Thangarasan was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for his participation in a fraudulent physical therapy scheme, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 11, 2010
News Release: Chong Lam, 52, and Siu Yung Chan, aka Joyce Chan, 42, both of New York, were convicted yesterday for their participation in one of the largest counterfeit luxury goods operations in the United States, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride for the Eastern District of Virginia and Assistant Secretary John Morton of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
By Fed Newswire | Jun 11, 2010
News Release: On Monday, June 14, 2010, the Federal Reserve will offer $1 billion in 14-day term deposits through its Term Deposit Facility. Additional information regarding the auction is listed below; the auction will be conducted as specified in this announcement, Regulation D, and the terms and conditions of the Term Deposit Facility.
By Fed Newswire | Jun 11, 2010
News Release: Vice Chairman Donald L. Kohn announced on Friday that, at the request of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke, he plans to remain on the Board until a new Governor is appointed but to leave no later than September 1. He had announced in March that he intended to resign at the expiration of his term as Vice Chairman on June 23, 2010. While he remains on the Board as a Governor, he will continue to participate in all Board and Federal Open Market Committee meetings.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 11, 2010
News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales data for May 2010. Retail sales declined 1.2 percent. Retail sales have grown 6.4 percent overall this quarter, following an increase of 8.2 percent in the first quarter.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 11, 2010
The US Labor Department published a three page proposed rule on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 11, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 11, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 11, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on June 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
