News published on Federal Newswire in March 2010

News from March 2010


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., expressed disappointment Monday that four years have been lost in the development of next generation radiation portal monitors after the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would scale back on development, given the monitors’ continued failure to live up to expectations.


News Release: Dear Secretary Napolitano: As the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (the Committee) and as the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, we are writing to provide comments on the draft National Disaster...


Baucus Comments on President’s 2010 Trade Agenda

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commended the 2010 Trade Agenda President Obama announced today but urged the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the Administration to put into action a plan to achieve the President’s goal of doubling U.S.exports within five years. Baucus will hold a Finance Committee hearing Wednesday to discuss the trade agenda with USTR Ron Kirk.


Chairman Kerry Marks United Nations' 54th Session Of The Commission On The Status Of Women

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the United Nation’s will open a two-week conference to review and strengthen women’s rights globally, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) issued the following statement:


Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Seeks Public Input for an Interpretation and Education Plan

News Release: The National Park Service will begin work on a Comprehensive Interpretive Plan (CIP) for Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore next week and is seeking input from the public and interested groups during two public meetings scheduled for Saturday, March 6. This plan will define the national lakeshore’s interpretive program for the next few years.


News Release: Washington, DC - Carbon dioxide (CO2) injection -- an important part of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology -- is underway as part of a pilot study of CO2 enhanced oil recovery (EOR) in the Citronelle Field of Mobile County, Alabama. A project team led by the University of Alabama at Birmingham is conducting the injection. Study results of the 7,500-ton CO2 injection will provide estimates of oil yields from EOR and CO2 storage capacity in depleted oil reservoirs.


News Release: In collaboration with the Healthy Shasta Initiative and First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move Campaign, both of which recognize daily exercise as an essential component of a healthy lifestyle, Whiskeytown will be offering special hikes to the Whiskeytown Falls through the end of May 2010. “Building...


News Release: All of 1980 Additions to Denali National Park and Preserve Open to Snowmobiling for Traditional Activities.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Following Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s announcement last week that the Administration will not produce a plan to protect taxpayers from mounting losses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac until 2011, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa...


News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today wrote to Senator Jim Bunning (R-KY) noting the shutdown of transportation projects in California and 16 other states, asking Sen. Bunning to "stop this gamesmanship and remove your objection to the extension of the transportation authorization and unemployment benefits."


Baucus Floor Statement on Expiring Provisions and Job Creation

News Release: Mr. President, Martin Luther King Jr. said...


Kids Lose Pounds, Gain Fitness, in Houston Study

News Release: Innovative, kid-friendly strategies for losing weight and gaining nutrition savvy-plus physical fitness skills-are emerging from scientific studies funded by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).


News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- Five Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association (GCPBA) volunteers recently joined staff from Grand Canyon National Park’s Divisions of Science and Resource Management, and Visitor and Resource Protection to improve the private boaters camp at Lees Ferry in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area and to protect the area’s fragile riparian vegetation.


Baucus, Reid Introduce Package to Restore Aid for Out-Of-Work Americans, Improve Tax Certainty for Families, Businesses to Bolster Job Creation

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) today introduced legislation to extend unemployment insurance benefits and eligibility for unemployment health care benefits through the end of 2010, including extending benefits retroactively...


News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore is currently recruiting and accepting applications for Visitor Service Volunteers for the summer of 2010. Visitor Service Volunteers help strengthen the connection with and foster stewardship of Point Reyes National Seashore among park visitors by staffing the park's visitor...


Grassley: Senate Majority Shifts Views on Expiring Tax Relief for “Fat Cats”; Small Businesses Need Right Policies for Job Creation

News Release: Today the Senate starts debate on expiring tax and health provisions. They are knownaround here as “extenders." I’d like to make a couple of points on the process before I get intothe substance of the substitute.


Partners Sought by Reclamation for Basin Studies

News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking letters of interest from non-federal entities throughout the 17 western states to conduct river basin or sub-basin studies where water supply and demand imbalances may exist.