News from March 2010
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on March 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: In a ceremony in Washington, D.C. yesterday, United States Mint Director Ed Moy, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis, and other officials unveiled the designs for the first five coins in the new America the Beautiful quarter series. The America the Beautiful Quarters Program is a multi-year initiative to honor 56 national parks and other national sites in each state, the District of Colombia, and U.S. territories.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: (Keystone, S.D.) Mount Rushmore National Memorial will participate in what is expected to be the largest call for action on climate change in history sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Earth Hour 2010 will take place on Saturday, March 27 from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm, with many of the nation’s most iconic landmarks dimming their lights for one hour.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - At today’s hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) delivered a letter to Chairman Edolphus Towns (D-NY) requesting the Committee to “convene a hearing as soon as possible to evaluate the threats made to Members of Congress a result of their vote on last weekend’s healthcare bill."
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - During an Oversight Subcommittee hearing today, Ways and Means Committee Member Ron Kind (D-WI) questioned Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Douglas Shulman on the role the IRS would have implementing comprehensive health reform.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today announced that landmark legislation to make college more affordable and accessible had passed the U.S. Senate. The legislation must now go to the U.S. House for a final vote before heading to the President’s desk for his signature.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: Identifying the causes of heat stress in cattle and finding ways to manage it are the goals of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators who are helping producers deal with this significant production problem.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. -- Federal legislation, passed in 1998, protects the wild horses within Cape Lookout National Seashore and requires an annual report on the status of the herd. This report covers the period from April 2009 through March 2010. The horses are cooperatively managed by the National Park Service and the Foundation for Shackleford Horses, Inc., pursuant to the legislation and a Memorandum of Understanding updated in 2007.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced a bill to apply the newhealth care law to the President, Vice President, cabinet members, top White House staff, and thecongressional staff who drafted the measure enacted this week.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement tonight after Senate Republicans repeatedly blocked attempts to advance emergency legislation to extend critical unemployment and health care benefits, ensure Medicare beneficiaries reliable access to their doctors, and extend other programs set to expire at the end of the month...
By DOE Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By DOL Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, delivered the following remarks tonight in opposition to the Democrats’ so-called health care “fix it" bill that includes more tax hikes, more cuts to Medicare, and a government takeover of student loans...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: With the onset of spring, now is the time to plan for recreation in the North Cascades. Many low elevation trails are open for day and overnight hikes and Diablo Lake makes a great destination for early season paddling.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Oversight Subcommittee Chairman John Lewis (D-GA), delivered the following statement today at a Ways and Means Subcommittee hearing with IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman on IRS Operations and the 2010 Tax Return Filing Season...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: Harkers Island, N.C. -- Cape Lookout National Seashore and the Friends of Portsmouth Island would like to invite everyone to the celebration of Portsmouth Homecoming on April 24, 2010. Held every two years, the theme of this year’s event, “Portsmouth Lives," will highlight the grand opening ceremony for new exhibits recently installed by the National Park Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We strongly object to your recent announcement that the Obama Administration intends to discard the 2010-2015 Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) lease plan and delay implementation of a new leasing plan until 2012. This means that not one lease sale of areas previously under moratoria...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: Biscayne National Park’s Family Fun Fest began as a way to give local audiences a reason to come back to the park time and again. The first event drew about 50 people, and was run by two rangers and three volunteers. It has grown to an event that draws nearly 1000 people each year and is staffed by over...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senators today voted to defeat an amendment offered by SenatorChuck Grassley to get rid of a sweetheart deal in the new health care law that gives five ruralstates better treatment than every other rural state, including Iowa. Grassley’s amendment wouldhave used money now obligated to the special deal and improved Medicare payments tophysicians in all rural states this year and next.
