News from May 2010
By Homeland Newswire | May 26, 2010
News Release: This supplemental appropriations bill provides over $37.47 billion to support our troops, conduct the war in Afghanistan, continue to drawdown troops in Iraq, and provide non-military assistance and build up State Department operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2010
News Release: The first nominee we will hear from is Joshua Gotbaum, nominated to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation. I fully appreciate the extremely important role the PBGC serves to the country. The next director of the PBGC will face many challenges. These challenges range from reducing PBGC’s...
By Commerce Newswire | May 26, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today following a Finance Committee hearing to consider the nominations of Joshua Gotbaum to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) and Richard Sorian to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2010
News Release: Oregon Caves National Monument will extend its hours beginning May 29th, offering cave tours from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Candlelight tours will also be offered on Friday and Saturday evenings at 6:30 p.m. and like other tours, will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray and Executive Director Lola Hilton recently announced the participation of several First Flight Foundation members along with the Outer Banks Group staff in a week-long “Friends Group Workshop" conducted by the National Park Service (NPS) and held on the Chattahoochee River...
By USDA Newswire | May 26, 2010
News Release: Using an advanced genetic screening technique, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators have detected, for the first time, more than 700 genes that give microbes like Salmonella and E. coli the ability to resist antibiotics and other antimicrobial compounds.
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2010
News Release: (Keystone, SD) Mount Rushmore National Memorial successfully completed the digital laser scanning of the park’s cultural resources on Tuesday. The state of the art digital scanning project began on Monday, May 11 and took 15 days to complete. Snow, fog, and thunderstorms over the two weeks only extended...
By Interior Newswire | May 26, 2010
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore will be honoring the sacrifice of the men who served to protect America’s coast as a part of the United States Lifesaving Service on Memorial Day, at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, May 31, 2010, at the historic graveyard located at G Ranch. Join the National Park Service and the United...
By State Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA), co-chairs of the Iran sanctions conference, released the following statement regarding the anticipated timing of final action on an Iran sanctions conference report on H.R. 2194.
By Homeland Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Susan Collins released a statement today expressing serious concerns about the status of the response to the Gulf Coast oil spill. Today marks the 36th day since the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, claiming the lives of 11 people, and causing...
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: TEMPORARY REDUCTION IN SERVICES AT ECHO BAY JUNE 2-10.
By Interior Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: Concrete: Newhalem Artist-in-Residence Kathleen Durkin. An Approach to Community Art. Upper Skagit Library. Thursday, May 27. 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Stehekin: Stehekin Artist-in-Residence Jay Needham. Natural Sounds: Acoustic Ecology and the Art of Interpretive Field Recording. Golden West Visitor Center...
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - EMC Corporation has paid the United States $87.5 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that the information technology company violated the False Claims Act and the federal Anti-kickback Act, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced it has filed briefs in three separate cases in Florida, Illinois and New Jersey as part of its continuing effort to enforce civil rights laws that require states to end discrimination against and unnecessary segregation of persons with disabilities. The department’s filings support two private lawsuits seeking relief in Florida and New Jersey, as well as a proposed statewide class action settlement in Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder commemorated National Missing Children’s Day in an awards ceremony recognizing the exemplary efforts of law enforcement and citizens nationwide in recovering missing children and combating child exploitation. Held at the Department of Justice’s Great Hall, the event also honored missing children and their families, child advocates and others who assist in protecting children.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Wichita, Kan., returned a 23-count felony indictment charging two brothers with conspiracy and wildlife trafficking stemming from the illegal sale of guided deer hunts, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced that Rodney D. King, aka "Shadow," pleaded guilty today to federal sex trafficking charges in the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. King pleaded guilty to one count of knowingly causing a minor to engage in commercial sex; two counts of using ...
By Fed Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Farmers Bank, Ault, Colorado, a state-chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, and the Colorado Division of Banking. A copy of the Written Agreement is attached.
By Fed Newswire | May 25, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings on April 5 and April 26, 2010.
By Commerce News Now | May 25, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia today with representatives from 10 U.S. clean energy companies as part of the first Cabinet-level trade missions of the Obama administration. Locke and the U.S. delegation will address ways the United States and Indonesia can work together toward a cleaner energy future.
