News from May 2010
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Select Revenue Measures Subcommittee Chairman Richard Neal (D-MA) delivered the following statement today at a Subcommittee hearing on infrastructure banks...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today sent a letter to the four largest for-profit home health care agencies, asking questions about the relationship between the number of home health therapy visits they provided and the...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Today, the Bureau of Land Management Colorado State Office sold 10 of 19 parcels offered at its quarterly oil and gas lease sale, totaling 9,114.93 acres sold. The highest per-acre price was for a 600.25 acre parcel in Park County that sold to Land Energy Inc. for $110 per acre. The high bonus bid of $216,000 was made by Land Energy Inc. for a parcel also in Park County. Overall, the lease sale earned $426,322 in total proceeds, with 49 percent to go to the State of Colorado.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and sea turtle nesting closures may...
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA), today released the following statements in response to the news that the Obama Administration collected $2.5 billion in fraud enforcement efforts in Medicare for 2009.
By Homeland Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate tonight unanimously approved a bipartisan financial reform amendment, authored by Senator Susan Collins, that would help prevent future economic crises by directing regulators to impose tough risk-and sized-based capital standards on financial institutions. The amendment,...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Sprague Creek campground in Glacier National Park opens to visitors Friday, May 14, 2010 joining Apgar campground which opened May 7. Some of the privately-owned facilities in Apgar Village are now open. The Apgar Visitor Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Starting Saturday...
By USDA Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Tomorrow, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin Peterson continues a series of field hearings to hear from people about U.S. farm policy in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Gateway National Recreation Area is the place to visit on Sunday, May 23 from 10:45am - 4pm. Visit Fort Hancock, Sandy Hook and celebrate Coastal Defense Day and Ocean Fun Day. Opportunities to discover fortifications, tour gun batteries, touch sea creatures, and tour an aquarium are just some of the...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation has released the Final Environmental Assessment and Finding of No Significant Impact (EA/FONSI) on the construction of new wells at the Elk Valley Rancheria to help provide water for livestock and irrigation. The Elk Valley Rancheria is located in Crescent City, California. This project is being funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced today the implementation of the Rural Water Program, a new program within Reclamation. The Rural Water Program is a program to work with small communities in rural area to assess their potable water supply needs and identify options to address those needs.
By US DOT Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, introduced the "Air and Health Quality Empowerment Zone Designation Act of 2010" - a bill designed to reduce air pollution in the San Joaquin Valley, which has some of the highest levels of pollution in the nation. Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-11) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives today.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Theodore Roosevelt said: “the virtues of courage, honor, justice, truth, sincerity, and hardihood. made America.".
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: The temporary prohibition on bicycle use at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine will remain in effect until the new visitor center construction is completed this fall.
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Yosemite National Park announces the opening of the public scoping period for visitor use on the Half Dome cables. The scoping period will run from May 26, 2010 to June 25, 2010. The public is invited to submit written ideas regarding a long term plan for visitor use on the Half Dome cables. The purpose...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - A man found deceased after park rangers and tactical team negotiators spent several hours trying to talk him out of a residence in Grand Canyon National Park has been identified as 51 year old Mark Twain Ferguson of Arizona.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 13, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a letter today to Dennis Gingold, a plaintiff attorney in the Cobell v. Salazar settlement agreement, regarding statements made in thenews media that the proposed settlement will be terminated if Congress does not approve the agreement by May 28, 2010 or attempts to change any part of it - including putting a cap on attorneys’ fees that could exceed $100 million.
By Commerce Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Dear Ms. Braly: As Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, (Committee) we have an ongoing interest in finding ways to reduce health care spending and improve access to coverage. In recent weeks, we have paid particular attention to news reports on premium rate increases...
By Interior Newswire | May 13, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The twentieth annual Grand Canyon Star Party will be held from Saturday, June 5 through Saturday, June 12, 2010 on the South and North Rims of Grand Canyon National Park.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2010
News Release: Phil Brease, Denali National Park and Preserve’s geologist since 1986, died today while leading a field trip for a Tri-Valley School science class taking place at Garner Point south of Healy. Brease, age 60, had remained behind when the students returned to the bus. Tri-Valley teacher Mark Jordan walked...
