News from May 2010
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have identified sources of genetic resistance to sheath blight, a major disease affecting rice production worldwide.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: The lengthening days, milder overnight temperatures, return of migrant birds, and arrival of seasonal employees are all signs that the seasonal facilities and services that enhance the park experience for Denali National Park and Preserve visitors will open soon.
By DOE Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: Spring in-the Field Photography Workshop at.
By Interior Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - On Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at 10:30 a.m., Glacier National Park will hold a Rededication Ceremony at the West Glacier Community Building to commemorate its first 100 years. Attendees will receive special centennial commemorative items, and have an opportunity to take a walking tour...
By DOL Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: As part of continued efforts to safeguard Americans’ retirement savings, members of the House GOP Savings Recovery Solutions Group wrote to Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to oppose proposals that would jeopardize workers’ hard-earned retirement savings by undermining or nationalizing individual 401(k) retirement savings plans.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today following President Obama’s announcement that the Department of Health and Human Services’ will begin administering the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program on June 1, ahead of the date required in the new health care reform law. The...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: I want to thank two Iowans who will be testifying on our second panel today. They are John Sorensen, the president and CEO of the Iowa Bankers Association, and Pat Baird, the chairman of AEGON USA and the last chairman of the American Council of Life Insurers.
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Obama today announced that his Administration will begin implementing an important program from the Affordable Care Act that will provide significant relief to American businesses and quality, affordable health care for their early retirees. Starting this year, the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program will provide $5 billion in financial assistance to employers so that early retirees, age 55 and older, and their families maintain health coverage.
By US DOT Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today released the following statement regarding the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed rule for coal combustion waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Coal ash contains toxic substances, including mercury, arsenic, lead and other heavy metals, which can contaminate water supplies and threaten public health and the environment.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Tuesday morning, Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, received an update from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security, on the New York City bombing attempt. The briefing came hours after the arrest of a suspect in the case.
By Homeland Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Tuesday praised coordinated law enforcement efforts in the arrest of a Connecticut man in the attempted Times Square car bombing. But he warned that since the suspect’s plans went undetected by intelligence agencies, the fast and courageous actions of vigilant citizens were critical to thwarting the attempted terrorist attack.
By USDA Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: CHEYENNE, Wyo. - Today, House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson held a field hearing in Cheyenne, Wyo., to review U.S. agriculture policy as the Committee begins the process of writing the 2012 Farm Bill. This is the fourth in a series of hearings scheduled across the country to consider...
By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2010
News Release: Thomas Jefferson may have gone too far, when he warned that “banking institutions are more dangerous. than standing armies.".
By Homeland Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the Interior (DOI) Ken Salazar, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson and Department of Energy Secretary Stephen ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A federal court in Jackson, Miss., has ruled in favor of the United States involving a businessman’s attempt to use a KPMG- marketed tax shelter to avoid paying income tax on approximately $18 million in capital gains. According to the opinion, in 2001, J. Kelley Williams of Jackson became ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: G. David Gordon, a Tulsa, Okla., attorney, and Richard Clark, also of Tulsa, were convicted today by a federal jury of devising and participating in a scheme to defraud investors through the manipulation of publicly traded stocks of three companies, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas Scott Woodward of the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By Fed Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Lake County Bank, Saint Ignatius, Montana, a state chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and the Montana Division of Banking and Financial Institutions.
By Fed Newswire | May 3, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Paradise Bank, Boca Raton, Florida, a state chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the State of Florida Office of Financial Regulation. A copy of the Written Agreement is attached.
By Commerce News Now | May 3, 2010
News Release: Clearly, Florida’s hospitality industry is in good shape with young people like Renea coming on board, and I want to thank her for the kind introduction.
