News from October 2010
By Commerce News Now | Oct 25, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 25, 2010
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: Thank you to everyone who visited the NIST booth at the USA Science & Engineering Expo! We hope you enjoyed learning about measurement science and all of the amazing work our researchers do.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park will be joining national park units around the country as they waive entrance fees on Veterans Day in recognition of current and former servicemen and -women.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins, R-Me., Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, made the following statement regarding tonight's announced resignation of Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer John E. Potter, who was named the 72nd postmaster general of the United States on June 1, 2001...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: HOMESTEAD, FLORIDA - Come celebrate Veteran's Day 2010 with park rangers and volunteers at Everglades National Park. Entrance fees at all park fee stations will be waived for this national holiday set aside to recognize America's veterans. To commemorate this important day, the park is hosting an Open House at the Historic Nike Hercules Missile Base on Thursday November 11th, 2010 from 10am to 3pm.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
Release: A bill to promote the financial stability of the United States by improving accountability and transparency in the financial system, to end "too big to fail", to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, and for other purposes.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - The Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) Neil Barofsky, released a report today raising new questions surrounding the accuracy and methodology of projections (Retrospective) recently released by the Treasury Department suggesting that taxpayers might profit from the taxpayer-funded bailout of AIG.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: National Park Service Issues Decision on Stillwater Bridge Project: Evaluation Finds Serious Adverse Impacts.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: KHARTOUM, SUDAN - During a three-day trip to Sudan, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) had productive, in-depth meetings with senior government leaders in Juba and Khartoum. Today, a resolution from the government of Sudan pledging to abide by the outcome of the referendum ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: Employees at Craters of the Moon National Monument can now cruise the park tour road in near silence thanks to two new Gem e2 electric vehicles recently acquired by the park. The 25 mile per hour speed limit on the tour road is ideal for these vehicles and their quiet zero emission operation keeps the...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Friday, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa asked the Food and Drug Administration how the agency handles reports of medical device companies' payments to doctors who are participating in clinical studies of the companies' products.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - The Special Inspector General of the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) Neil Barofsky, released a report today characterizing the Treasury Departments’ claim that ‘every single person’ who participates in the Home Affordable Modification Program (HAMP) gets ‘a significant benefit’ as “either hopelessly out of touch with the real harm that has been inflicted on many families or a cynical attempt to define failure as success."
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: The Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program is issuing a quarterly report to Congress. Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, was instrumental in ensuring the TARP program had an independent inspector general and has conducted oversight of tax dollar...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2010
News Release: Rim Drive and the North Entrance are now closed for the season due to snow and icy conditions. Heavy snow over the weekend deposited 13 inches at Park Headquarters and even more at the Rim of Crater Lake. Snow is predicted to continue throughout the week. The South and West Entrances to Crater Lake National Park remain open to visitor traffic year round. Information about road, weather and avalanche conditions at the park can be obtained by calling the park at (541)594-3000.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2010
News Release: Colorado National Monument Extends Ancient Fossil Displays Through New Year's Eve, Dec. 31, 2010.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 North Charleston, S.C. - U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton today joined Mexican Secretary of Finance Ernesto Cordero Arroyo ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 22, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 New York, N.Y. - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today visited New York City to announce that the Department has deployed 300 advanced imaging technology (AIT) units to airports throughout the country, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with Illinois officials to help ensure that military service members and other U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 2, 2010, federal general election. The agreement was necessary to ensure Illinois’s compliance with the 2009 Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE Act).
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 22, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Craig Shaber, a practicing attorney from San Diego County, Calif., pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court before U.S. Magistrate Judge Anthony J. Battaglia to one count of tax evasion for the 2000 tax year, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
