News published on Federal Newswire in October 2010

News from October 2010


News Release: Key West, Florida: WHAT:Celebrate the 75th anniversary of Dry Tortugas National Park with Superintendent Dan Kimball, park staff and the South Florida National Parks Trust on Saturday November 6, 2010 during a special day of ranger-guided programs at the park. Park visitors will have an opportunity...


Public Meeting for Italian Hall Park Planning

News Release: The National Park Service at Keweenaw National Historical Park is hosting a public meeting related to planning for enhanced development at Italian Hall Park in Calumet. The National Park Service (NPS) is seeking funding to expand the interpretation at the park in time for the 2013 centennial commemoration of the 1913 strike and the Italian Hall tragedy.


News Release: Update Sunday, October 17: The man's body was flown out of the backcountry this morning at 10:30 a.m. He has been identified as James Charles Patrick, 54, from Littleton, Colorado. After further investigation it is determined James Charles Patrick took a tumbling fall of more than 1,000 feet. At approximately...


Lease Awarded for Operation of Diner at Sutro Heights

News Release: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Calif.-Golden Gate National Recreation Area has awarded a lease to operate the diner known as "Louis' Restaurant" to the Hontalas Brothers, whose family has operated the restaurant since 1937.


Musco Lighting To Donate Services

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The National Park Foundation, the philanthropic partner of America’s national parks, is pleased to announce that Musco Lighting has joined the effort to construct one of America’s newest and most important national parks, the Flight 93 National Memorial. The memorial will honor the...


News Release: Sixty-three year old Robert H. Boardman of Port Angeles died this afternoon after sustaining injuries while hiking near Olympic National Park's Klahhane Ridge today.


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington, D.C. - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today participated in the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Law Enforcement Museum and delivered the keynote address at the museum's inaugural ...


News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Baltimore - Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today visited Glen Burnie, Md., and Baltimore to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for Anne Arundel County's new Marley Fire Station, funded in ...


News Release: WASHINGTON – Seven additional Houston-area residents who allegedly served as patient recruiters and a nurse have been charged for their alleged participation in a $5 million Medicare home healthcare fraud scheme, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today. The defendants were scheduled to make their initial appearances yesterday and today in U.S. District Court in Houston before Magistrate Judge Stephen Wm. Smith.


News Release: WASHINGTON – A foreign national employed at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, was charged today with theft of public money and acts affecting a personal financial interest in connection with $237,236 in U.S. Government funds, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Neil H. MacBride of the Eastern District of Virginia and Acting Assistant Director in Charge John G. Perren of the FBI Washington Field Office.


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that it has reached agreements with New York, Kansas and Mississippi 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 agreements were necessary to ensure compliance with the 2009 Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE Act).


News Release: The Commerce Department’s U.S. Census Bureau today released retail sales data for September 2010. Retail sales rose 0.6 percent, essentially matching the revised August gain of 0.7 percent. This figure exceeded private-sector expectations of 0.4 percent. Motor vehicle sales increased a strong 1.6 percent. Sales excluding automotive dealers edged up 0.4 percent, also higher than private-sector expectations of a 0.3-percent gain.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.