News from September 2010
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY ACTIVITIES AT PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT RESCHEDULED.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The body of 30-year-old Michael William Sloan from Hungry Horse, Montana, was recovered from Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park shortly before noon on Friday, Sept. 24, 2010. The Flathead County Sheriff's Dive Team brought their specialized equipment and expertise and was...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Postal Service pays 100 percent of health insurance premiums for 835 of its top employees, an expensive perk that occurs at no other federal agency, Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, confirmed Friday.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: Micro-surfacing along Rim Rock Drive will start on Tuesday, September 28 and take place between the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. The project will start at the East Entrance Station and progress toward the West Entrance Station (gate-to-gate.) Park visitors and Glade Park residents and can expect 10-15...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Jock Whitworth is pleased to announce a new sustainable energy project at Zion National Park. As part of a climate friendly initiative, a photovoltaic electrical generating system has been installed at park Headquarters, the Zion Human History Museum and the Emergency Operations Center.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 24, 2010
News Release: Washington - The 2010 USDA National Farmers Market Directory will be part of a featured segment on a CNN week-long series focusing on healthy eating. The series will air on Sunday, Sept. 26, on selected CNN programs and run for a week.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Three investigations of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) by the Postal Inspector General (IG), requested by Senator Susan Collins, have uncovered stunning evidence of contract mismanagement, ethical lapses, financial waste, and excessive executive perks that cost the Postal Service more...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Three individuals pleaded guilty today in connection with a Medicare fraud scheme operated out of a Houston-area durable medical equipment (DME) company, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS).
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today officially unveiled Defending Childhood, a new Department of Justice initiative focused on addressing children’s exposure to violence. The goals of the initiative are to prevent children’s exposure to violence as victims and witnesses, mitigate the negative effects experienced by children exposed to violence, and develop knowledge about and increase awareness of this issue.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Miners and Merchants Bancorp, Inc., Grundy, Virginia, a registered bank holding company, TruPoint Bank, Grundy, Virginia, a state-chartered member bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the issuance of a Prompt Corrective Action Directive with the consent of LandMark Bank of Florida, Sarasota, Florida, Florida, a state-chartered member bank.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: Thank you for the kind introduction. Good morning everyone. It’s great to be here.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: Thank you, Craig, for those kind words.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: Secretary Locke's remarks U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced the winners of the i6 Challenge, a new $12 million innovation competition led by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA), in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). Locke made the announcement during his keynote remarks at an event on regional innovation clusters co-hosted by The Brookings Institution.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced the official launch of an initiative aimed at preserving the global, free flow of information online to ensure that the Internet remains open for commercial opportunity and innovation. Locke announced the effort during remarks at the 5th annual Online Trust and Cybersecurity Forum hosted by The Online Trust Alliance at Georgetown University.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: NOAA Awards Fisheries, Climate Grants to Tribal and State Agencies in Washington Grants will contribute to healthy fisheries and better understanding of climate impacts Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced today the award of more than $48 million in grants to the ...
By Commerce News Now | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Locke announced today sweeping reforms to increase accountability and transparency and strengthen the public’s trust in NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement and the General Counsel for Enforcement and Litigation. Locke, invoking his authority under the Magnuson-Stevens Act, announced ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA In the week ending Sept. 18, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 465,000, an increase of 12,000 from the previous week's revised figure of 453,000. The 4-week moving average was 463,250, a decrease of 3,250 from the previous week's revised average of 466,500.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced a $573,416 grant to assist about 183 workers affected by layoffs at Thermo Fisher Scientific in Dubuque, Iowa.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 23, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on National Employ Older Workers Week, which takes place September 19 - 26.
