News from September 2010
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: Beginning on Sept. 24, 2010 there will be many positive changes occurring in the Sope Creek unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. The National Park Service, through an Active Trails grant sponsored by Coca-Cola and administered through the National Park Foundation, will be re-working...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON-The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Tuesday unanimously approved the nomination of Jacob Lew to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Committee, led by Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., approved the nomination by a solid, bipartisan vote of 9-0.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: As a special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Tours of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of September 23. Two tours will be given, one at 6:45 p.m. and a second at 7:45 p.m. Each tour is limited to 30 people. Tickets...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: The National Park Service cordially invites everyone to be our guest at Colorado National Monument on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010 in honor of National Public Lands Day. To observe the seventeenth anniversary of National Public Lands Day, all entrance fees, including commercial tour entrance fees, will be waived for the day. The entrance fee for one to seven days to Colorado National Monument is normally $7 for a private, non-commercial vehicle.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. -- Grand Canyon National Park's North and South Rim Artist-in-Residence (AiR) programs are pleased to announce the artists selected for the October 2010 - September 2011 season.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced today that, on average, Medicare Advantage premiums will be 1 percent lower in 2011 than today. Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over Medicare, made the following comment in response to the announcement.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: Note: The 5K run planned for September 25 has been cancelled.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: Fire Management staff at Point Reyes National Seashore are planning two days of controlled burning next week along Highway One in the Olema Valley. Burning will be postponed if conditions are too wet, dry or windy, or if the air will not provide good smoke dispersion. The area to be burned is in two...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: Copper Center, Alaska-The first phase of Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve's headquarters hazard fuels project has been completed as of September 20th, 2010. National Park Service Fire Management, Southeast Alaska Guidance Association (SAGA), and Alaska Fire Service Smokejumpers treated approximately...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: Plant-derived sterols and stanols are known to be heart healthy compounds. When consumed in amounts greater than those found naturally in foods, these compounds lower blood cholesterol concentrations in humans. To help consumers gain this benefit, food companies add sterols and stanols to foods.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY AT PIPESTONE NATIONAL MONUMENT.
By State Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Today the Senate Foreign Relations Committee approved by voice vote resolutions of ratification for Defense Trade Cooperation Treaties between the United States and the United Kingdom and between the United States and Australia, sending the treaties to the full Senate for advice and ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Walter J. Chavez announces the commemoration of the annual National Public Lands Day on Saturday, September 25. National Public Lands Day is also a "fee free day" to Castillo San Felipe del Morro and Castillo San Cristóbal. National Public Lands Day is an event that provides opportunities...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: On Saturday, September 25 and Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010, Richmond National Battlefield Park will present special living history and ranger-led programs at the Fort Harrison battlefield in Henrico County to commemorate the 146th anniversary of the battle. Volunteers portraying Union and Confederate infantry...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: SAINT LOUIS, MO. (Sept. 20, 2010) - The National Park Service has awarded a contract for a structural study on the Gateway Arch to Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE), a structural engineering firm specializing in the diagnostics of monumental and complex structures. The study is part of the ongoing regular maintenance, inspection and preservation process at the Gateway Arch.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: Sept 24: Join Mark W. McGinnis for a free presentation and dialog at the National Park Headquarters in Sedro-Woolley at 12:00 p.m. and at the Upper Skagit Library in Concrete at 7:00 p.m.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Michael Enzi are reiterating their request to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for information justifying the repeated claim that insurance premiums are likely to go up by only 1 percent under health reform.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON -Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA), today commented on news that the Medicare Advantage (MA) program is working better for beneficiaries. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) today released their landscape for 2011, which details the number and availability of MA and Part D plans, and premium and cost sharing levels for each.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 21, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved the nomination of Jacob Lew to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The Committee, led by Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., approved the nomination by a solid, bipartisan vote of 9-0.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 20, 2010
News Release: The Supporting Employee Competency and Updating Readiness Enhancements for Facilities Act of 2010 (SECURE Facilities Act) was introduced by Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Chairman Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, and Subcommittee Ranking Member George Voinovich, R-Ohio.
