News from September 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 14, 2010 - Today, all 20 Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee sent a letter to Chairman Nick Rahall (D-WV) highlighting the recent violence and increase of criminal activities on public lands near the U.S.-Mexico border. The letter cites many media accounts of violence, crime and other illegal activities and asks for a Full Committee hearing to examine potential causes and solutions to the serious issue. to read the entire letter.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: Happy ending to tragic love story at Chamizal National Memorial's 2011 Siglo de Oro Spanish Drama Festival.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: On Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the Third Annual Maryland Stem Cell Research Symposium at NIST's main campus in Gaithersburg, Md. Sponsored by the Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission in partnership with the National Institutes of Health...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: Vancouver, WA - Thirty candidates will become new citizens during a ceremony at the historic Parade Ground at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site on Friday, Sept. 17, 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: Zion National Park Superintendent Jock Whitworth has announced the start of a project to rehabilitate campsites and improve utilities in the tent only Loops C and D in Watchman Campground. The project will consist of reconstruction and delineation of 69 campsites with new site furnishings, resurfacing the road system, re-vegetation, installing new irrigation lines, and water and sewer line improvements.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: Yosemite National Park and the Yosemite Climbing Association invite the public to participate in the “Yosemite Facelift" being held on Wednesday, September 22 through Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. This annual event is organized by the Yosemite Climbing Association to help clean up the park after the busy...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: Rome, New York - Sixty five candidates will become new citizens during a ceremony at Fort Stanwix National Monument on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010 from 11 a.m. to 12 noon. This is one of more than 20 naturalization ceremonies taking place in national parks during Citizenship Week under a partnership between the National Park Service and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The theme is "Embrace Citizenship - Experience America through your National Parks.".
By USDA Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: Crops responded positively to future levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2), but soil tillage practices had little effect on this response, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) study.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Jock Whitworth is announcing a new volunteer opportunity at Zion National Park. Beginning Wednesday, September 15 this opportunity will allow visitors and local residents a chance to take an active role in preserving their national park.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials announce the availability of the Many Glacier Wildlife Viewing Plan/Environmental Assessment (EA) that presents a plan for wildlife viewing opportunities along the Many Glacier Road corridor and analyzes potential effects on park resources. The Plan/EA...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found theoretical evidence* of a new way to generate the high-frequency waves used in modern communication devices such as cell phones. Their analysis, if supported by experimental evidence, could contribute to a new generation of wireless technology that would be more secure and resistant to interference than conventional devices.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: Dear Colleague, At my request, the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation has prepared an analysis of the distributional impact of two different proposals to extend tax relief set to expire at the end of this year. In particular, I asked the Joint Committee on Taxation to compare the distributional...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 14, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Four projects that will develop capabilities for designing sophisticated materials that can withstand the harsh environments of advanced fossil energy power systems have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 13, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 “Secretary Napolitano will travel to Boston on Tuesday, Sept. 14, to participate in a naturalization ceremony for more than 5,000 citizenship candidates at Fenway Park. More details on the trip will be released once they are finalized.”
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – "Today’s report showing violent crime declined in 2009 is an encouraging sign that our nation continues to make progress in the fight against crime. Although there are many reasons behind the decline, one thing is certain: smarter policing practices and investments in law enforcement play a significant role in reducing violent and property crime.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the city of Walnut, Calif., alleging that the city violated the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (RLUIPA), when, in 2008, it denied a conditional use permit to the Chung Tai Zen Center so that it could build and operate a Buddhist house of worship at property it then owned in the city.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2010
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke today announced 35 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act investments to help bridge the technological divide, boost economic growth, create jobs, and improve education and healthcare across the country. The investments, totaling $482.4 million in grants, will fund ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today issued the following statement on National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: "President Obama declared this week National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week. I join him in celebrating the tremendous achievements of HBCUs and the many contributions that these institutions of higher learning and their graduates have made to our nation.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy today announced that it will exercise the second option year of its cooperative agreement with the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University and award an additional $1,150,000 to continue funding the National Technical Assistance and Research Center for Increasing the Employment and Economic Independence of Adults with Disabilities.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 13, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis today announced a $10 million grant to fund a new Framework of Action to eliminate the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa industry in Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire. Together the two countries supply more than half of the world's cocoa. Labor Minister E.T. ...
