News published on Federal Newswire in September 2010

News from September 2010


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Superintendent Trish Kicklighter announced today that the grand opening of the new Assateague Island Visitor Center will be held on Saturday Oct. 2, 2010 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM. The visitor center is located at the foot of Verrazano Bridge, adjacent to park headquarters on Route 611. The new Visitor Center replaces the original, undersized and outdated facility built in the 1960's shortly after the National Seashore was established.


Tracking Triclosan's Field Footprint

News Release: A study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and cooperators provides new details about how fertilizing soils with biosolids also introduces triclosan-an antibacterial agent in soaps and other cleaning supplies-into the environment.


News Release: Park personnel continue to monitor and evaluate the Cow Creek Fire while always keeping public and firefighter safety a top priority. This fire is in a remote location and all designated trails remain open in Rocky Mountain National Park. Since Sept. 1, the fire has grown approximately 50 acres.


Accreditation of California Organic Farmers Association is Revoked

News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that California Organic Farmers Association’s (COFA) accreditation as an organic certifying agent has been revoked.


Camp Statement on President’s Tax Proposal

News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) today issued the following statement in reaction to reports about the President’s latest tax proposals...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Congressman Wally Herger (R-CA), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Subcommittee on Health, today filed a discharge petition on H.R. 5424, the Reform Americans Can Afford Act, which would repeal the Democrats’ health care law and replace it with commonsense solutions to bring down...


Secretary Chu Awards $9.6 Million for Transformational Energy Research Projects

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the selection of six transformational energy research and development projects that could revolutionize how the country uses, stores and produces energy. Funded with $9.6 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the...


Camp Statement on 75th Anniversary of Social Security

News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement marking tomorrow’s 75th anniversary of Social Security...


16 Organizations Chosen to Receive Site Visits for 2010 Baldrige Award

News Release: The Panel of Judges for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence, has selected 16 organizations for the final review stage for the 2010 award. Starting next month, teams of business, education, health care and nonprofit experts...


News Release: (Keystone, SD) In solemn remembrance of Sept. 11, 2001, Mount Rushmore National Memorial will be extending the evening illumination of the sculpture through the night of Saturday, September 11. After the regular Evening Program that begins at 8:00 pm on Saturday, the carving will remain illuminated until sunrise on Sunday, September 12.


Camp: GDP Numbers Show Need to Prevent Democrat Tax Hikes

News Release: Washington, DC - In light of news this morning that the economy continues to grow at a slow pace, Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) urged Democrats to join Republicans in preventing job-killing tax hikes to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2011.


News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that night beach driving permits, required for off-road vehicle use on Cape Hatteras National Seashore ocean beaches between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m., September 16 to Nov. 15, 2010, are now available.


News Release: Washington, DC - While rank-and-file Democrats lined up behind a Republican effort to repeal the onerous, job-killing 1099 tax provision found in the new health care law, Democrat leaders doomed H.R. 5982 to failure by including billions of dollars in new job-killing tax increases on American employers. Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following quote after the bill was defeated.