News published on Federal Newswire in September 2010

News from September 2010


Draft Stehekin River Plan Ready for Public Review

News Release: In response to the record floods of 1995, 2003 and 2006, the National Park Service has developed the Draft Stehekin River Corridor Implementation Plan Environmental Impact Statement to address, in a comprehensive way, the steps needed to continue to implement the 1995 Lake Chelan National Recreation...


Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Congressman Condemns Planned 9/11 Koran Burning

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Republican Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, blasted plans by the Rev. Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida to burn copies of the Koran on September 11...


Tapping into Corn's Tropical Diversity

News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are tapping into the genetic diversity of corn from the tropics to improve varieties grown in the United States and other temperate regions.


News Release: The public is invited to attend the sixteenth annual Women of Honor Observance to be held on Tuesday, September 14. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is sponsoring the event.


News Release: On Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, pavement preservation work will begin on Rim Rock Drive in Colorado National Monument. The work will be conducted by Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc., working under contract to the Federal Highways Administration. The work will occur weekdays between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.


Secretary Vilsack Announces Purchase of Up to $2.7 Million of Dates for Federal

News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced USDA’s intention to purchase up to $2.7 million of dates for federal nutrition assistance programs.


News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are being managed under the terms of the U.S. District Court approved consent decree. Park visitors can expect to see resource closures for breeding shorebirds in effect to varying degrees from mid-March to mid-to-late-August and sea turtle nesting closures may...


Elk Bugling Programs at Wind Cave National Park

News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Rangers at Wind Cave National Park will be leading programs this September to listen for the bugle of the Rocky Mountain elk. The elk's high-pitched whistle heralds the arrival of fall and the mating season of the Rocky Mountain elk.


Take Your Class on a Free Electronic Field Trip to North Cascades National Park

News Release: What: A free Electronic Field Trip to North Cascades National Park to explore climate change and its effects on people and ecosystems.


News Release: Visit the Chellberg Farm and Bailly Homestead of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore for the first annual Duneland Heritage Days Event on Saturday and Sunday, September 18th and 19th, 2010 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Embark on a journey through 10,000 years of shared heritage and learn how people and the land have influenced each other over time.


What Was That? Paranormal Investigation & Family Encampment at Fort Stanwix

News Release: Rome, NY: Here it is; the event people have been asking about all year, the announcement for October’s Paranormal Investigation and Family Encampment event of suspense and discovery at Fort Stanwix National Monument. The event will be at the fort on Oct. 16, and start at 5 p.m. inside the Marinus Willett Center located at the intersection James and Dominick Streets. This is the final event celebrating Fort Stanwix National Monument’s 75th birthday during 2010.


News Release: Extended Delays will include Friday and Saturday Nights.


News Release: WASHINGTON - Jason Jewell, 31, of Frankfort, Ind., was sentenced today to six years in prison and a lifetime of supervised release for possession and transportation of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Timothy M. Morrison of the Southern District of Indiana.


News Release: WASHINGTON — A former agent of a financial products and services company pleaded guilty today for his participation in fraud conspiracies related to contracts for the investment of municipal bond proceeds and other municipal finance contracts, the Department of Justice announced.


Board authorizes ongoing small-value offerings of term deposits under the Term Deposit Facility

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday announced that it has authorized ongoing small-value offerings of term deposits under the Term Deposit Facility (TDF).


States receive more than $8 million from US Department of Labor for improvements to unemployment insurance systems

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced more than $8 million in grants to 22 states to make automation and technology upgrades within unemployment insurance systems.


22 states receive $10 million from US Department of Labor to enhance their unemployment insurance integrity systems

News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced $10 million in grant funds to 22 states to make technology improvements leading to more accurate unemployment insurance benefit payments.


US Labor Department obtains judgment restoring  nearly $18,000 to Clinton, Md., retirement plan

News Release: CLINTON, Md. — The U.S. Department of Labor has obtained a consent judgment ordering Walton Mechanical Service Inc. and its president, David A. Walton Jr., to restore $17,378 to the company’s SIMPLE IRA Plan.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.