News from September 2010
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: National Park Rangers from Oklahoma’s three national park areas [Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma City National Memorial, and Washita Battlefield National Historic Site] will staff a National Park Service (NPS) booth during the 2010 Oklahoma State Fair, which runs from September 16 through...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
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 and roads remain open in Rocky Mountain National Park. Since September 1 the fire has grown approximately 50...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: On Tuesday, Sept. 14, parking space for private vehicles will be further restricted at the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center. The visitor center is the transportation portal to the USS Arizona Memorial and other Pearl Harbor historic sites. Visitors are encouraged to use public transportation, including the city bus, commercial tours, taxis and shuttles.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency in the Department of the Interior, has awarded a $1.5 million contract to the Eastern Municipal Water District under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to construct pumping stations as part of a project that will provide more reliable pressure for its recycled water customers.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. - Using a one-of-a-kind instrument designed and built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an international team of researchers have "unveiled" a quartet of graphene's electron states and discovered that electrons in graphene can split up into an unexpected...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: Taking advantage of the cooler and wetter fall weather, North Cascades National Park fire crews are preparing to burn two units within the next two weeks. The exact timing of the prescribed burns will be determined by environmental conditions and careful consideration of public fall events within the...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: A career scientist and public land manager, Susan L. Boudreau has been named as superintendent of Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the Department of the Interior, announced today that Reclamation's Albuquerque Area Office in New Mexico, has awarded a task order totaling $3.5 million, under an existing contract to Stoven Construction, Inc., of Albuquerque, N.M for construction of habitat improvements in the Isleta Reach of the Middle Rio Grande floodplain downstream of Belen.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: Padre Island National Seashore News Release.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) issued the following statement in response to the President’s speech today in Cleveland, Ohio...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency in the Department of the Interior, has awarded a $2 million contract to the Yucaipa Valley Water District under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to construct a brineline extension that will help the Water District meet regional water quality objectives.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Wednesday in observance of the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Rep. Darrell Issa, the Ranking Member of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, issued the following statement regarding President Barack Obama’s campaign-style speech in Ohio...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today the creation of the Carbon Capture and Storage Simulation Initiative with an investment of up to $40 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The partnership announced today will bring together national laboratories...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 8, 2010
News Release: Porter, IN--Visitors, fans, and supporters of Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore can help the park win a $100,000 grant by voting online for “America’s Favorite Park." Vote at www.livepositively.com before August 31. There is no limit on the number of times you can vote.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON -- Cisco Systems and Westcon Group North America (formerly d.b.a. Comstor) have agreed to pay the United States $48 million to settle claims that they made misrepresentations to the General Services Administration (GSA) and other federal agencies in violation of the False Claims Act, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 7, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that the Housing Authority for the city of Eastman, Ga., (EHA) has agreed to pay up to $320,000 to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern or practice of discriminating against applicants for housing and tenants based on race. The EHA is a ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 7, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Pacific Mercantile Bancorp, Costa Mesa, California, a registered bank holding company, and its subsidiary bank, Pacific Mercantile Bank, Costa Mesa, California, a state-chartered member bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 7, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Mountain West Financial Corp., Helena, Montana, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis.
By Fed Newswire | Sep 7, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Bank of the Eastern Shore, Cambridge, Maryland, a state-chartered member bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, and the State of Maryland Commissioner of Financial Regulation.
