News from September 2010
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 3, 2010
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Sep 3, 2010
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 3, 2010
The US Labor Department published a five page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Sep 3, 2010
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
News Release: Afla-Guard®, a biological control used to thwart the growth of fungi on peanuts, can be used on corn as well, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists who helped develop it. After extensive study and research trials in Texas, Afla-Guard® was registered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for use on corn, beginning with the 2009 crop.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
News Release: LOWELL, MA - Lowell National Historical Park canal boat tours move to reduced daily operation rolling into the late summer season beginning September 7. The Park, one of over 390 units of the National Park Service, preserves and interprets the history of the American Industrial Revolution in Lowell, Massachusetts. The Park in historic downtown Lowell, Massachusetts includes former cotton textile mills, 5.6 miles of power canals, operating gatehouses, and worker housing.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
News Release: On Monday August 30 at approximately 7:30 pm a kayaker reported seeing a human skull in a cove below Battery Spencer in the Marin Headlands, part of Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The kayaker notified the National Park Service, and a team of U.S. Coast Guard and NPS Rangers immediately performed a search of the cove. Due to approaching darkness, NPS decided to resume the search the following morning.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Superintendent Russel J. Wilson reports that park staff are performing safety and resource assessments of the seashore in the wake of Hurricane Earl. Preliminary assessments have found only minor impacts to park facilities such as shingles missing from some of the buildings.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - With unemployment rising to 9.6%, questions are mounting regarding the effectiveness of the stimulus bill and how stimulus dollars are being spent. Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, has sent a letter to the Chairman...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee’s senior Republican member, issued the following statement today after the Department of Labor reported a loss of 54,000 jobs in August and an increase in the national unemployment rate to 9.6 percent...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation has scheduled a public session to negotiate new contracts with three existing long-term water service contractors, the city of Fresno, Gravelly Ford Water District, and Fresno County Waterworks No. 18, in the Friant Division of the Central Valley Project.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
News Release: Park facilities were closed on Friday, Sept. 3, in anticipation of the effects of Hurricane Earl as it passed to the east. Camping was restricted and beaches were closed to swimming as of Thursday, September 2. Ferry service to Sailors Haven and Watch Hill was suspended for Friday.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
News Release: The National Park Service announced today that beginning Saturday, September 4, 2010 it will significantly scale back the search for the missing floatplane carrying employees Mason McLeod, brothers Neal and Seth Spradlin, and pilot Marco Alletto. The floatplane disappeared on Aug. 21, 2010 after taking off from Swikshak Bay in Katmai National Park and Preserve. No sign of the floatplane or missing men has been reported since.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2010
News Release: Marblemount, WA - The body of missing climber John Arum, was found on the north slope of Storm King Mountain by National Park Service rangers. They were conducting an aerial search along the “fall line" below the location where his waist pack was found yesterday. While previous flights had been made...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 2, 2010
News Release: Corn germplasm lines developed by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are scoring high marks in field trials for resistance to aflatoxin produced by Aspergillus flavus and A. parasiticus fungi.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department filed a lawsuit today against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO), Maricopa County, and Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio for refusing full cooperation with the department’s investigation of alleged national origin discrimination in violation of Title VI of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former senior employee of a U.S. military contractor pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to pay $360,000 in bribes to U.S. Army contracting officials stationed at a U.S. military base in Kuwait, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
