News from April 2011
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY - The public is invited to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War by attending a talk and book signing by professor and author Douglas R. Egerton. This event will be held at the Women's Rights National Historical Park visitor center, 136 Fall Street in Seneca Falls, starting at 1:00 pm on Saturday, April 30th.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 20, 2011 - On Wednesday, May 11th the House Natural Resources Committee will hold a Full Committee oversight hearing on “American Energy Initiative: Identifying Roadblocks to Wind and Solar Energy on Public Lands and Waters.".
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will be hosting the Eleventh Annual Spring Planting Day celebration on Saturday, April 30, 2011. The event will take place in the areas adjacent to the Bandy Creek Visitor Center and the Lora Blevins home place from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. Eastern time.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the Obama administration announced the release of $1 billion by BP for restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico identified under the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process. Yet even as the oil giant is doling out this down payment to help restore the Gulf of Mexico following...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: The "Lane Ranger" Saddles Up for Her Next Adventure.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called on President Obama to provide additional information and guidance on his plans to reform the Medicare program as part of his overall plan to reduce the debt.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: BOISE, IDAHO - - Cosme Jorge Flores, 44, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced on April 19, 2011, in Coeur d'Alene to 42 months in prison for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana. Additionally, Flores was ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term, perform 80 hours of community service, and forfeit $25,000 or the equivalent, to the United States. He pleaded guilty to the charge in September 2010.
By EPA Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called on President Obama to provide additional information and guidance on his plans to reform the Medicare program as part of his overall plan to reduce the debt.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement in response to news that over 84 percent of the nation's Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) voted in favor of collective bargaining rights...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: Nominations for candidates to fill upcoming vacancies on the Denali National Park Subsistence Resource Commission are being accepted through May 31, 2011. The Subsistence Resource Commission (SRC) provides a venue for local subsistence users to have input into the management of subsistence resources in Denali National Park. It was established by ANILCA and charged with recommending a program for subsistence hunting in the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: WEST HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that MURRAY WELLNER, M.D., with an office at 10 Dale Street, West Hartford, has entered into a civil settlement agreement with the Government in which he will pay $42,500 to resolve allegations that he violated civil provisions of the Controlled Substances Act.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Department of Homeland Security today announced it is replacing the color-coded system of alerting the public to terrorist threats with the National Terrorism Advisory System which is designed to communicate information about terrorist threats in a timely and more effective manner to the public, state and local officials, first responders, airports, and the private sector.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: For the second year in a row, high school students from the Los Angeles Conservation Corps' "Clean and Green" program visited Death Valley National Park for a week of service, environmental education, and job shadowing with the National Park Service staff.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today U.S. Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, called on President Obama to provide additional information and guidance on his plans to reform the Medicare program as part of his overall plan to reduce the debt.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 20, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced the completion of the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (SEIS)...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: Dr. Stacy A. Cordery, a Visiting Fellow at the Theodore Roosevelt Center at Dickinson State University, will discuss Theodore Roosevelt, conservation, and the National Parks during a special presentation on Monday, April 25 at 7 pm MDT in the South Unit Visitor Center of Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2011
News Release: Two hikers that were listed as missing in Zion National park have been found. Evgenia Buzulukova, 25 from Roy, Utah and Jonathon Wilson, 28 from Portland, Oregon, were located in the Left Fork of North Creek (The Subway) last night, April 19, at approximately 10 p.m. in safe and stable condition.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 19, 2011
News Release: Gaithersburg, Md. - The governing board of the public-private Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) has voted in favor of a new standard and a set of guidelines important for making the long-planned "smart" electricity grid a reality. The documents address the need for wireless communications among grid-connected devices as well as the ability to upgrade household electricity meters as the Smart Grid evolves.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 19, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Washington – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan today called on K-12 schools, colleges and universities across the central U.S. – and throughout the country – to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A federal court has barred a Philadelphia tax preparation firm and its owner from preparing federal tax returns claiming first-time-homebuyer tax credits and tax deductions for certain expenses, the Justice Department announced today. The court’s preliminary injunction order against Friday James of Landsdowne, Pa., who does business as Frika Tax Services, will remain in effect while the government’s lawsuit seeking a permanent injunction proceeds in court.
