News from March 2011
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Please join us on Saturday, April 23, 2011 for Junior Ranger Day at Antietam National Battlefield. Children ages twelve and under will be able to participate in special programs, interact with volunteers portraying Civil War soldiers, and have the opportunity to become Junior Park Rangers.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: The Hidden History Lecture Series, co-sponsored by the Friends of Cumberland Gap, is free of charge. For additional information on park programs, please call (606) 248-2817, extension 1075.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: PHOENIX, AZ. - Senior U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee sentenced Rogelio Anton Perez on Tuesday to 12 years in the Bureau of Prisons. Perez, 30, of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty to the charge of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Cocaine.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Washington -The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of 16 new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include arugula, bluegrass, fescue, potato, ryegrass, wheat and wildrye.
By State Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Marking the occasion of President Obama’s visit to El Salvador, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement:
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and senior Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today called on China to reduce trade barriers to U.S. agricultural products following the release today of a report by the U.S. International...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Dear Honorable Trustees: We strongly reject the notion that the spending reductions from and the payroll tax increases to the Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund enacted in the new health care law (the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA) can both improve the government’s ability...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: DENVER, CO -- The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting your input in developing a White-tailed Deer Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (plan/EIS) for Antietam National Battlefield and Monocacy National Battlefield in Maryland, and the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Virginia.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 160,000 metric tons of hard red winter wheat for delivery to Nigeria during the 2010/2011 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following the release of the investigative report on the blowout preventer from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) the top Democrat on the Natural Resources Committee, called into question the effectiveness of blowout preventers as a last line of defense against a major oil spill.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) today released the following statement marking tomorrow’s one-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, the new health reform law. As Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Harkin played a central role in shaping and passing the bill, and stood beside the President as he signed it into law on March 23, 2010.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Rep. John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, today issued a following statement today calling for an immediate emergency session to debate the authorization of military force in Libya.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - In light of Facebook’s recent attempt to raise additional equity capital while avoiding the burdens of SEC registration, and the SEC’s subsequent examination into the strategy employed by Facebook, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa sent a letter today...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: All roads into Yosemite National Park remain closed due to a severe winter storm on March 19 through March 20. Yosemite Valley received over three feet of snow and all power is out within the park and surrounding areas. There is no anticipated date or time for roads to reopen and power to be stored.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists are helping meet the water demands of a riparian desert region that is home to a national conservation area and a thriving military base.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON DC- This week marks the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the health reform law. The Affordable Care Act is already helping America's seniors, and is strengthening the Medicare program for years to come. Seniors are enjoying increased benefits and improved coverage thanks to health reform, including free preventive care and relief in the prescription drug "donut hole" coverage gap that nearly 4 million seniors have already received.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: BOISE, IDAHO - - Former pharmacist Jason J. Jungert, 36, of Lewiston, Idaho, was sentenced March 22, 2011 to five years probation for acquiring a controlled substance by deception. The probation terms prohibit Jungert from being employed as a pharmacist and require him to undergo intensive drug treatment and testing. Jungert pleaded guilty to the charge in December 2010.
By US DOT Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, has received new information from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) indicating that two California nuclear plants are the only ones in the nation that are located in the highest seismic hazard areas. According to the NRC, its rating was based on "the level of seismic activity and the potential for large magnitude earthquakes."
By USDA Newswire | Mar 22, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued certificates of protection to developers of six new varieties of seed-reproduced and tuber-propagated plants. They include bluegrass, potato, ryegrass and wheat.
