News from May 2011
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that Green Thumb Commodities Inc., a seed company operating out of Oldham, S.D., has paid $2,275 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act. The company settled the case in agreement with AMS officials. The company neither admitted nor denied the charges brought against them.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Patchogue, New York-From mid-May through early June 2011, Fire Island National Seashore is hosting scientists from the U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Coastal Carolina University as they conduct investigations in the coastal zone of Fire Island. The new data will include near-shore and inner shelf...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments following release of the FY2012 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill text.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: “As I have traveled through Iowa and across the country, I have heard from more and more hardworking middle class families who feel that the American Dream is slipping away. I recently received a letter from one of my constituents, who wrote...
By State Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - This morning, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) chaired a hearing to assess the situation in Libya and U.S. efforts to prevent a humanitarian crisis in that country.
By DOL Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing on federal workers' compensation. In the Federal Employees' Compensation Act of 1916 (FECA), Congress established a program for federal workers to receive compensation in the event of a work-related injury ...
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: An important element of the Falling Garden has been restored in the landscape at Hampton National Historic Site in Towson, Maryland. As part of the ongoing rehabilitation of the garden, a reproduction cast stone urn and pedestal were placed as the central feature of Parterre I (the left garden as seen...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - On Tuesday this week, the Pilgrim nuclear power plant located 38 miles from Boston, Mass. experienced an apparent accidental incident while trying to restart the nuclear reactor core. A team of investigators will be sent to the plant to review the event on May 16.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - After sufficient melting and additional plowing the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) opened to Avalanche Creek for vehicle traffic on the west side of the park Wednesday, May 11. Temporary parking is available at the Avalanche Picnic Area and Campground. The Chief Mountain Road...
By DOJ Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: BOSTON, MA. - 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, announced that RAUL FABIAN, 37, a citizen of the Dominican Republic last residing in Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Thursday praised the intelligence community for its role in locating Osama bin Laden but questioned whether the cooperation exhibited in that case is illustrative of the level of integration across the community envisioned by intelligence reform legislation they helped co-author.
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that Gayland Ward Seed Company Inc., a seed company operating out of Hereford, Texas, has paid $2,800 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act. The company settled the case in agreement with AMS officials. The company neither admitted nor denied the charges brought against them.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Yosemite Conservancy Programs Connect People with the Park.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Due to the deterioration of the snowpack, Denali National Park and Preserve Superintendent Paul Anderson has determined that there is no longer adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in the 1980 additions to Denali National Park and Preserve on both sides of the Alaska...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 12, 2011 - Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1231, the Reversing President Obama’s Offshore Moratorium Act, with a bipartisan vote of 243-179. Introduced by Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings, H.R. 1231 will lift the Obama Administration’s effective...
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Irish music and dance traditions are alive and well in New England. This exciting evening of solo, duet, and group performances, plus special guest appearances, will reveal the cultural history and shared languages which these artists express, preserve, and pass on. This free concert will take place Saturday, June 4th at 8:00 p.m. at the Merrimack Repertory, 50 Merrimack Street, in downtown Lowell.
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: When did sunlight become the infectant?
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: Buffalo National River is continuing to assess and repair flood damage. Repairs to roads, trail, boat launches are in full swing, and we are asking our visitors to have patience as crews work to bring the areas back to a safe and operational state. Initial focus has been on critical infrastructure related...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Thursday in reaction to the President’s request that FBI Director Robert Mueller serve two additional years beyond his 10-year statutory term, set to expire September 4 of this year...
