News published on Federal Newswire in May 2011

News from May 2011


The US State Department published a four page proposed rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. Immediate Release - May 9, 2011. Ed Cummins, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. Tuzigoot Museum Reopening Observance Commemorates 75 Years of NPS Service. Clarkdale, AZ-A celebratory gathering and open house will mark the reopening of Tuzigoot National Monument's...


DEA’s Second Pill Take Back Event Yields 1,225 Pounds Of Medications In South Carolina

News Release: COLUMBIA, SC. - South Carolina residents participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event Saturday turned in 1,225 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than 2010’s total which was 1,180 pounds.


DEA Destroys 5 3/4 Tons Of Drugs

News Release: WESTON, FL. - On April 30th, Floridians turned in approximately 11,567 (5 ¾ tons) of unwanted or expired prescription drugs at 228 collection sites across the state during the Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back Initiative. In the Tampa area, 2 ½ tons were...


Tuzigoot Museum Reopening Observance Commemorates 75 Years of NPS Service (Camp Verde)

News Release: National Park ServiceNews Release. Immediate Release - May 9, 2011. Ed Cummins, Chief Ranger, MOCA/TUZI, 928-567-3322 x227. Tuzigoot Museum Reopening Observance Commemorates 75 Years of NPS Service. Clarkdale, AZ-A celebratory gathering and open house will mark the reopening of Tuzigoot National Monument's...


2ND CONTINENTAL DRAGOONS RIDE INTO SPRINGFIELD IN FULL REGALIA

News Release: SPRINGFIELD: The 2nd Continental Dragoons Cavalry, the first official cavalry unit of the United States, dates back to the Revolutionary War. A dozen members of today's Dragoons, which include four horsemen, will be one of the important components of Armory Day, Saturday, May 14th from 1pm - 5pm. The...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD. MA.: Hatfield resident Deborah Martin beats eggs, stirs in sugar, measures flour, and applies icing during the week. The result - special order wedding cakes! She loves her work as owner of Cakes by Deborah. She loves her weekends as well, as a soldier. Martin portrays a Civil War soldier...


News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA: Tyler Millett, of Hampden, is a Minnechaug Regional High School junior by day and a weekend Civil War reenactor on weekends. Millett takes his hobby very seriously, and has been at it since he was three-years-old.


Civil War Correspondent to Visit Fort Moultrie

News Release: As part of the National Park Service’s ongoing commemoration of the Civil War Sesquicentennial, the public is invited to a free dramatic program focusing on Civil War correspondent Frank Vizetelly. This free presentation takes place Saturday, June 11th at 2:00 p.m. in the Fort Moultrie Visitor Center Auditorium on Sullivan’s Island.


Junior Ranger Day

News Release: Calling all kids and those young at heart! Monocacy National Battlefield will host a Camp of Instruction for visitors of all ages at the historic Worthington Farm on Saturday, June 4, 2011. Visitors will be mustered into the military by costumed interpreters and drilled on the different marching techniques...


BLM Celebrates 25th Anniversary for Colorado Wild Horse Inmate Program

News Release: Come celebrate the Wild Horse Inmate Program’s 25th Anniversary with the Bureau of Land Management during a two-day event and adoption with performances by the Westernaires, a horse parade of former adopters and a live training demonstration.The event is from 6 to 8 p.m., May 20, and from 9 a.m. to 5...


DEA’s Second Pill Take Back Event Yields 4,436 Pounds Of Medications In Tennessee

News Release: NASHVILLE, TN. - Tennesseans participating in the United States Drug Enforcement Administration’(DEA’s) second National Prescription Drug Take-Back event on April 30th turned in 4,436 pounds of unwanted or expired medications for safe and proper disposal at sites set up throughout the state. This number was more than 2010’s total which was 2,959 pounds.


News Release: Step into History and Join us at the Monument to Commemorate the 100 Year Anniversary Saturday, May 21 at 11:00am.


News Release: NEW BRITAIN, 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, announced that STEVEN VELEZ, 32, of New Britain, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Janet Bond Arterton...


News Release: WASHINGTON-An international team of researchers co-led by a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist has sequenced the genomes of two fungal pathogens-one that threatens global wheat supplies and another that limits production of a tree crop valued as a future source for biofuel.


AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL WAR SOLDIER IS REMEMBERED

News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA.: Cousins Warren Barnett and Jay Griffin, both in the Peter Brace Brigade Civil War encampment, will tell the story of Empson Brown, their great, great, great grandfather and uncle, respectively, at Armory Day on Saturday, May 14th from 1pm to 5pm on the grounds of the Springfield Armory...