News from August 2012
By USDA Wire | Aug 30, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 30, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 30, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
The US Interior Department published a one page rule on Aug. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today released the following comment regarding the decision by the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) to allow Shell to conduct preparatory work in the Chukchi Sea this summer.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conducted a radiological survey of closed areas in Great Kills Park, part of Gateway National Recreation Area, on Monday, August 27 through Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012. The first area surveyed included the fishing area along Great Kills Harbor.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: CINCINNATI, OH - Teams of local law enforcement officers and federal agents this morning arrested seven people charged in complaints filed in U.S. District Court alleging that they conspired to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms of marijuana. The crime carries a punishment of at least ten years and up to life in prison.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) Recognition Day is Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. In honor of that day, the National Park Service, the Friends of Andersonville, and Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW) are hosting the 2012 National POW/MIA Convocation at 11 a.m., Wednesday, September 19 in the Jackson Hall Auditorium on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University. The public is invited.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: John F. Kennedy National Historic Site celebrated the 96th Birthday of the National Park Service on Saturday. Participants joined people in all 397 National Park Units in special events inviting all, particularly families, to explore the special places right in their backyard. At John F. Kennedy National Historic Site, participants not only had the opportunity to travel back in time and learn about John F. Kennedy's childhood, but leave their mark on history as well.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - On Wednesday, Sept. 12, Grand Canyon National Park will celebrate the completion of several new park facilities intended to promote healthy outdoor activity in the park and to increase visitor access to the South Rim by means other than automobile.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: Aztec Ruins National Monument welcomed dozens of Aztec High School Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) members into its ranks during the end of the 2012 school year and the following summer. Funding to pay students and buy materials came through the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC). This was...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: CALABASAS, Calif. - Western National Parks Association (WNPA), a nonprofit education partner of Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA), will host a Navajo trading post at King Gillette Ranch on September 8. The Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site Navajo Rug & Jewelry Show and Sale will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the SMMNRA visitor center.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: Padre Island National Seashore will Conduct a Sobriety Checkpoint on Saturday, Sept. 1, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area and the Obed Wild and Scenic River have arranged for a visitor use survey to be done in each park during September. The surveys will provide information that will help determine where park visitors are coming from, what people like to do when they come to a park, what are visitors' opinions about park facilities and interpretive programs, and what park features and qualities are most important to visitors.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: SHANKSVILLE, Pa. - Flight 93 National Memorial will honor the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93 on the 11th anniversary of September 11th with four days of special programs, culminating in the annual observance on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: SANDY SPRINGS, Ga.- Acting Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks Rachel Jacobson today joined local Atlanta Metropolitan Area officials and managers of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area at a summit to discuss ways to promote tourism and outdoor recreation in the Southeast and stewardship of the Chattahoochee River Corridor.
By State Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: Valley Village, CA - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement regarding the IAEA Director General Report regarding Iran’s nuclear program. The statement follows...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: FRESNO, CA - A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today charging John Simpson, 56, of Squaw Valley, with cultivating marijuana, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON- Leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee continued their examination of Minnesota’s inappropriate and possibly illegal misuse of federal tax dollars to cross-subsidize its state-only health programs.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 30, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 30, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today sent to two Interior Department officials inviting them to appear at a Full Committee hearing on Sept. 13, 2012 to answer questions regarding the Department of the Interior’s Drilling Moratorium...
