News from March 2012
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: The deadline for returning harvest cards for the 2011-2012 hunting season is April 8, 2012. This year there is no grace period. Hunters who fail to return their harvest cards by April 8 will not be allowed to get hunting permits for Big Thicket National Preserve for the 2012-2013 season. Preserve management uses the harvest card data to monitor long-term harvest trends and to make decisions regarding the hunting program management.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: Wind Cave National Park Superintendent Vidal Davila announced today that due to extreme fire conditions in the park, fire restrictions are in place under the authority of 36 CFR 2.13 (c). To ensure public safety and to provide the highest degree of protection to park resources, the National Park Service is implementing the following restrictions.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: Dear Mr. President: We are writing to express serious concern about China’s unfair practices in the auto parts sector, and to encourage your Administration to use all existing authority under the law to preserve and protect U.S. production and jobs. Recently released reports have highlighted the vast...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 915,538 visitors in 2010 spent $135,494,000 in Everglades National Park and in communities near the park. That spending supported 1,956 jobs in the local area.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the Committee Chairman, introduced legislation today extending a program that provides American loan guarantees to Israel.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON) Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Ranking Member Elijah Cummings (D-MD) released the following statement regarding an Office of Special Counsel (OSC) report published today in the case of mishandled remains at Dover Air Force Base and the Port Mortuary facility...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, Calif. The public is invited to attend a meeting at the newly remodeled General's Residence, formerly known as the Historic Officer's Club at Fort Mason. The March 21st event, open from 4:30-6:30 PM, will feature...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: Oregon/Washington State Director Ed Shepard announced the selection of Kim Titus as the new Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Salem District Manager. Titus has been the Branch Chief for Planning, Science, and Resource Information in the Oregon State Office since 2006. "Having worked at almost every single...
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today issued the following statement in response to the DPRK announcement that it plans to launch a satellite to celebrate the Great Leader’s 100th birthday:
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management-Eastern States quarterly oil and gas lease sale resulted in competitive bids for all parcels offered. The sale was held at the BLM-Eastern States Office, Springfield, Va. on March 15, 2012. The combined bids brought in $5,414,155.50 that is distributed between the Federal government and states where the parcels were located. Regulations require the bidding to open at $2.00 per acre. More than 115,000 acres were offered in the sale parcels.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: Dry Tortugas National Park, Key West, Florida - A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 53,890 visitors in 2010 spent $4,689,000 in Dry Tortugas National Park and in communities near the park. That spending supported 1956 jobs in the local area.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: Rhonda Markel (Parks Canada) at 867-667-3936.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2012
News Release: Charles Pinckney National Historic Site invites the public to a free film series at 2:00 pm on March 18 and 25, 2012. Rangers will introduce documentaries about Gullah culture and history in the Lowcountry. These films complement the Gullah heritage programs that are presented at the park each Saturday during the same period. Allow about an hour for each screening, with guest speakers to follow.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: USDA Affirms Safety of Lean Finely Textured Beef Product for Consumers WASHINGTON, March 15, 2012 – In response to requests from school districts across the country, the USDA announced today that it will offer more choices to schools in the National School Lunch Program when it comes to purchases of ground beef products.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 15, 2012–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement about the U.S-Korea Trade Agreement, also known as KORUS, which enters into force today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn., returned a one count indictment charging former Humphreys County, Tenn., Sheriff’s Deputies Timothy Wayne Hedge, 50, and James Benjamin Lee, 32, for violating the civil rights of an individual on Jan. 23, 2011, in Humphreys County.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that the 2010 ADA Standards for Accessible Design go into effect today. On July 26, 2010, the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), President Obama announced newly revised ADA regulations. These regulations reflect the fundamental principle that all Americans with disabilities should have equal access and an equal right to participate fully in our society.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A New Orleans man was charged today by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of Louisiana in a 17-count superseding indictment for his alleged role in five murders, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten in the Eastern District of Louisiana and Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced that it has reached an agreement with Pinson, Ala., that, if approved by the court, will allow for the city to bail out from its status as a “covered jurisdiction” under the special provisions of the Voting Rights Act, and thereby exempt the city from the ...
By Fed Newswire | Mar 15, 2012
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced the termination of the enforcement actions listed below: Citizens Bancshares, Inc. and The Citizens Bank of Edmond, both of Edmond, Oklahoma Written Agreement dated Jan. 27, 2010 Terminated March 13, 2012 Credit Suisse AG, Zurich, Switzerland Cease and Desist Order dated Dec. 16, 2009 Terminated March 14, 2012 Search of Federal Reserve enforcement actions.
