News from March 2012
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: SPRINGFIELD, MA - Families can experience an array of indoor and outdoor programs during spring vacation week at Springfield Armory National Historic Site. Activities, tours, and special programs await visitors from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, April 16 to Saturday, April 21, 2012. Admission is free.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has filed an administrative action under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA) against JK Farm Inc., d/b/a MS Food Service.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: Biscayne National Park's maritime history is unique.With over 50 shipwrecks in the park, the stories behind the wrecks are the real treasures.The March 11 installment of Biscayne National Park's multiple award-winning Family Fun Fest will look at the five ships on Biscayne National Park's Maritime Heritage...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: ANDERSONVILLE, Georgia - Andersonville National Historic Site will host its annual Civil War Living History Weekend on Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11, 2012. This educational program offers visitors the opportunity to gain a better understanding of what life was like between 1864 and 1865 at Andersonville, the infamous Civil War prison camp. Union prisoners and Confederate guards will be portrayed by Civil War period living historians.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: Seneca Falls, NY -Women's Rights National Historical Park is pleased to announce that it will show the PBS documentary One Woman, One Vote this Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, at 12 p.m.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: INDIANAPOLIS, IN -- Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced that four new corporate partners - Best Buy, Johnson Controls, Pacific Gas and Electric, and Veolia - are joining the Energy Department’s National Clean Fleets Partnership, a broad public-private partnership that assists the nation’s largest...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: Monocacy National Battlefield in cooperation with the Civil War Trust will host the 16th annual "Park Day" cleanup on Saturday, March 31, 2012. This nationwide effort will help to restore and clean America's battlefields, shrines, and cemeteries. The event is underwritten with a grant from HistoryTM...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Republican allegations that the Department of Interior has acted improperly in preparing a new rule to protect streams from mountaintop removal mining are without merit, according to a report released today by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: On March 31, 2012, Monocacy National Battlefield will join with other Historic Consortium museum sites in the official opening of the spring season. Emphasis of the event will be on Frederick, Maryland's unique role in the upcoming 150th anniversary of the 1862 Maryland Campaign.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
Release: Washington, DC, March 5, 2012 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today marked National School Breakfast Week (March 5-9) by emphasizing the administration's commitment to provide schoolchildren with healthy, well-balanced meals to prepare them for a productive school day.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Joe Pitts, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Michael Enzi, and Sen. Orrin Hatch today asked a wide range of stakeholders for a detailed accounting of how they operate the 340B program, a discount drug program that’s meant to supply federally funded grantees and other safety net health care providers but whose exploding growth raises questions about program integrity.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: Visitors to Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve contributed more than $6 million to local economies and supported 96 jobs in 2010 according to a recent report issued by the National Park Service. Statewide visitors to Idaho's 6 national parks contributed more than $20 million to local economies and supported 312 jobs. Nationally visitors to the National Park System contributed more than $31 billion to local economies and supported 258,000 jobs.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee today began consideration of the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act and the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act, which aim to improve the way the FCC operates by strengthening transparency and predictability.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee today began consideration of the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act and the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act, which aim to improve the way the FCC operates by strengthening transparency and predictability.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today introduced a new Grow it Here, Make it Here initiative to advance the emerging bio-based manufacturing industry, using agriculture goods to make value-added products and create jobs. Chairwoman ...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: HAGERSTOWN, MD -Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park is pleased to announce that the City of Brunswick has become the first municipality to join the Canal Steward Program. The city has adopted a section of the C&O Canal towpath between the railroad crossing at milepost 55 and the Brunswick Family Campground adjacent to the Canal.They will repair potholes on their adopted towpath section using material supplied by the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Joe Pitts, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Michael Enzi, and Sen. Orrin Hatch today asked a wide range of stakeholders for a detailed accounting of how they operate the 340B program, a discount drug program that’s meant to supply federally funded grantees and other safety net health care providers but whose exploding growth raises questions about program integrity.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Subcommittee on International Trade Ranking Member John Thune (R-S.D.) today applauded the Senate’s unanimous passage of their legislation to protect American jobs and exports by ensuring the U.S. Commerce Department can continue...
By EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Rep. Joe Pitts, Sen. Chuck Grassley, Sen. Michael Enzi, and Sen. Orrin Hatch today asked a wide range of stakeholders for a detailed accounting of how they operate the 340B program, a discount drug program that’s meant to supply federally funded grantees and other safety net health care providers but whose exploding growth raises questions about program integrity.
By EPA Newswire | Mar 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC -The House Energy and Commerce Committee today began consideration of the Federal Communications Commission Process Reform Act and the Federal Communications Commission Consolidated Reporting Act, which aim to improve the way the FCC operates by strengthening transparency and predictability.
