News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior announced today completion of its multi-year project to replace and integrate the outdated acquisition, financial, and management systems of the department and its bureaus. With deployment of the Financial and Business Management System (FBMS) to the Bureau of Reclamation, all of the Department's business operations are now utilizing this cutting-edge enterprise management system.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – On Monday, April 19, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland will deliver a keynote address at the 20th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Secretary Haaland and Ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield will serve as Heads of Delegation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BAKERSFIELD, CA - Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt joined President Donald Trump and other federal officials in Bakersfield, California for the signing of a Presidential Memorandum supporting more water development and delivery in California.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: PRAY, Mont. - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined Under Secretary of Agriculture Robert Bonnie, U.S. Senator Jon Tester and Montana Governor Steve Bullock to announce actions ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland traveled to Maine this week to meet with Tribal leaders, elected officials, and other stakeholders. The Secretary’s two-day trip included several gatherings and events with Tribal leaders from the Wabanaki Nations, which focused on strengthening Tribal sovereignty to ensure that Tribal leaders can protect and promote the health and welfare of their people, natural and cultural resources, and their reservations.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Just days before National Hunting and Fishing Day – which is held on September 23rd every year - U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke declared October will officially be recognized as National Hunting and Fishing Month at the Department. Zinke championed the order to recognize the lasting ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo met with Singapore Minister for Communications and Information Josephine Teo for a bilateral meeting and to co-host an event promoting women’s leadership in the technology sector.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt issued a proclamation designating James Weldon Johnson Park in Jacksonville, Florida, which was the site of Ax Handle Saturday, to be a part of the African American Civil Rights Network (AACRN).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: BEIJING, China – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell met with Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang last week to discuss cooperation between the two countries in combating illegal trade in wildlife that threatens to drive elephants, rhinoceroses and pangolins into extinction, along with many other land and marine species.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Trump Administration announced a new report , highlighting the achievements to date that support and improve habitat quality in western big-game winter range and migration corridors. Since 2018, the Department of the Interior and its partners have facilitated 73 projects across 11 states ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: HOUSTON – All Seasons Hospitality and Investments LLC and owner Tanvir Shahmohd, operator of a Houston-area hotel, has agreed to pay an employee back wages and damages following a U.S. Department of Labor whistleblower investigation.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will host regional public meetings in Atlantic City and New Orleans next week to gather information and public comment to help build a comprehensive energy strategy for the Outer Continental Shelf.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: WASHINGTON - On Thursday, Feb. 25, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will travel to Mexico to discuss strategic economic and commercial priorities between the United States and Mexico as part of the U.S.-Mexico High-Level Economic Dialogue (HLED). Jewell will join the U.S. delegation for the HLED meeting, led by Vice President Joe Biden.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined President Obama in commemorating the 45th anniversary of the Wilderness Act and the creation of the National Wilderness Preservation System by President Lyndon Johnson on Sept. 3, 1964.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the American Indian College Fund has been selected to administer the student Scholarship Fund authorized by the Cobell Settlement, with a fifth of the annual scholarships to be awarded by the American Indian Graduate Center. Secretary Salazar is also seeking nominations for two of the members who will serve on the Board of Trustees that oversees the educational fund.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the Wolfcamp Shale and overlying Bone Spring Formation in the Delaware Basin portion of Texas and New Mexico’s Permian Basin province contain an estimated mean of 46.3 billion barrels of oil, 281 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, and ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: SAN DIEGO, Calif. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today joined U.S. and Mexico delegations in San Diego, California, at an official signing ceremony of Minute 319 to the 1944 Treaty with Mexico – an historic binational agreement to guide future management of the Colorado River through 2017. The agreement was developed and facilitated by the U.S. and Mexico Sections of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: St. John, Virgin Islands – Virgin Islands National Park today declared all roads, trails and beaches open at the park, 105 days after Hurricane Irma ravaged the island of St. John.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
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By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes, National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis, and Trust for the National Mall President Caroline Cunningham today announced a $7.5 million donation from philanthropist David M. Rubenstein to repair damage to the Washington Monument ...
