News from November 2021
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Prepared by the Joint Information Center
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CHICAGO – As part of the Interior Department’s leadership of First Lady Michelle Obama’s ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the Department of the Interior's projects under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 for Tennessee. Across its Bureaus, the Department will invest $23.4 million in Tennessee as part of the recovery plan signed by the ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – This week, Secretary of the Interior David L. Bernhardt traveled along the Gulf Coast where he conducted several site inspections of National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service units, met with the hardworking staff, participated in a prescribed burn and visited with local outdoor recreation businesses. (View the entire press release here. )
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – Obama Administration Officials announced today that they will host a White House Conference on America's Great Outdoors on Friday, April 16, 2010. Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior, and Tom Vilsack, Secretary of ...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Salem, Ore. – Today, the States of Oregon and California, PacifiCorp and the federal government – through the U.S. Departments of the Interior and Commerce – announced an agreement-in-principle to move forward with amending the Klamath Hydroelectric Settlement Agreement (KHSA).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of the Interior today, along with the National Park Foundation and other participating federal recreation land agencies, announced the winners of the 2017 Share the Experience photography contest on Interior's popular Instagram account and launched the 2018 contest. The ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: BILLINGS, MT – Later this week, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell will join U.S. Senator Jon Tester on a multi-day swing across the state of Montana. While there, Jewell and Tester will meet with local leaders and stakeholders to discuss issues important to the state, including the economic ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that he will return to his home state of Colorado, having fulfilled his promise to President Obama to serve four years as Secretary. Secretary Salazar has informed President Obama that he intends to leave the Department by the end of March.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: From sea to shining sea, our country is home to gorgeous landscapes, vibrant waterways, and historic treasures that all Americans can enjoy. But right now, young people are spending more time in front of screens than outside, and that means they are missing out on valuable opportunities to explore, learn and play in the spectacular outdoor places that belong to all of them.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: Washington, DC – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today released the following statement on the passing of Former Senator Ted Stevens:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: CARVER'S GAP, NC – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell today joined U.S. Senator Richard Burr, U.S. Department of Agriculture Deputy Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Butch Blazer and Southern Appalachian conservation leaders and groups to highlight the need for Congress to ...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON –The U.S. Department of Labor today launched an online dialogue with stakeholders to increase access to Registered Apprenticeships for job seekers in underrepresented communities.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Secretary Jewell to Kick off Tribal Solarthon with Shinnecock Nation in New York
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: The National Park Service is awarding $46.5 million in historic preservation grants to 59 states and U.S. territories to preserve and celebrate our nation's rich history.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
Release: Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will testify before the Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee regarding the Obama Administration's proposed 2011 budget for the Interior Department.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. – Today the U.S. Department of the Interior announced the selection of Sylvia Burns as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO).
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: WASHINGTON - As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to create American jobs, develop domestic clean energy sources and cut carbon pollution, Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced today that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has defined three Wind Energy Areas offshore North Carolina, which total approximately 307,590 acres, for potential commercial wind energy development.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2021
News Release: DALLAS – The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in federal court seeking to recover $35 million in losses and alleging that three members of a Carrollton moving and storage company’s board of directors and a trustee of the company’s employee stock ownership plan allowed the sale of the ESOP’s ownership interest for less than its market value in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
