Washington DC -May 20- NAACP President & CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous joined former U.S. Education Secretary Rod Paige in Austin, TX to testify against proposed changes to state’s education curriculum that would significantly alter the way civil rights history is told in Texas schoolbooks.

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Washington DC -May 12- Oversight is one of the most important things that Congress does, or rather, these days doesn’t do.

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Washington DC - April 8 - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack helped commemorate the 50th anniversary of a 1959 “hog lift” in which Iowa farmers sent 36 hogs to Yamanashi Prefecture after Japan suffered major livestock losses caused by two destructive typhoons.

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Washington DC - March 26 - The National Cherry Blossom Festival, March 27-April 11, is an annual two-week event that celebrates springtime in Washington, DC as well as the 1912 gift of the cherry blossom trees and the enduring friendship between the people of the United States and Japan.

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Washington DC - March 8 - The National Park Service announced that favorable pricing on its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act large construction projects has resulted in savings of over 20 percent totaling approximately $129 million. The Service will use these dollars to fund an additional 30 high priority projects across the country.

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Washington DC - February 12 - Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the loss of the U.S. Navy airship USS Macon, NOAA announced that the wreck site on the seafloor within Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary has been added to the National Register of Historic Places.

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Washington DC - January 6 - President Obama marked the anniversary of the National Environmental Policy Act being signed into law forty years ago, ushering in a new era of environmental awareness and citizen participation in government.

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Washington DC - January 5 - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued a statement in response to the determination by the National Park Service that Nantucket Sound is eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places, ensuring that significant historic values are considered in the review of the permit for the proposed Cape Wind energy project.

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Washington DC - December 14 - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the National Park Service is awarding $46.5 million in historic preservation grants to 59 states and U.S. territories.

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Washington DC - November 30 - The National Archives announces the opening of its new online Print Shop with more than 1,200 historical and contemporary photographs, World War I and II posters, drawings and sketches, maps, and ship plans now available for purchase online.

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Washington DC - November 27 - The United States Mint announced the new design that Americans will see on the reverse (tails side) of Native American $1 Coins, and will commence issuing these coins in January 2010.

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Washington DC - November 25 - President Obama reflected on Thanksgiving as a time for us to renew our bonds with one another, and be thankful for our common blessings.

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Washington DC - November 23 - President Barack Obama called on all Americans as they gather with their families and friends to reflect on the accomplishments of all who dedicate their lives to promoting our nation’s agricultural abundance and environmental stewardship and declared the week ending on Thanksgiving Day of each year as National Farm-City Week.

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Washington DC - November 12 - President Obama spoke at Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day honoring the generation serving today alongside previous generations for the courage they have shown and the sacrifices that they have made.

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Washington DC - November 5 - In celebration of American Indian Heritage Month the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that there are nearly 80,000 American Indian operators on 61,472 farms and ranches across the United States, an 88-percent increase over the number counted in 2002.

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