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DOI Feature Audio

2009

8/18/2009	Recovery Investments Put Alaskans to Work
8/06/2009	Interior Tells Senate About Progress on Renewables
7/30/2009	Interior Announces $40 Million in Economic Relief for Drought-Stricken California
7/30/2009	Interior Invests $40 for California Drought Relief
7/24/2009	Secretary Sites Progress Under Recovery Act
7/16/2009	Interior Withdraws Legally Flawed Plan for Oregon Forests
7/14/2009	Secretary Salazar Tells Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee: Time Has Come to Reform Outdated Mining Law
7/07/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar testified before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee today along with Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack. The full committee hearing entitled "Moving America Toward a Clean Energy Economy and Reducing Global Warming Pollution: Legislative Tools" comes as the Senate starts to prepare its version of the House's "American Clean Energy and Security Act 2009."
7/06/2009	The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Business Center Aviation Management Directorate and the U.S. Forest Service recently teamed up with NASA to bring a new science based approach to choosing a new class of aerial firefighting aircraft called the VLAT for very large air tanker, which should be in use later this year.
6/11/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar comments on yesterday's federal indictments of thieves looting American Indian grave sites. The arrest of 23 suspects culminated a two FBI investigation turning up more than 250 artifacts valued at more than $335,000.
6/11/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that approximately 1,850 local governments with federal land in their jurisdictions will receive $381.6 million this year under the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Program to help offset forgone tax revenue.
6/04/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar kicked off the first of 12 public workshops that will provide information and answer questions about the Final Framework for Renewable Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf. This program was published in the Federal Register on April 29, 2009. This podcast features the Secretary's opening remarks.
06/03/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar testified today before the Senate Interior Appropriations Committee, outlining the administrations proposed fiscal year 2010 budget. The budget emphasizes the priorities of creating a new energy frontier, protecting treasured landscapes, creating a 21st Century Youth Conservation Corp and empowering Indian Country.
06/02/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, in a visit to Ohio today, announced that the National Park Service will offer three fee-free weekends this summer to encourage Americans seeking affordable vacations to visit these national treasures. The 147 National Park Service sites across the country that charge fees for entry will waive these entrance fees during the weekends of June 20-21, July 18-19, and August 15-16, 2009.
06/01/2009	DOI Invests $15 Million to Reduce Fire Danger/Create Jobs
05/30/2009	On Saturday, May 30, the Lincoln Memorial was rededicated in honor of President Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial year. The memorial was first dedicated in 1922. Secretary Salazar delivered the closing remarks of the dedication ceremony.
05/27/2009	The U.S. Department of the Interior's performance and accountability report has been recognized by the Association of Government Accountants with the Certificate of Excellence in Accountability. In 2008 the department kept track of more than $20 billion. Dan Fletcher, the Interior Department's Director of Financial Management explains that while transparency may seem like a new buzzword, it has always played a role in Interior's accounting.
05/13/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Environment to discuss his $12.1 billion budget request for fiscal year 2010. The Secretary outlined five agenda items as his top priorities. They are; creating a new energy frontier and addressing climate change, protecting treasured landscapes, creating a 21st Century Youth Conservation Corps, solving water problems and empowering Indian Country. Below are excerpts from that testimony.
05/08/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today in a press teleconference that he will retain a special rule issued in December for protecting the polar bear under the Endangered Species Act, but will closely monitor the implementation of the rule to determine if additional measures are necessary to conserve and recover the polar bear and its habitat. This is audio of his opening remarks at today's teleconference.
04/28/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar shared the accomplishments of the Department of the Interior's first 100 days under the Obama Administration in an all employee meeting. He spoke of progress made on all agenda items, the impact of investments Interior is making under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009, and he announced the new Office of Youth, a department-wide effort to educate, engage and employ youth.
04/27/2009	Secretary Salazar Moves to Withdraw Mountaintop Coal Mining Rule.
04/27/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar held a press conference today to announce that he is directing the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to file a pleading with the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. requesting that the mountaintop coal mining "stream buffer zone rule" issued by the Bush Administration be vacated because it is legally defective
04/22/2009	Secretary Salazar welcomes Earth Day 2009 and discusses the Department of the Interior's plans for a new energy frontier with forward-looking policies that help us protect our environment while powering a clean energy economy that will create millions of new jobs right here in America.
04/20/2009	Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar was joined by Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva to welcome a new exhibit at the U.S. Department of the Interior Museum in Washington D.C. Monday, April 20.
04/17/2009	Secretary Salazar, Navajo President Shirley Confer on Water, Education and Job-Creation Projects.
04/02/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar,on Thursday, released the Executive Summary of a report he commissioned in February from the U.S. Geological Survey and Minerals Management Service on U.S. energy resources and challenges on the Outer Continental Shelf.
03/30/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined President Obama as he signed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 at the White House.
03/30/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined President Obama as he signed the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 at the White House on Monday. Among its many provisions, it makes official the National Landscape Conservation System.
03/26/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack at a ceremony Thursday where Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd thanked U.S. wildland firefighters for their assistance during recent devastating fires in the State of Victoria, Australia.
03/26/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined with the National Park Service, the District of Columbia and a number of partners to mark the beginning of the 2009 National Cherry Blossom Festival celebrating the planting of the cherry trees in 1912 as a gift of friendship from Japan. The Festival runs from March 28 through April 12.
03/23/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey briefed reporters on the latest conditions at Mount Redoubt Volcano. The volcano erupted explosively on Sunday March 22.
03/19/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined representatives from bird research and conservation organizations at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Thursday to release the first ever comprehensive report on bird populations in the United States.
03/17/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Tuesday on the Department of the Interior’s energy policies, priorities and initiatives for U.S. public land and the Outer Continental Shelf.
03/10/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar along with Secretary for Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan and Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, spoke to the National Association of Counties this morning in Washington D.C.
03/06/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar held a "Pen and Pad" press conference to announce that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will remove the gray wolf from the list of threatened and endangered species.
03/04/2009	Secretary Salazar Tells Indian Country Recovery Package Includes Major Initatives to Create Jobs, Stimulate Economic Activity
03/03/2009	President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar marked the 160th Anniversary of the Department of the Interior today in a ceremony at the Yates Auditorium in the Main Interior Building.
02/25/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the Department of the Interior will offer a second round of research, development, and demonstration leases for oil shale in Colorado and Utah
02/23/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar participated in an historic roundtable of top leaders today at a summit examining how development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in conjunction with a "National Clean Energy Smart Grid" is an economic, environmental and national security imperative
02/20/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar held a media roundtable at the Department of the Interior to discuss how the department will implement President Obama's economic recovery plan
02/18/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar participated in a conference call to discuss the summit agenda for an upcoming forum in Washington D.C. entitled "National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy"
02/12/2009	Secretary Salazar Pledges to Restore Trust, Strengthen Tribal Sovereignty, Promote Sustainable Economic Development
02/12/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Senator Richard Durbin today commemorated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln at a ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial
02/11/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined leaders of the Ford's Theater Society, the National Park Service and the District of Columbia at a ribbon-cutting to re-open Ford's Theatre
02/10/2009	Secretary Salazar Details Strategy for Comprehensive Energy Plan on U.S. Outer Continental Shelf
02/09/2009	Interior Funding in Economic Recovery Act Would Create 100,000 Jobs
02/09/2009	First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama at the Department of the Interior
02/04/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Withdraws Oil and Gas Leases in Utah
02/04/2009	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar Withdraws Oil and Gas Leases in Utah
01/29/2009	Audio from Secretary's Media Roundtable
01/22/2009	Listen to the Secretary's Remarks

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