1. U.S. Department Of The Interior Through partnerships, the interior department’s land managers work with landowners and other citizen stewards to tackle invasive species, reduce erosion http://www.doi.gov/

@import url(style.css); document.write(today); DOI Activities Initiatives Healthy Forests Improving National Parks ... DOI Quick Facts DOI manages 507 million acres of surface land, or about one-fifth of the land in the U.S. DOI en Español For DOI Employees DOI DC Operating Status Select one DOI Federal Credit Union DOI University Employee Express Greening Interior National Business Center Support Our Troops Thrift Savings Plan DOI Jobs Teacher Resources Children's Pages Bureaus and Offices ... Big Bend National Park Old Faithful webcam is one of several webcams available in National Parks. The grants fund migratory bird conservation projects in the U.S., Latin America and Caribbean countries. Secretary Norton Announces Grants to Conserve Migratory Birds WASHINGTON Interior Secretary Gale Norton has announced 40 matching grants totaling $3.8 million to conservation organizations working in 16 U.S. states, 21 Latin American and Caribbean countries, and Puerto Rico to support neotropical migratory bird conservation. There are 341 species of 'nearctic-neotropical migrants' birds that breed in the United States and Canada, and winter in Latin America.

2. Minerals Management Service - MMS - Offshore Oil And Gas Continental Shelf (OCS) and indicated the interior department may be the most appropriate Federal Deputy Secretary of the Interior J. Steven Griles and MMS Director Johnnie http://www.mms.gov/

Content: Nicolette Nye Pagemasters: Alice Drew Marcia Oliver T op Stories 2005 Research Proposals Requested The MMS may award a total of between $500,000 to $900,000 towards new operational safety and engineering (OSER) research proposals for 2005. As part of the agency’s responsibilities to regulate the offshore oil and gas industry, the Technology Assessment and Research Program MMS Wraps Up Series of Public Meetings on Pipeline Authority MMS Officials Marty Grieshaber and George Triebsch during public meeting on a proposed rulemaking dealing with pipeline authority. The MMS wrapped up the last of three public meetings in its effort to gather public comments on potential new authority to ensure open and non-discriminatory access to oil and gas pipelines. MMS held meetings in Houston and Washington, D.C., with the final meeting in New Orleans May 14. A recent court order determined that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission did not have authority to require data submittals for certain natural gas pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf and indicated the Interior Department may be the most appropriate Federal regulator.

3. Government Executive Magazine - 8/1/01 August 1, 2001. Acquisition Awards interior department. Fantastic Plastic wildfires that raged across Western states last summer the interior departments integrated MasterCard http://www.govexec.com/top200/01top/doi.htm

Acquisition Awards - Interior Department Fantastic Plastic Daily E-mail Alerts About Us Contact Us Index ... Search From the Magazine August 1, 2001 Acquisition Awards - Interior Department Fantastic Plastic By Jason Peckenpaugh jpeckenpaugh@govexec.com irefighters at the Bureau of Land Management brought an unlikely weapon into battle against the wildfires that raged across Western states last summer: the Interior Department’s integrated MasterCard. The card—used for travel, fleet and purchase expenses—gave fire crews quick access to supplies and lodging, according to Debbie Tuchek, a purchasing agent in BLM’s Lewistown, Mont., office. “We needed the capacity to pay vendors immediately so they could provide us with more supplies,” she says. “The faster the vendors can respond, the faster the fire gets put out.” For Interior employees who work in remote rural areas, the integrated charge card and its accompanying convenience checks, which can be used to pay mom-and-pop vendors who don’t accept plastic, seem heaven-sent. “[The card] helped our maintenance program get done a whole lot faster,” says John Fleharty, who drives hundreds of miles across northern Montana to maintain BLM campgrounds. Before the card was rolled out, Fleharty had to fill out a purchase order and get approval from Tuchek back in Lewistown before buying a spare part, a process that could take an hour or more. Now, he just buys the parts he needs in the closest town. The card has been a hit with most Interior employees since its debut in November 1998. Carried by 54,700 of the department’s 66,000 employees, the card allows all purchase and fleet transactions to be centrally billed to the department, reducing employees’ need for reimbursement. At the Bureau of Reclamation, the employees’ union demanded that central billing be extended to all routine travel expenses paid for with the card, including hotel, car rental and even parking. Reclamation employees need only be reimbursed for food and incidental expenses after a trip. So far, Reclamation is the only Interior agency to use central billing for purchases, fleet and travel expenses.

4. National Business Center (NBC) depict mission critical activities of the interior department and were created by teams of employees representing the bureaus of the interior department. The murals premiered in http://www.nbc.gov/

@import url(style.css); Home Sitemap Feedback Contact Us ... Accessibility document.write(today); NBC Home Our Organization About Tim Vigotsky Overview BUSINESS SOLUTIONS Acquisition Management Aircraft Services Data Center E-Government ... FOR NBC CUSTOMERS Select one Datamart Facilities Management FFS FPPS IT Support Center Payroll Quicktime Security FOR NBC EMPLOYEES Select one Appraisal Tracking Customer Agreements E-Mail (DC) E-Mail (Denver) E-Mail (Reston) Employee Express IT Support Center Security Travel Manager FOR VENDORS What's New at NBC? NBC signs Educational Partnership Agreement with the School for Educational Evolution and Development (SEED), on May 11, 2004, before the full assembly of students who attend the nation’s first inner-city public boarding school. Chartered in 1997 by the DC Public Charter School Board, the SEED school officially opened its doors in 1998 to the first 40 students in a temporary academic and dormitory space at the Capital Children’s Museum. Today, the SEED school serves 305 students in grades seven through twelve, who occupy two dormitories on the recently completed campus located in Southeast Washington, DC. Students choose to enroll in this unique college preparatory boarding school program for a variety of reasons. Some come because they want SEED’s rigorous school program that will push them towards college matriculation. Some enroll because their parents recognize that they are not thriving in a traditional public school environment, and others come because their families fear the negative influence of their neighborhoods or because they lack stability at home. Whatever their background, SEED students are united in their pursuit of academic excellence and the desire to become active, responsible citizens who will improve the quality of life for their families, their communities and themselves.

5. Wired News: Interior Department Goes Offline Advertisement. interior department Goes Offline. Associated Press Page 1 of 1. Aninterior department spokesman could not immediately comment on the decisions. http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,62675,00.html

Welcome to Wired News. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content Search: Wired News Animations Wired Magazine HotBot (the Web) Interior Department Goes Offline Associated Press Page 1 of 1 02:49 PM Mar. 15, 2004 PT WASHINGTON - A federal judge on Monday once again ordered the Interior Department to pull the plug on most of its Internet connections, finding that the department still hasn't fixed computer security problems that could jeopardize millions of dollars in royalties for American Indians. It is the third time that U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth has ordered the systems to be disconnected to protect oil, gas, timber and grazing royalties held in trust for the Indians. Story Tools See also E-Voting Activists: Vote Absentee New MyDoom Virus Packs a Wallop E-Vote Glitches Found in Election Picture Yourself in Politics Today's Top 5 Stories Website Analysis Isn't a Game TiVo Breaks Into Home Networks Embryos Yield New Stem Cell Lines Apple Touts Super-Cooled G5s ... Wired News RSS Feeds Breaking News U.S.-Led Forces Needed After Iraq Handover -Allawi

6. ENN News Story - Interior Department Is To Open To Drilling 9 Million Acres In A The interior department was to announce the oil and gas leasing plan Friday, theday the Senate was taking a critical vote on a massive energy bill endorsed by http://www.enn.com/news/2003-11-21/s_10668.asp

Site Index: Home News ENN Earthnews Affiliates News In-Depth Topics Interact Online Quizzes Postcards Marketplace Business Center Store Advanced Search Advertise Join ENN e-mail Subscription Take our Survey Affiliate Tech Center Post Press Release Help About ENN Site Map Interior Department is to open to drilling 9 million acres in Alaska's North Slope Friday, November 21, 2003 By John Heilprin, Associated Press The Interior Department was to announce the oil and gas leasing plan Friday, the day the Senate was taking a critical vote on a massive energy bill endorsed by President Bush but denying him his top energy priority, opening an Alaskan wildlife refuge to drilling. None of the 8.8 million acres are in the wildlife refuge, but they do include some sensitive areas in Alaska that are important for the protection of migratory birds, whales, and wildlife. Geologists believe the 22.5 million acres in the government's National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska may contain 6 billion to 13 billion barrels of oil. But it is widely scattered and costlier to develop than in the wildlife refuge. Henri Bisson, the Alaska director for the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management, said the leasing plan would "maximize the production of oil and gas resources in an environmentally safe manner while protecting the important biological, subsistence, and cultural values also found in this area."

7. ENN News Story - Interior Department Is Seeking Delays In Protecting Endangered The interior department is seeking delays of months ? interior department isseeking delays in protecting endangered species. Thursday, May 29, 2003. http://www.enn.com/news/2003-05-29/s_4644.asp

Site Index: Home News ENN Earthnews Affiliates News In-Depth Topics Interact Online Quizzes Postcards Marketplace Business Center Store Advanced Search Advertise Join ENN e-mail Subscription Take our Survey Affiliate Tech Center Post Press Release Help About ENN Site Map Interior Department is seeking delays in protecting endangered species Thursday, May 29, 2003 By John Heilprin, Associated Press Craig Manson, assistant secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, said Wednesday the department will seek approval from federal judges and plaintiffs in 12 cases for delays in complying with court-ordered deadlines to propose or designate critical habitat. The orders stem from lawsuits by environmental groups, and department officials plan to ask for the extensions according to which deadlines come first. The species include the Southwestern arroyo toad of California; the Mexican spotted owl of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah; Eggert's sunflower of Alabama, Kentucky, and Tennessee; and bull trout of Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. Starting this month, the Fish and Wildlife Service also began inserting new language into its critical habitat action plans that are published in the

8. WorldNetDaily: Power Grab At Interior Department? POLICE STATE, USA Power grab at interior department? The headgates were deemed tobe under the jurisdiction of the interior department s Bureau of Reclamation. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=25829

9. MMS Press Release-Interior Department Honors Best In The Oil And Gas Industry US Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Office of Public Affairs.NEWS RELEASE. interior department Honors Best in the Oil and Gas Industry. http://www.mms.gov/ooc/press/2003/pressdoi429.htm

U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service Office of Public Affairs NEWS RELEASE FOR RELEASE: April 29, 2003 CONTACT: Rebecca Phipps (202) 208-3985 Interior Department Honors Best in the Oil and Gas Industry Annual Awards program recognizes industry excellence, outstanding leadership, safety and achievements in pollution prevention HOUSTON Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management Rebecca Watson and Director of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service R.M. "Johnnie" Burton paid tribute to the best in the oil and natural gas and solid minerals industry today during the Minerals Management Service Industry Awards Program in Houston, Texas. "We must balance the critical search for energy and mineral resources with the protection of the environment," Watson said. "This awards program recognizes the companies that not only meet our tough environmental regulations but exceed them. They set the standards for the future and help preserve and enhance the quality of life in meeting the nation's energy needs." The Corporate Leadership Award (CORLA) is given to individuals that have worked closely with MMS to improve revenue collection and processes for offshore development. The International Leadership Award is given to individuals that promote offshore safety and provide invaluable assistance to MMS on safety and pollution prevention issues. The Safety Award for Excellence (SAFE) recognizes outstanding safety and pollution prevention achievement by offshore oil and gas operators and contractors.

10. BearingPoint To Use SAP At Interior Department 05/12/04 BearingPoint to use SAP at interior department By Brad Grimes Staff WriterBearingPoint Inc., McLean, Va., has chosen software from SAP America Inc. http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/industry/23511-1.html

Search site Advanced Search Help Print edition E-letters ... Link To This Page BearingPoint to use SAP at Interior Department By Brad Grimes Staff Writer BearingPoint Inc., McLean, Va., has chosen software from SAP America Inc. to integrate financial systems at the Interior Department, SAP officials said. Details of the deal were unavailable. The SAP solutions will be rolled out over four years. SAP America, Newtown Square, Pa., is a division of Waldorf, Germany-based SAP AG. The company had 2003 revenue of about $8.3 billion.

11. BearingPoint To Use SAP At Interior Department 05/12/04 BearingPoint to use SAP at interior department By Brad Grimes Staff WriterBearingPoint Inc., McLean, Va., has chosen software from SAP America Inc. http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/23511-1.html

Search site Advanced Search Help Print edition E-letters ... Link To This Page BearingPoint to use SAP at Interior Department By Brad Grimes Staff Writer BearingPoint Inc., McLean, Va., has chosen software from SAP America Inc. to integrate financial systems at the Interior Department, SAP officials said. Details of the deal were unavailable. The SAP solutions will be rolled out over four years. SAP America, Newtown Square, Pa., is a division of Waldorf, Germany-based SAP AG. The company had 2003 revenue of about $8.3 billion.

12. Interior Department Definition Of Interior Department. What Is Interior Departme Definition of interior department in the Dictionary and Thesaurus. Provides examplesfrom classic literature, search by definition of interior department. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Interior Department

Dictionaries: General Computing Medical Legal Encyclopedia Interior Department Word: Word Starts with Ends with Definition Noun Interior Department - the United States federal department charged with conservation and the development of natural resources; created in 1849 Department of the Interior DoI Interior executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States FWS United States Fish and Wildlife Service US Fish and Wildlife Service - an agency in the Department of the Interior that conserves and protects fish and wildlife andtheir habitats; assesses the environmental impact of pesticides and nuclear power site and hydroelectric dams and thermal pollution National Park Service - an agency of the Interior Department responsible for the National Parks Legend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Some words with "Interior Department" in the definition: academic department accordion door Bureau of Justice Statistics Bureau of the Census ... US Fish and Wildlife Service Previous General Dictionary Browser Next Intergrave Interhemal Interhyal ... interiorise Full Dictionary Browser Interhemal Interhyal Interim Interim (law) Interim (enc.)

13. Friends Of The Earth - Campaigns Learn about the structure and people of the interior department InteriorDepartment organizational chart with profiles. Read the http://www.foe.org/camps/eco/interior/

H ome Campaigns Economics For the Earth Interior Department Watchdog Press Release: Statement of Sara Zdeb, Legislative Director, on the Nomination of William Myers - April 1, 2004 Press Rele ase: Eight Groups Counter Industry "Wish List" at Controversial Hill Junket - Jan. 8, 2004 Policy Paper: Keeping Out of Trouble: A Guide to Ethics Laws for Presidential Political Appointees Learn about the structure and people of the Interior Department: Interior Department organizational chart with profiles Read the extensive list of documents and background information regarding Griles' questionable ethics violations Press Release: FoE Opposes Anti-Environmental Nominee to 9th Circuit Court Feb. 5 A fact sheet that lists a series of meetings and events that Myers attended with his former/current law firm Holland and Hart LLP Holland March 11, 2004

14. Friends Of The Earth - Campaigns View the inspector general’s 140page report documenting potential ethics violationsby Deputy Secretary of the interior department J. Steven Griles. http://www.foe.org/camps/eco/interior/griles.html

H ome Campaigns Economics For the Earth ... Interior Department Watchdog documenting potential ethics violations by Deputy Secretary of the Interior Department J. Steven Griles. Read the Office of Government Ethics letter to the inspector general of the Interior Department discussing the inspector general's report and outlining outstanding ethical issues. Read the letter from the Interior Department inspector general to Sen. Lieberman (D-Conn.) discussing the report and outlining outstanding ethical issues. Policy Brief: J. Steven Griles: By the Numbers , an overview of Griles' activities A list of Griles' meetings with the administration On May 30, Friends of the Earth's Kristen Sykes was featured on the Bill Moyers' NOW program. It profiled her work exposing conflicts of interest by Deputy Secretary of the Interior Department J. Steven Griles. Read the transcript. Press Release June 3, 2003 Environmental, Ethics Groups Call for Special Counsel to Conduct Criminal Investigation of Deputy Interior Secretary's Conduct: Lawsuit Filed to Obtain Information about Payments from Previous Employer and Meetings with Former Mining, Oil and Gas Industry Clients

15. Judge Shuts Down Interior Department's Internet Judge Shuts Down interior department s Internet An interior departmentspokesman could not immediately comment on the decisions. http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/3/15/154700.shtml

focusIN Specialty Web Network June 09, 2004 Dr. Laura: Joins NewsMax Home Late-Night Jokes Archives ... More Inside Cover Stories Click Here Click Here Click Here Click Here NewsMax Top 10 Hottest Sellers June 8, 2004 USS Reagan Hat Reagan's Greatest Laughs Deck of Reagan Presidential Coffee Mugs ... VISIT OUR STORE New items all the time Judge Shuts Down Interior Department's Internet NewsMax.com Wires Monday, March 15, 2004 It is the third time that U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth has ordered the systems to be disconnected to protect oil, gas, timber and grazing royalties held in trust for the Indians. "The interest of the 300,000-plus current beneficiaries of the individual Indian trust outweigh the potential inconvenience of those parties that would otherwise have access to Interior's Internet services," Lamberth wrote. An Interior Department spokesman could not immediately comment on the decisions. The judge allowed all emergency systems, such as those that deal with law enforcement or fire fighting, to remain connected. The National Park Service and U.S. Geological Survey, and Interior's budget office, will also remain connected, because they convinced the court that they have fixed their lapses. Lamberth said the move was necessary because the department refused to work with Special Master Alan Balaran to fix holes in the computer security, which has been widely criticized in government reviews as being deficient.

16. Controversial Interior Department Road Rule Finally Released News Release. Controversial interior department Road Rule Finally Released Victoryfor special interests could send bulldozers and roadgraders to our national http://www.wilderness.org/NewsRoom/Release/20030106.cfm

About Our Work What We Do Who We Are Our Partners ... Annual Report News Release Controversial Interior Department Road Rule Finally Released Victory for special interests could send bulldozers and roadgraders to our national parks and wilderness Washington, D.C. (January 6, 2003) - After much controversy and secrecy, the U.S. Department of the Interior today finally published its "roadmap" that makes it easier for states and local jurisdictions to convert dirt tracks and wash bottoms on public lands into roads. Conservationists, members of Congress, and even the National Park Service claim that the new rule has the potential to devastate wilderness throughout the western United States and Alaska and national parks, including Joshua Tree, Denali, Wrangell-St. Elias, and Mojave National Preserve. "This allows special interests to punch highways into our most precious parks and refuges along long-abandoned mining trails, cattle paths, and stream beds," said Heidi McIntosh of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance. "This action will have a lasting and devastating impact on public lands." "The new regulations are a substantial and serious threat to national parks," says Craig Obey, vice-president for Government Affairs at the National Parks Conservation Association. "They are also a major give away of public lands. With 90 percent of public comments on the regulations opposed to the Administration plan, this is clearly a sell out to exploiters who want to pave, rather than protect, the parks."

17. 100 House Members Express Opposition To Interior Department's Assault On America Nationwide, bi-partisan opposition to the interior department s recent anti-wildernessactivities continues to grow among America s political leaders. http://www.wilderness.org/NewsRoom/Release/20030530.cfm

About Our Work What We Do Who We Are Our Partners ... Annual Report News Release 100 House Members Express Opposition to Interior Department's Assault on America's Wilderness May 30, 2003 (Washington, DC) - Nation-wide, bi-partisan opposition to the Interior Department's recent anti-wilderness activities continues to grow among America's political leaders. In one of the strongest challenges to the department yet, 100 members of the U.S. House of Representatives wrote to Interior Secretary Gale A. Norton earlier this week to express opposition to three department decisions that undermine the protection of wilderness on America's public lands. The letter asks Secretary Norton to reconsider the decisions and replace them with policies that consider wilderness as a potential "use" of public land. "It's clear that these decisions are intended to limit Congressional options and preclude action by future Secretaries to protect some of our most magnificent public lands as wilderness or wilderness study areas," said Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY), who initiated the letter with Congressmen Mark Udall (D-CO), and Earl Blumenauer (D-OR). "Instead of trying to restrict Congressional action, the Administration should work with Congress to give permanent protection to lands that deserve to be added to the wilderness system," added Rep. Mark Udall.

18. Interior Department Taken Offline The US interior department struggled to function without connectionsto the Internet throughout most of December, following a Dec. http://coalage.com/ar/coal_interior_department_taken/

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19. Ten Second Response: Interior Department Proposes Joint Federal, Environmentalis Ten Second Response interior department Proposes Joint Federal, EnvironmentalistLand Grab Via Tax Code February 13, 2002. http://www.nationalcenter.org/TSR21302b.html

Interior Department Proposes Joint Federal, Environmentalist Land Grab Via Tax Code DATE: February 13, 2002 BACKGROUND: The U.S. Interior Department's 2003 budget recently submitted to Congress contains a "Conservation Tax Credit" that would cut the capital gains tax by 50 percent if a property owner "voluntarily sell[s] land or water to a government agency or qualified conservation organization for conservation purposes." The tax credit is described as an example of a "market based approach to conservation." TEN SECOND RESPONSE : Obviously someone in the administration is diametrically opposed to President Bush's views on land stewardship. This proposal is more in line with the Clinton-Gore Administration's thinking. THIRTY SECOND RESPONSE: It may be that holdovers from the Clinton administration remain in the Interior Department and have slipped this wrongheaded initiative into the budget. If this proposal were to be adopted, private individuals would have to pay higher prices to compete with the government or environmental conservation organizations when buying property. It pits neighbor against neighbor with the end result being more federal ownership of property. DISCUSSION: President Bush spoke at the Cattle Industry Convention February 8, 2002 and said about conservation and landowners: "Every day is Earth Day for people who rely upon the land to make a living. The best conservation practices happen because somebody realizes that it's in their benefit their own economic interests to practice good conservation in order to raise cows, for example. We think that the collective wisdom of those who own their land is a benefit to the nation; that when individuals make proper choices because they own their own property, that all those decisions in a collective way makes better environmental policy, better land use policy than if it was dictated from a central source of people, many of whom have probably never been on the land."

20. CNN - Interior Department Ponders How To Handle Yellowstone Bison Herd - Septemb interior department ponders how to handle Yellowstone bison herd. Theendangered American bison in Yellowstone National Park, September http://www.cnn.com/TECH/science/9809/26/buffalo.bout/

MAIN PAGE WORLD ASIANOW U.S. ... news quiz CNN WEB SITES: TIME INC. SITES: Go To ... Time.com People Money Fortune EW MORE SERVICES: video on demand video archive audio on demand news email services ... pagenet DISCUSSION: message boards chat feedback SITE GUIDES: help contents search FASTER ACCESS: europe japan WEB SERVICES: Interior Department ponders how to handle Yellowstone bison herd The endangered American bison in Yellowstone National Park September 26, 1998 Web posted at: 9:26 p.m. EDT (0126 GMT) From Correspondent Don Knapp WEST YELLOWSTONE, Montana (CNN) The U.S. Department of the Interior is wrestling with how to protect the endangered American bison in Yellowstone National Park without threatening cattle herds near the park with brucellosis, a disease that causes cows to abort their calves. Bison, once abundant in Yellowstone and throughout the West, were hunted nearly to extinction by the turn of the 20th century. Only 23 animals in the Yellowstone herd survived. But through conservation, and transplants of animals from other herds, the bison population in Yellowstone rose to more than 3,500 by 1996. Then came that winter's killing snows, a natural process that Park Service officials believed would cull the herd. But the bison, driven by hunger to find food, followed paths out of the park on roads groomed for recreational snowmobilers.

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