Check these sites for the newest of the news. Press releases can be reprinted in their entirety as written or,  if length is an issue, excerpts may be used as long as the meaning isn't changed.  Thanks to Carllene for the suggested page.

Ancestors Series on PBS    Media guide to the PBS series, giving specifics on each segment of the program,

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints    To navigate, click on "enter" and then "What's New?"

Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields     "The Civil War Sites Advisory Commission was established by Congress because the nation's Civil War heritage is in grave danger. It is being demolished and bulldozed at an alarming pace. It is disappearing under new buildings, parking lots, and highways. Especially impacted are the battlefields because of their relatively large size, generally open character, and frequent proximity to today's expanding population centers. The nation needs a solution to this problem."  This is the report of that commission.

Federation of Genealogical Societies - "Current Issues" page.  "Editors have permission to reprint items from the Records Preservation and Access Current Issues pages. A sample citation follows: Federation of Genealogical Societies, Records Preservation and Access - Current Issues, “Proposed Reproduction Fee Schedule Document Provided by NARA,” On-line http://www.fgs.org, FGS web master, fgs-office@fgs.org, Records Preservation and Access Committee c/o the Federation of Genealogical Societies, P.O. Box 200940, Austin, TX 78720-0940, text downloaded 15 May 2000.
This release/citation also applies to their Records Preservation page.

The National Archives site takes you directly to their press releases.

RootsWeb :  RootsWeb and Ancestry.com to merge [June, 2000].  See details at their press site.

The U.S. Copyright Office Press Release page lets you see what new with the copyright office.