News from December 2003
By USDA Newswire | Dec 18, 2003
News Release: Thousands of southern California grapevines were wiped out several years ago by a devastating affliction known as Pierce's disease. The disease is the work of a microbe called Xylella fastidiosa (pronounced ZYE-lell-uh FAS-tid-ee-oh-suh). Harmless to humans, X. fastidiosa is carried from one grapevine to the next by insects such as the glassy-winged sharpshooter.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., today brought to light new revelations suggesting that auditors for Halliburton Corporation warned the company that it was overcharging the U.S. Government for importing Kuwaiti fuel into Iraq. In a letter to Secretary...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 18, 2003
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, MD (Dec. 18, 2003) - Governor Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr. today announced that the State of Maryland signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The MoU is designed to increase technology transfer initiatives between the institute and the State's small businesses and universities. The signing took place today during a ceremony at NIST headquarters in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 18, 2003
News Release: DEC 18--Washington, DC- The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced that a Federal Grand Jury Has Indicted 13 Defendants With Drug Trafficking, Health Care Fraud And Possession Of Firearms. The indictment alleges that from at least February, 1999 to November, 2003 the defendants used fraudulent...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 18, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTON - The State of Connecticut will receive $2,527,979 in grants from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for important emergency preparedness activities, Senators Chris Dodd and Joe Lieberman announced today. These funds will support both activities that enhance emergency preparedness and response to natural disasters and activities that seek to prevent other disasters, such as fires and hazardous materials spills.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2003
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- An executive for Micron Technology Inc. (Micron) has agreed to plead guilty to obstructing the grand jury investigation of a suspected conspiracy to fix the price of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) products sold in the United States, the Department of Justice today announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2003
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft and United States Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald of the Northern District of Illinois today announced that a federal grand jury in Chicago issued a 22-count superseding indictment against former Illinois Governor George H. Ryan, Sr., and businessman Lawrence E. Warner.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2003
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Orlando has entered a preliminary injunction barring Linda Borden, of Celebration, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2003
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - A federal judge in Buffalo, New York, today sentenced Sahim Alwan to nine and a half years in prison on a charge of providing material support to the al Qaeda terrorist organization.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2003
News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division R. Alexander Acosta will hold a press conference on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2003 at 11:00 a.m. EST to discuss a civil rights matter.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 17, 2003
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 We are disappointed in the Courts decision to grant John Hinckley, Jr., limited conditional release under the supervision of his parents. However, the Court was correct in imposing numerous specific ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2003
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTONThe U.S. Department of Labor announced today that it has filed a consent judgment and order with the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, for $410,000 in back wages and damages as part of a settlement of lawsuits brought by the department against New York garment contractors and manufacturers.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 17, 2003
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Fed News Journal | Dec 17, 2003
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Dec 17, 2003
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 17, 2003
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2003
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 17, 2003
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 17, 2003
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
