News published on Federal Newswire in June 2005

News from June 2005


News Release: The Agricultural Research Service today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals at...


News Release: After a tour of the training facility where park maintenance employees are trained in 18th century, lime-based masonry techniques, Director Fran Mainella rolled up her sleeves and with the assistance of Park Facility Manager Edwin Colon, practiced the trade of applying stucco as it was done 300 years ago.


Baucus Focuses on Questionable Land Deal

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Max Baucus raised concerns at today’s FinanceCommittee hearing as Earl E. Devaney, Inspector General for the Interior Department, testified regarding a suspect land deal struck between the Collier Resources Company (CRC) and theInterior Department in May of 2002.


Goodlatte Praises National Hunger Awareness Day

News Release: D.C. - Chairman of the House Committee on Agriculture Bob Goodlatte today made the following statement regarding National Hunger Awareness Days and food aid to Africa...


News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Susan Collins is the cosponsor of legislation aimed at stopping Saudi support for institutions that that fund, train, incite, encourage, or in any other way aid and abet terrorism. The Collins-backed legislation, which was introduced by Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania,...


Chairman Chuck Grassley Committee on Finance Hearing, “The Tax Code and Land Conservation: Report on Investigations and Proposals for Reform”

News Release: Today, the Finance Committee will hear testimony on two very significant reports. The firstis the report on The Nature Conservancy (TNC) prepared by the staff of the Committee. The secondreport, prepared by the Department of Interior’s Inspector General, discusses the Department ofInterior’s proposed...


Grassley, Baucus Urge Colleagues to Support Bill Reining in Doctor-Owned Specialty Hospitals

News Release: Dear Colleague: We urge you to cosponsor the Hospital Fair Competition Act of 2005.As you may know, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), theGovernment Accountability Office (GAO) and the Department of Health and Human Services(HHS) have each found that physician-owned specialty hospitals...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - A former maintenance manager at the General Electric Company’s Waterford, New York plant today pleaded guilty to bid rigging and conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a kickback scheme involving roofing contracts in the Albany, New York area, the Department of Justice announced.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that Jacksonville, Florida resident Larry Baxter and his firm, Baxter and Associates Office of Accountancy, P.C., have been permanently barred from ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Associate Attorney General Robert McCallum made the following statement today on the closing of litigation against the tobacco industry: “Today, the Justice Department began its closing ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division and Inspector General Glenn A. Fine announced today that Russell F. Trapp, a former employee of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Louisiana, has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of willfully engaging in a conflict of interest.


News Release: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, DC - R. Alexander Acosta, Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, will hold a pen and pad session regarding the Regal Entertainment Group settlement agreement on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2005 at 10:00 A.M. EDT.


Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independent Fiduciary for Abandoned Massachusetts 401(k) Plan

News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.


The US Justice Department published a four page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a seven page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.