News from May 2005

By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking member, today announced legislation to crack down on abuses in certain life insurance contracts involving tax-exempt organizations. The effective date for the legislation is today, with a reporting requirement to allow the Internal Revenue Service to examine previous deals to determine their compliance with even current law.

By Commerce Newswire | May 3, 2005
News Release: New quantum calculations and computer models show that carbon nanotubes "decorated" with titanium or other transition metals can latch on to hydrogen molecules in numbers more than adequate for efficient hydrogen storage, a capability key to long-term efforts to develop fuel cells, an affordable non-polluting alternative to gasoline.
By Interior Newswire | May 3, 2005
News Release: Ontonagon’s Rolling Boulders built serious momentum and crushed the competition in the Third Annual High School Local History Smackdown. Winning team members Sara Anderson, Kyle Hawley, Derek O’Connell, and Ryan Young prevailed through 7 rounds of local history questions with their coach Dick Franti looking on. In addition to the traveling trophy, relinquished from last year’s victors, Calumet’s Copper Kings, the Boulders each received $50 savings bonds.
By Homeland Newswire | May 2, 2005
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Susan Collins introduced a resolution with a bipartisan group of Senators to honor the nation's public servants as part of Public Service Recognition Week, May 2 -5. The Senate unanimously passed this resolution, cosponsored by Collins, expressing the sense of the Senate that...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2005
News Release: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, DC - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will deliver the keynote address at the Gatlinburg Law Enforcement Conference in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2005 at 11:00 A.M. EDT.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Syndial S.p.A., an Italian company formerly known as Enichem S.p.A., has agreed to plead guilty and pay a $9 million criminal fine for participating in an international conspiracy to fix prices in the polychloroprene rubber market, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today asked a California federal court to permanently bar Christopher M. Hansen, of San Diego, from selling tax-fraud schemes. The civil injunction suit, filed in the ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, DC - Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division announced today that the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security have initiated removal proceedings ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 2, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MAY 2, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 EPA (404) 562-8327 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a settlement with DuPont to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations of the ...

By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2005
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2005
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | May 2, 2005
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.