News published on Federal Newswire in April 2006

News from April 2006


Senate Homeland Security Committee Holds Field Hearing on Rhode Island's Preparation for 2006 Hurricane Season

News Release: At the request of Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held a field hearing in Providence, Rhode Island on April 20th entitled: Rhode Island Homeland Security Priorities: Preparation for the 2006 Hurricane Season. Committee Chairman Susan Collins...


Senators Continue Focus on Keeping Drug Assistance for Medicare Beneficiaries

News Release: WASHINGTON - Top health care policy makers in the U.S. Senate have asked for prompt and definitive guidance from the government to help ensure that Medicare beneficiaries with extraordinary needs can continue to access additional assistance from pharmaceutical drug makers even after signing up for the new Medicare prescription drug benefit.


News Release: Estimating grape yields is a time-consuming, laborious affair. But that could change, thanks to a high-tech helping hand from Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Prosser, Wash.


Senators Keep Focus on Keeping Drug Assistance for Medicare Beneficiaries

News Release: Yesterday, Sens. Chuck Grassley, Max Baucus, Orrin Hatch, and John D. (Jay Rockefeller) asked the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services for guidance to address the legal concerns of drug makers who participate in patient assistance programs. The Inspector General issued an opinion today. Comments from individual senators follow here.


Repairs On Schedule For Skyland Road In Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

News Release: REPAIRS ON SCHEDULE FOR SKYLAND ROAD IN CUMBERLAND GAP NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.


News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Visitors to Glacier National Park’s west side can now drive to the Avalanche area on the west side of the Going-to-the-Sun (Sun) Road. During plowing, the hiker/biker closure is currently at the Loop; however, as there is no pioneering plowing this weekend, there will be no applicable...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Kevin M. McMaster—formerly of Port St. Lucie, Florida—was sentenced to 25 months in prison and three years of supervised release for selling and offering to sell in interstate commerce ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Justice announced today that a federal grand jury in Columbia, S.C. returned a 12-count indictment alleging that a former South Carolina school district official committed ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Company Sentenced to Pay $4.6 Million Criminal Fine and Restitution WASHINGTON, D.C. — NextiraOne LLC, a Houston-based networking company, was charged and sentenced today to pay a $4.6 million criminal fine and restitution for defrauding the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) E-Rate program and schools on a South Dakota reservation, the Department of Justice announced.


Department of Labor Announces Fifth Edition of
		Service Contract Act Directory of Occupations

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) today announced the publication of the fifth edition of the Service Contract Act (SCA) Directory of Occupations.



Labor Department Announces Final Rules to Help Workers In Abandoned 401(k) Plans

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


U.S. Labor Department Sponsors Seminars To Help Plan Professionals Comply With Federal Pension Law

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


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.