News from August 2006
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2006
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 2, 2006
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 2, 2006
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 2, 2006
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 2, 2006
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 2, 2006
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 2, 2006
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Aug 2, 2006
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2006
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Wednesday entered the following statement into the record following a Committee hearing on waste, fraud, and abuse in the Iraqi reconstruction contracting process: I thank the Chairman for holding this essential...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2006
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park report that the visitor injured yesterday in a fall in the Atsina Lake area in the Belly River drainage was an 18 year-old from Brookston, Indiana. The victim, who was hiking with a group of Boy Scouts, sustained extensive injuries to his extremities from the fall. His name is currently being withheld so that his family can be notified.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2006
News Release: Lake Mead has more than 500 miles of shoreline and the current lake elevation is 1,126 vertical feet. The current water temperature is a warm 88 degrees. Lake Mohave has 250 miles of shoreline and the water elevation is 642 vertical feet. There are a wide range of recreational activities available to visitors on both lakes. Personal watercraft are allowed on 95 percent of Lakes Mead and Mohave.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2006
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park project the Going-to-the-Sun (Sun) Road from St. Mary to Rising Sun will open this evening at 8 p.m. At that time, visitors can travel the entire 50-mile Sun Road; presently, visitors can travel 44 miles from the west entrance to Rising Sun.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 2, 2006
News Release: The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold a business meeting tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. in SD-628 to consider the nominations of John Ray Correll to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior; Mark Myers to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior and Drue Pearce to be Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects for the term prescribed by law.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 2, 2006
News Release: Texas has moved into first place in the United States for wind power production, with help from the Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The research agency also has helped Minnesota become one of the top 10 wind-powered states in the country.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 2, 2006
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne made five appointments to the Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission this week. Two of the commissioners were reappointments, and three were new appointees. The Keweenaw NHP Advisory Commission is a seven-member citizen’s panel with a mandate of advisement and assistance in the management of the park.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 2, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) held a hearing today to examine Iraq reconstruction contracts. The hearing is in response to the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction’s (SIGIR) “Lessons Learned" report on Iraq contracting...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The Department of Justice today announced the conviction of four gang members in connection with a six-year conspiracy to assault and murder African-Americans in the Highland Park area of Los Angeles.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Tin Mill Divestiture Needed to Protect Competition WASHINGTON The Department of Justice said today that it will require Mittal Steel Company N.V. to divest one of three North American tin mills it will ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 1, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A jury in the District of Columbia convicted an employee and a volunteer of Washington, D.C., Veterans Affairs Medical Center (DCVAMC) on charges of conspiring to commit mail fraud and bribery and committing bribery, Attorney General Alice S. Fisher for the Criminal Division announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 1, 2006
News Release: Thank you, Dan. I appreciate the opportunity to speak at the Cato Institute.
