News published on Federal Newswire in December 2006

News from December 2006


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


U.S. Senate Approves Bill to Extend the Term of the Iraq Special IG

News Release: The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved a bill authored by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Norm Coleman (R-MN), and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) that would extend the term of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR). Without this legislation, the SIGIR’s term would...


Baucus, Schumer: Senate Must Deliver College Tuition Tax Cut

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today urged their Senate colleagues to support legislation renewing the college tuition tax deduction. This tax cut allows students and parents to deduct as much as $4,000 of qualified higher education expenses from their...


Collins, Lieberman Praise DHS for New Program on Port Security

News Release: Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Susan Collins, R.-Me., and Ranking Member Senator Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., expressed support for the Secure Freight Initiative announced Thursday by the Department of Homeland Security. The initiative is a significant step forward in fulfilling provisions of...


Park Superintendent Linda L. Stoll to Retire

News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - After nearly 34 years of federal service, 21 of those years with the National Park Service, Wind Cave National Park Superintendent Linda L. Stoll is retiring effective January 3. She has been superintendent of Wind Cave since July of 2000.


Senate Passes Multiple Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee Bills

News Release: Washington, D.C. -- The Senate today passed the following bills that fall under the jurisdiction of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee:


Mushrooms Have a Future in Fighting a Fowl Parasite

News Release: Wide use of a mushroom extract to protect poultry against a major parasitic disease is now closer, thanks to an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist and her South Korean colleagues.


News Release: A public meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday evening Dec. 14, 2006 in the Auditorium at Shasta Union Elementary School in Old Shasta. This meeting will be a follow up for boat rental customers and anyone interested in Whiskeytown concession operations. Items to be discussed will include a...


A New Tool for Monitoring Marine Protected Areas

News Release: Konstantine Karpov, with California Department of Fish and Game, and Dirk Rosen, with Marine Applied Research and Exploration, will be guest speakers at the December "From Shore to Sea" lecture series sponsored by Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary. Their presentation...


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) announced the release of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS) Non-Native Deer Management Plan: Protecting the Seashore’s Native Ecosystems, Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS). The FEIS has been developed in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA); the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published ROD in the Federal Register on Nov. 29, 2006.


Domenici Lauds House Passage of OCS Provision, Energy Tax

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici lauded the House passage this afternoon of his OCS legislation, legislation that will bring 1.26 billion barrels of oil and 5.8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas to market over the next several years.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Two Lucas County, Ohio, sheriff’s deputies were charged today with violating the civil rights of a juvenile who was in their custody, conspiring to obstruct and actually obstructing a federal ...