News from December 2006
By DOT News Wire | Dec 7, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 7, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Dec. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2006
News Release: POPULAR FORT VANCOUVER LANTERN TOURS SCHEDULED TO RESUME IN JANUARY 2007 AFTER SUCCESSFUL INAUGURAL SEASON.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 7, 2006
News Release: DEC 7 -- United States Attorney John L. Brownlee announced today that DERON JONES, 37, OLLIE CLOYD, 41, and MONICA WORLEY,26, all of Bristol, Virginia, were found guilty by a jury in the United States District Court in Abingdon, Virginia, for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and distribution of...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2006
News Release: Just spray and chill. That sums up a new approach to making remarkably stable glassy materials from organic (carbon-containing) molecules that could lead to novel coatings and to improvements in drug delivery. The processing advance is reported in this week's issue of Science* by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Center for Neutron Research (NCNR).
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2006
News Release: Read about Collin C. Peterson named Chairman of House Committee on Agriculture (PDF 112KB).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2006
News Release: Tax, Trade, Health, and Other Provisions.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today struck an agreement with the House of Representatives on bipartisan, bicameral legislation to extend expired and expiring tax, health, trade, and other provisions. The legislation will also eliminate an expected cut...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2006
News Release: The bull's-eye solution to the semiconductor industry's hunt for more exact means to measure the relative positions of ever-tinier devices squeezed by the millions onto silicon chips might be new types of targets, and not expensive new equipment, according to modeling studies done by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with SEMATECH, the consortium of chip manufacturers.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 7, 2006
News Release: New vaccination processes could improve the efficiency and effectiveness of catfish vaccines, according to a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in the agency's Aquatic Animal Health Research Unit, Auburn, Ala.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 7, 2006
News Release: 103rd Anniversary Ceremony to Salute Wilbur and Orville Wright's First Powered Flight.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 7, 2006
News Release: Mr. President, I rise again to raise issues with the nomination of Dr. Andrew von Eschenbach. I placed a hold on this nominee and voted against cloture because I take my constitutional duty to conduct oversight very seriously.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 6, 2006
News Release: Report identifies potentially improper, duplicate, and fraudulent payments to ineligible non-US residents, rental assistance to individuals living in free housing Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) today held the 23rd hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Justice Department Brings First-Ever Torture Charges WASHINGTON A federal Grand Jury in Miami charged Roy Belfast Jr. with various crimes related to the alleged 2002 torture of a person in Liberia, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A former Director of Contracting for the U.S. Army has pleaded guilty to accepting bribes in exchange for awarding U.S. Army contracts at an Army recreational facility in Germany and to filing false federal income tax returns, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher for the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Fourth Individual Charged, Third to Plea Guilty in Relation to Events at Harrison County Adult Detention Center WASHINGTON Dedri Yulon Caldwell, a former Sergeant with the Harrison County Sheriffs ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 6, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez today announced that Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services Al Frink, the first to hold that position and who has provided tremendous leadership towards helping to unleash American business competitiveness, will resign his office effective Jan. 31, 2007.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 6, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez has named 15 business and academic leaders--including six Fortune 500 executives--to serve on a new panel he has formed to understand better how U.S. innovation contributes to American economic prosperity and high living standards.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 6, 2006
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 6, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
