News published on Federal Newswire in December 2006

News from December 2006


Notice published by Agriculture Department on Dec. 5

The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Dec. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


2007 Shuttle Bus Transportation System Begins as Whales and Seals Arrive!

News Release: Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announces the ninth year of shuttle bus transportation beginning Saturday, Dec. 30, 2006 and running through mid-April 2007. “It’s an exciting time to visit the park with elephant seals returning to the Point Reyes Headlands and gray whales migrating between Alaska...


Opening Statement of Sen. Grassley at the Judiciary Committee hearing on Examining Enforcement of Criminal Insider Trading and Hedge Fund Activity

News Release: Good morning, I would like to thank Chairman Specter for calling today's hearing on the enforcement efforts against criminal insider trading and hedge fund activity.


Domenici Urges House to Take OCS Bill Up Under Regular Order for Simple Majority Passage

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today urged House leadership to take up S. 3711, the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, this week for passage by a simple majority of House members. The bill, which will open two areas of the Outer Continental Shelf for oil and gas development, passed the Senate by a strong, bipartisan majority in August and is expected to have similar success in the House.


Senator Collins Makes Renewed Call for Lobbying Reform

News Release: Senator Susan Collins today joined Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Russ Feingold (D-WI), Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) and Representatives Chris Shays (R-CT) and Marty Meehan (D-MA) in a press conference on Capitol Hill to renew their commitment to meaningful lobbying reform. Last year, Senators Collins and Lieberman...


Oglethorpe’s Birthday Celebration to be held at Fort Frederica on December 16, 2006.

News Release: “This being Mr. Oglethorpe’s Birthday the Magistrates, military Officers, and principal Inhabitants, met at the Fort, where some Bottles of Wine and some Biscuit being prepared, about Noon his Majesty’s Health, and the Royal Family’s were drank, under a Discharge of thirteen guns; then the honourable Trustees; and next the Captain General of these Provinces.".


Super Slurper: From Laboratory Bench to Library Shelf

News Release: Super Slurper, a cornstarch-based superabsorbent polymer invented by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists over 30 years ago, continues to fan the entrepreneurial spirit.


Prospectuses Available for Commercial Sport Hunting Guide Services

News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) intends to award up to two concession contracts for sport hunting guide services for the public within portions of Denali National Park and Preserve. The proposed contracts will have a term of Jan. 1, 2008 through Dec. 31, 2017. The written prospectus explaining...


Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Calls for Americans to Join the Fight Against Child Sexual Exploitation

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today delivered remarks at the Justice Department’s Project Safe Childhood conference on Department efforts to prosecute sex predators and protect children ...


Cynthia A. Glassman Sworn In As Commerce Department's Under Secretary for Economic Affairs

News Release: WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today swore in Cynthia A. Glassman as the Commerce Department’s Under Secretary for Economic Affairs.


U.S. Commerce Secretary Meets with Members of the Association of Manufacturers U.S.-China Business Relations Task Force

News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement after meeting the National Association of Manufactures (NAM) and NAM President and CEO John Engler and NAM members: "America’s manufacturers and manufacturing workers contribute greatly to the health and strength ...


Notice published on Dec. 4 by State Department

The US State Department published a two page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Interior Department publishes notice on Dec. 4

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Dec. 4 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Interior Department publish on Dec. 4?

The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published by Interior Department on Dec. 4

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Interior Department publishes notice on Dec. 4

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Notice published on Dec. 4 by Interior Department

The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Interior Department publish on Dec. 4?

The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


What did Energy Department publish on Dec. 4?

The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.