News published on Federal Newswire in February 2006

News from February 2006


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Feb. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold one full committee hearing next week.


News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists scouring sorghum germplasm collections from African countries in search of anthracnose resistance for this valuable grain crop were surprised to find some key sources in unexpected locales.


Committee Announces Witness Lists for Upcoming Field Hearings

News Release: Witness lists for the February 6, 2006 hearing in Fayetteville, N.C. and the February 7, 2006 hearing in Auburn, AL are included below.


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jim Jeffords, Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, joined by eight of his Senate colleagues, today sent the following letter to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson. The letter urges the Administrator to base his upcoming ...


News Release: Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), the Chairman and Ranking Member respectively of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today wrote a letter to President Bush urging him to broaden the existing authority of the Federal Coordinator for the Recovery and...


Lieberman Urges DHS to Explain Why New Haven, SW Connecticut Are Ineligible for High Risk Homeland Security Grants

News Release: Dear Secretary Chertoff: I am writing to express my deep disappointment with certain decisions related to implementation of the Urban Areas Security Initiative Program (UASI) announced by the Department on Jan. 3, 2006. Under this program, a total of $765 million is available to select “high threat...


News Release: FEB 2-- SAC Shawn A. Johnson of DEA’s Washington Division announced that an indictment was returned by a federal grand jury charging a conspiracy to distribute cocaine and cocaine base (crack). The indictment was returned on Jan. 23, 2006.


Grassley’s New State False Claims Act Tools Head to President

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, included two key anti-fraud provisions in the Deficit Reduction Act that received final congressional approval on Wednesday and is headed to the President for his consideration. The provisions were designed to address the fraud, waste and abuse of the Medicaid program outlined last summer during a two-day hearing before the Senate Finance Committee.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal grand jury in Norfolk, Va., has indicted three former senior executives of General Re Corporation (Gen Re) and one former senior executive of American International Group, Inc. (AIG) on charges relating to a fraudulent scheme to manipulate AIG’s financial statements, the Department of Justice announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Robert J. Stein, a former U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) contractor, pleaded guilty today to charges of conspiracy, bribery, money laundering, unlawful possession of machine guns, ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Alice S. Fisher will hold a news conference on a corporate fraud matter TODAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006 at 11:30 A.M. EST.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Muskegon County Man Allegedly Sold “Corporation Sole” Program WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today filed a civil injunction suit seeking to bar Daniel Doyle Benham of Twin Lake, Michigan, from ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 “Today’s decision by the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals will help to maintain the integrity of our federal tax system. The decision reverses the trial court’s summary allowance of over $560 million ...


News Release: DAYTON, Ohio—U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson today in Dayton, OH echoed President Bush's ambitious agenda to improve America's ability to innovate and maintain a competitive edge in the global market. Deputy Secretary Sampson made the following press statement following a roundtable discussion and tour of NCR.


Labor Department Updates Exemptions Permitting Transactions With Financial Institutions and Insurers

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


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.