News published on Federal Newswire in January 2006

News from January 2006


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Grassley Seeks End to Waste in Medicare Ambulance Transports

News Release: The Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services recently released a report entitled “Medicare Payments for Ambulance Transports," OEI-05-02-00590. The report found that 25 percent of ambulance payments in calendar year 2002 failed to meet Medicare’s program criteria. This means the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services improperly paid nearly.


Special Diving Restriction Extended on Lake Mead

News Release: Lake Mead National Recreation Area Superintendent William K. Dickinson announced the extension of the diving restriction of the portion of the Lower Overton Arm until Jan. 20, 2007.


News Release: Bacteria are usually viewed as "the enemy" and targeted with potent antibiotics to curb their ability to cause infection. But according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, microbes--including several types of bacteria--can be a farmer's ally when it comes to reducing the risk that antibiotic-containing manure may pose to the environment.


News Release: The Agricultural Research Service today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals at...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nicanor Lotuaco—a Virginia business man—has been sentenced to five months in jail, followed by five months home detention and three years supervised release, for conspiracy to defraud ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Six additional current and former U.S. soldiers and law enforcement officials and two civilians have agreed to plead guilty to participating in a widespread bribery and extortion conspiracy which operated from January 2002 through March 2004, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. –Two former Wilson County, Tennessee corrections officers were convicted in federal court of violating the civil rights of detainees at the Wilson County Jail in Lebanon, Tennessee the Justice Department announced today. One defendant was acquitted.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.–The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the Nassau Health Care Corporation (NHCC), a New York public benefit corporation, resolving the Department’s investigation of conditions and services at the A. Holly Patterson Extended Care Facility, a 889-bed nursing home operated by NHCC in Uniondale, New York.


U.S. Labor Department Sues to Appoint Independent Trustee for Abandoned Latham, New York, 401(k) Plan

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



The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a five page proposed rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.