News from January 2006
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2006
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: I am writing to you regarding the taxpayer advocate’s Dec. 31, 2005, report to Congress and in particular the concerns she raises as to the IRS Criminal Investigation’s Questionable Refund Program (QRP). Finance Committee staff, on a bipartisan basis, were briefed this morning...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 20, 2006
News Release: Locating potential sources of brucellosis outbreaks is easier now, thanks to a new DNA fingerprinting technique developed by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS ).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, urged Japan to keep its border open to U.S. beef imports after a recent shipment of U.S. veal was found to contain a backbone. The backbone at issue is not at risk of carrying bovine spongiform encephalopathy...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 20, 2006
News Release: Dear Secretary Snow: We are extremely troubled by the findings reported by the National Taxpayer Advocate in her 2005 Annual Report to Congress concerning the Internal Revenue Service’s Questionable Refund Program (QRP). The report includes among its allegations that the IRS freezes refunds of many...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2006
News Release: JAN 19 -- Shawn A. Johnson, Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division announced today that William Henry Muldrow, age 61, of Baltimore, Maryland, pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute oxycodone and more than five grams of crack cocaine in connection with his participation in a statewide Oxycontin ring.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS CAPTAIN PLEADS GUILTY TO SMUGGLING THOUSANDS OF POUNDS OF RED SNAPPER INTO THE UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. Hoang Nguyen, captain of the Galveston, Texas-based commercial ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 19, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with past and current owners of Huntsville Speedway, resolving an investigation into allegations that the race track is inaccessible to spectators and racers with disabilities, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 19, 2006
News Release: NEW ORLEANS—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez released the following statement following the agreement in principle reached between the U.S. and Mexico that will resolve a sixteen-year dispute and liberalize trade in cement between the two countries: "The agreement is a positive step toward ...
By Commerce News Now | Jan 19, 2006
News Release: We are here to honor and celebrate the life of a transformational figure in American history. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was a transformational figure in American history because, as a quintessential American, he challenged America to fulfill her promise.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 19, 2006
News Release: NEW ORLEANS—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez today announced that the Commerce Department will invest $500,000 in Economic Development Administration funds to promote travel and tourism in the Gulf Coast region. The funds will help the Gulf Coast's tourism industry recover. The federal money will be leveraged to pull in additional resources from the private sector and other regional partners, which could total $1 million.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2006
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Labor Gazette | Jan 19, 2006
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 19, 2006
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Jan 19, 2006
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 19, 2006
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 19, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 19, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 19, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 19, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jan 19, 2006
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
