News from July 2006
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2006
News Release: Dear Mr. Ambassador: I am writing to underscore my concern regarding Peru’s import conditions for beef from the United States. As part of an exchange of letters between Peru and the United States, your government agreed to allow imports of beef from the United States consistent with the provisions of...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2006
News Release: Mr. President, I am going to do my best to explain why a lease sale has made its way to debate on the floor of the United States Senate. But of more importance, I am going to convince my colleagues and this nation, that this small lease sale is one of the most important issues spoken of in this chamber this year.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2006
News Release: Come celebrate health and vitality at the 4th Annual Chattahoochee River Summer Festival August 26 and 27.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2006
News Release: Three years ago, Burma’s military junta arrested democracy advocate Aung San Suu Kyi and returned her to the house arrest that she has endured with only intermittent periods of release since 1989.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2006
News Release: Four South Florida artists have joined forces in Quattro H2O, the newest show in Biscayne National Park’s Dante Fascell Visitor Center Gallery. The show, a joint venture between the park and the ArtSouth artist’s community in downtown Homestead, includes 27 watercolors, oils, acrylics and pastels, all...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 26, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, commented today on reports that the IRS may be failing to ensure that taxpayers’ records are not unlawfully accessed by employees of the agency. The Taxpayer Browsing Act of 1997 prohibits IRS employees...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2006
News Release: On July 20, 2006, an area near Bolinas Ridge was discovered with numerous illegal marijuana plants.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 26, 2006
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - Petrified Forest National Park celebrates its 100th Anniversary during 2006. On June 8, 1906, the Act for the Preservation of American Antiquities (better known as the Antiquities Act) was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. This law gives presidents the authority to proclaim...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 26, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Utilities have announced plans to build as many as 25 advanced nuclear power plants in the United States because of the incentives included in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The early plants could be online as early as 2014. If all proposed plants are built, they would power 15 million ...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 25, 2006
News Release: Circarial dermatitis, or “swimmer’s itch" has been reported at Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 25, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday, Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici, House Energy & Commerce Chairman Joe Barton and Department of Energy Secretary Samuel W. Bodman will hold a press conference to talk about the significant impact of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, America's first comprehensive energy legislation in over a decade. Congress passed the bill one year ago this week.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON , D.C. – The owners and operators of the foreign-flagged container vessel Med Taipei have agreed to pay $3.25 million to the United States to resolve allegations that the 15 containers lost overboard ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A two-count indictment by a federal grand jury in Nashville, Tenn. was unsealed today, charging two former White County corrections officers of violating the civil rights of an inmate at the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 25, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales released the following statement today regarding Congressional passage of H.R. 4472, the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006: "America's children will be ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 25, 2006
News Release: Thank you, and welcome to Washington.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 25, 2006
News Release: ATLANTA—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez visited Atlanta today to discuss President Bush's plan for comprehensive immigration reform with local business leaders. In a roundtable discussion at a local Chick-fil-A restaurant, Gutierrez highlighted the role of immigration in the American economy and heard about why immigration reform is so important to the business community.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 25, 2006
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 25, 2006
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 25, 2006
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 25, 2006
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on July 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
