News from July 2006
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: The American Association of State and Local History (AASLH) has announced that Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the recipient of a 2006 Leadership in American History Award for the film Woodstock’s Civil War: A Speakchorus, produced in partnership with Woodstock Union High School...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: Armed with the latest high-tech research equipment, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Mississippi are investigating the genetic secrets of catfish, cotton, soybeans and other crops.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today questioned Eric Solomon, currently nominated to be Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy, about serious problems with the redesign of an electronic fraud detection system (EFDS) at the Internal Revenue Service.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley today won Senate passage of his legislation to improve funding for and access to family treatment programs that help families in Iowa and elsewhere overcome methamphetamine addiction and the resulting family trauma.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: Recent News: The 4-egg Piping Plover nest on south Ocracoke Island began hatching on 7-12-06. Two Plover chicks were observed on 7-13-06 and the remaining two eggs have not yet hatched. This nest was initially believed to be a 3-egg nest but recently a fourth egg was observed partially buried in the...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Thursday voted in favor of the FY2007 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, which included an amendment offered by himself and Chairman Susan Collins, R-Me., to reinvent FEMA and because of an amendment...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Rangers in Glacier National Park responded today to an accident in which a 26-year old male visitor was injured after falling from a horse. The victim, Sam Scoufos, was part of a group of riders on the Piegan Pass Horse Trail in the Many Glacier area with park concessioner, Mule Shoe Outfitters.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: Unlike many nominees, Eric Solomon is not a newcomer. For seven years, he has worked in the Tax Policy office. For two long years, the administration conducted a nationwide search for the right person to run the office. Then they finally looked down the hall. In Mr. Solomon, they found an excellent nominee.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: Through the efforts of Carlsbad resident Jeff Diamond and BatFest! International, astronomer Alan Hale, best known as the co-discoverer of comet Hale-Bopp, will be the opening speaker at Carlsbad Caverns National Park’s Celebration of the Night, on Friday, July 28. Dr. Hale’s presentation will focus on his current activities as the founder of the Southwest Institute for Space Research and the creator of the Earthrise Project.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: At his confirmation hearing for the post of Deputy Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy today, Eric Solomon was questioned by Senator Max Baucus on IRS’s failure to use tax shelter disclosure rules and stiff penalties designed by Congress to help close the annual $345 billion tax gap - the gulf between...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today questioned Eric Solomon, currently nominated to be Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy, about serious problems with the redesign of an electronic fraud detection system (EFDS) at the Internal Revenue Service.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 13, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Pete Domenici today said Congress should do what it can to help increase refining capacity in the United States as part of an overall strategy to meet the nation’s ever-growing energy needs.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 12, 2006
News Release: Agricultural Research Service scientists have discovered a few good rice plants--and are taking them to the bank.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Todays decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit confirms that illusionary losses purportedly created by the so-called contingent liability tax shelter are not deductible ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 12, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Former Virgin Islands Fire Service employee Earl E. Brewley and Esmond J. Modeste, purported Project Manager of a fictitious company named Elite Technical Services (Elite), pleaded guilty today ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 12, 2006
News Release: Chairman Specter, Ranking Member Leahy, Members of the Committee, I'm pleased to have this opportunity to discuss comprehensive immigration reform with you. Thank you for your leadership and hard work on this important issue.
By Labor Gazette | Jul 12, 2006
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 12, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 12, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 12, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on July 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
