News from June 2006
By DOT News Wire | Jun 15, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 15, 2006
The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 15, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 15, 2006
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 15, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a one page proposed rule on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 15, 2006
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2006
News Release: Coming to a crankcase near you: "estolides," the latest biobased lubricant, compliments of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Peoria, Ill.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete Domenici commended Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke for his astute assessment of the global and U.S. energy situation in remarks made today before the Economic Club of Chicago. Domenici also announced plans to explore options for encouraging the expansion of U.S. oil refining capacity.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2006
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - Park Superintendent Lee Baiza announced the visitation for May was up by 2.3% over last year with 55,245 visits compared to last year’s 53,996. The year-to-date total is 193,088 which is up by 1.7% from last year.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2006
News Release: By a vote of 10-0, the Senate Homeland Security Committee today unanimously passed chemical security legislation authored by Committee Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman. This comprehensive legislation, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act, would require that the Department...

By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2006
News Release: June 15, 2006 For Immediate Release.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 15, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Thursday expressed delight in Committee passage of landmark chemical security legislation that preserves the rights of states to enact stricter chemical plant security. But he strongly objected to...

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 15, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today hailed the final Senate passage of the supplemental appropriations conference report, which included their amendment providing that will provide $38 million in supplemental funds to the Social Security Administration...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 15, 2006
News Release: Latest News: The piping plover nest with 4 eggs at South Beach has hatched. The chicks are mobile and the exact location and status are unconfirmed as of 8:30 a.m. on June 15, 2006.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 15, 2006
News Release: Today Rep. Jerry Moran, Chairman of the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, convened a hearing to review efforts to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse in the federal crop insurance program. In a House-wide effort to curb wasteful spending, Chairman Moran exercised the Subcommittee’s oversight authority to determine if sufficient prevention and detection efforts are in place in the administration of the crop insurance program.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 15, 2006
News Release: Who: Full Committee When: Thursday, June 22 at 10:00 a.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To receive testimony on S. 2747, a bill to enhance energy efficiency and conserve oil and natural gas.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2006
News Release: House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte issued the following statement regarding his meeting with World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Pascal Lamy yesterday. Lamy was in Washington, DC earlier this week meeting with U.S. officials about the current status of the agricultural negotiations of the Doha Round.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The president of a California marine products company was charged today with conspiring to rig bids and allocate customers with respect to the sale of foam-filled marine fenders and buoys purchased ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 14, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Former Justice Department senior trial attorney Ryan H. Rainey, 48, has pleaded guilty to violating the federal criminal conflict of interest statute while employed in the Civil Rights Division, ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 14, 2006
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.