News from June 2006
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2006
News Release: The 2007 draft off-highway motor vehicle grant application for the Desert Manager’s Group Tortoise Education and Outreach Project is available for public review at the Oasis Visitor Center in Twentynine Palms. This application will be a component of a larger grant package, being submitted by the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) California Desert District Office in Moreno Valley.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 30, 2006
News Release: Rock formations subject to advisory closures to rock climbing and off-trail hiking for protecting nesting falcons and eagles have been reopened. A total of 32 Prairie Falcons fledged this year from ten nests, a successful year for the falcons. Additionally, 3 Peregrine Falcons fledged from a nest at HawkinsPeak. American Kestrels, Red-tailed Hawks, Red-shouldered Hawks, Sharp-shinned Hawks, and Cooper’s Hawks produced young this year.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 30, 2006
News Release: Yesterday, Sens. Chuck Grassley, Max Baucus, Orrin Hatch, and John D. (Jay Rockefeller) asked the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services for guidance to address the legal concerns of drug makers who participate in patient assistance programs. The Inspector General issued an opinion today. Comments from individual senators follow here.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: Superintendent Curt Sauer announced that, until further notice, no charcoal or wood fires will be allowed anywhere within Joshua Tree National Park. Propane and gas camping stoves may still be used. This action was taken because the current fire hazard in the park is extreme due to the abundance of dry grasses and other vegetation.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today urged the House to pass the Deep Ocean Energy Resources Act, a bipartisan bill aimed at increasing energy production on the Outer Continental Shelf while granting coastal states the authority to prevent production within 100 miles of their coastline. The House is slated to vote on the bill today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Five persons associated with Innovative Financial Consultants (IFC) were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for promoting a tax evasion scheme using so-called "pure trust organizations," the Justice ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON An American-based ship operator, Pacific-Gulf Marine, Inc. (PGM), has agreed to plead guilty to criminal charges that it engaged in deliberate acts of pollution involving a fleet of four ships ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A jury in Montgomery, Ala. convicted former Alabama Governor Don Eugene Siegelman and former HealthSouth Chief Executive Officer Richard Scrushy of conspiracy, bribery and fraud, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher for the Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Louis V. Franklin, Sr. of the Middle District of Alabama announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Tenet Healthcare Corporation, operator of the nations second largest hospital chain, has agreed to pay the United States more than $900 million for alleged unlawful billing practices, Assistant Attorney General Peter D. Keisler of the Civil Division and U.S. Attorney Debra Wong Yang of the Central District of California in Los Angeles announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JUNE 29, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Former Member of Colombian Senate Faces Lengthy Prison Sentence WASHINGTONSamuel Santander Lopesierra, a former member of the Colombian Senate, was convicted for conspiring to unlawfully import cocaine ...
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: Chairman Barton, Ranking Member Dingell, Members of the Committee, I'm pleased to have this opportunity to discuss the President's pro-prosperity agenda.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: Gutierrez Says President Bush's Vision and Initiatives Open Markets for American Exporters and Promote Democracy WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today praised Guatemalan President Oscar Berger and the government of Guatemala for implementing the CAFTA-DR Free Trade Agreement. The historic agreement will open Guatemala's market to U.S. exporters, level the playing field for American workers and promote democracy in the region.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on the real gross domestic product (GDP) report which showed that the American economy increased at an annual rate of 5.6 percent in the first quarter of 2006, an upward revision of 0.3 percent: "Today's 5.6 percent ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) has placed more than 300 qualified college students and recent graduates with disabilities in summer positions. The placements were made through a free database of 1,900 candidates seeking summer and full-time employment that was distributed on a compact disc this past spring to public and private sector employers.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 29, 2006
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOE Gazette | Jun 29, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page proposed rule on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 29, 2006
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 29, 2006
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
