News published on Federal Newswire in June 2006

By DOT News Wire | Jun 14, 2006

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Plant pots made from farm wastes could one day be a boon to the horticultural industry-and to the environment. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI) of the American Nursery and Landscape Association are working together to create biodegradable pots for nursery production.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Who: Public Lands & Forests Subcommittee

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the American University students’ letter regarding the school’s leadership.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Wednesday led the effort to defeat industry’s attempts to weaken chemical plant security when the Committee agreed to retain language in the bill prohibiting federal legislation from overriding stronger security...

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Remarks of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Wednesday, June 14, 2006.

By DOE Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Energy Policy Act of 2005 has brought tangible prosperity to rural America since the bill was signed into law in August. The price of corn has more than doubled since last fall to $3 a bushel on the Chicago Board of Trade. Ethanol production now rivals exports as the primary use for corn in the United States, according to a recent USDA report.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, received a response this week to their request for more information on IRS handling of foreign-source income information documents received from foreign countries.

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., said Wednesday the widespread abuse of FEMA disaster aid confirms the need to reinvent the agency into a strongly-led, more accountable organization and underscores the Bush Administration’s historic neglect of financial oversight. Following is his full statement...

By Homeland Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) Wednesday called for an investigation into allegations that four federal agencies have sought to cover-up or edit scientific information related to climate change, suggesting that top Administration officials may have asked for the information to be suppressed. Writing...

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee, released the following statement today upon the Congressional Budget Office’s publication of new financial projections for Social Security. Baucus led the fight in 2005 to stop the privatization of Social Security.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Dale Antonich began his career with the National Park Service as a seasonal park ranger at the Grand Canyon in 1972. He held a variety of seasonal laborer, park technician, and ranger jobs from 1972 through 1977. His seasonal employment included assignments at the Grand Canyon, Lake Mead National Recreation Area (NRA) and Death Valley National Park.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: Lake Mead has more than 500 miles of shoreline and the current lake elevation is 1,129 vertical feet. The current water temperature is a warm 80 degrees. Lake Mohave has 250 miles of shoreline and the water elevation is 642 vertical feet. There are a wide range of recreational activities available to visitors on both lakes. Personal watercraft are allowed on 95 percent of Lakes Mead and Mohave.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 14, 2006

News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park report that there will be a delay in opening the final section (Avalanche to Logan Pass) of the Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) due to last night’s storm which caused extensive debris to accumulate on the Road’s west side. As many as 10 washouts...

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 13, 2006

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Gordon Smith (R-Oregon) today led a group of eight Senators in introducing legislation to grant Vietnam Permanent Normal Trade Relations status (“PNTR"). U.S. Senators John McCain (R-Ariz.), John Kerry (D-Mass.), Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), Richard Lugar...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2006

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Riverside County-Based Operation Reportedly Inflated Customers’ Deductions WASHINGTON—The Justice Department announced today that a federal court has permanently barred Jack R. Gosney of Riverside, Calif. ...

By DOJ Newswire | Jun 13, 2006

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that Sung Bum Chang, the former owner of a Dallas nightclub known as “Club Wa,” pleaded guilty to forced labor charges. Chang’s wife, Hyang Kyung Chang, ...

By Labor Gazette | Jun 13, 2006

News Release: WASHINGTON — Sterling Jewelers Inc., of Akron, Ohio, has agreed to pay $1,291,077 in back wages to resolve violations of the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA) overtime requirements, the Labor Department announced today. Sterling agreed to pay the back wages to 16,820 current and former employees of its retail stores operating at 1,200 locations in 41 states. The company does business under 14 retail names around the country.

By Labor Gazette | Jun 13, 2006

News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

By DOT News Wire | Jun 13, 2006

The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on June 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.