News published on Federal Newswire in March 2006

News from March 2006


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate today voted 88-0 to approve the nomination of Dennis Spurgeon to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy.


News Release: People who are overweight or obese are vulnerable to losing unhealthful amounts of calcium from their bones when they go on weight-loss diets. But a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists suggests that consuming about three times the recommended amount of dietary copper may help women retain calcium in their bones when dieting.


Valley Cove Closed to Protect Nesting Peregrines

News Release: Peregrine falcons have again been observed defending nesting territories and engaging in breeding behavior at the cliff above Valley Cove on Somes Sound in Acadia National Park, Superintendent Sheridan Steele announced today. The species is listed as an Endangered Species under the Maine Endangered Species Act.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Three additional current and former U.S. soldiers have pleaded guilty to participating in a widespread bribery and extortion conspiracy which operated from January 2002 through March 2004, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Sarasota Man Allegedly Misrepresented Tax Benefits to Customers WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in Tampa, Florida has permanently barred a Sarasota man, Michael ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – An employee of a government contractor working in Iraq has been arrested on a charge of offering to bribe an Iraqi police official, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein of the District of Columbia announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – David Inskeep pleaded guilty to a criminal misdemeanor violation of the federal Clean Water Act (CWA), the Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced today. Inskeep, ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Mohammed Rashed, a.k.a. Rashid Mohammed, has been convicted and sentenced in connection with the 1982 bombing of a Pan Am flight which killed a Japanese teenager and resulted in the injury ...


The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.