News from November 2006
By Commerce News Now | Nov 16, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2006
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2006
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2006
The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 16, 2006
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2006
News Release: In a letter to the President, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), today requested $400 million in port security grants be included in the Administration’s FY 2008 budget request. On October 13th, the President...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2006
News Release: In a letter to Transportation Security Administration (TSA) director Kip Hawley, U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), today expressed their concern with the findings included in a newly-released report from...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2006
News Release: The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is a partnership between the federal government and the states. CHIP has reaped great successes providing health coverage for low-income children, and states have led the way in this effort. States have also faced significant challenges in implementing CHIP, mostly due to flaws in the federal funding structure. I welcome today’s testimony as we prepare for CHIP reauthorization next year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2006
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Wind Cave National Park will host an informal open house to discuss the park’s Draft Black-footed Ferret Management Plan and Environmental Assessment on Tuesday, November 28. Park staff will be available from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Wind Cave National Park Visitor Center to provide information and receive written comments.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2006
News Release: Superintendent Dusty Shultz announced today that the National Park Service has begun planning for improvements to the Lake Michigan Overlooks 9 and 10 on the Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 16, 2006
News Release: A range of tangy and tart flavor compounds in hundreds of popular food and beverage products worldwide are the result of friendly fermentative microorganisms that carry out a variety of key biosynthetic processes.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 16, 2006
News Release: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has unanimously approved a bill authored by Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and cosponsored by Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) that would extend the term of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR). Without this legislation, the...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 16, 2006
News Release: Nov. 16, 2006 Statement by Chairman of the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee Chairman James Inhofe (R-Okla.) at a press conference on Capitol Hill... Thank you for joining us today. As you know, we had an election last week in the U.S. Many of you might be thinking that the Democrats' razor ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 16, 2006
News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore Sea Turtle Nest Status and Closures.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The National Drug Intelligence Center, a component of the Department of Justice, has released the National Drug Threat Assessment 2007 detailing national drug trafficking and abuse trends ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Richard A. Causey, former Enron Chief Accounting Officer, has been sentenced to 66 months in prison on a securities fraud charge related to the collapse of the Enron Corporation, Assistant ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Henderson Man Prepared Zero-Income Tax Returns WASHINGTON The Justice Department announced today that a federal court has permanently barred Larry P. Goodyke of Henderson, Nev., from preparing federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A former Alabama boat builder and a charter-boat fisherman were charged late yesterday afternoon with one count of conspiracy and two counts of making false documents and writings in attempting to violate a moratorium on charter vessel permits under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson Act) regulations.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 15, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal grand jury in Pensacola, Fla., has indicted former Pinnellas County Deputy Sheriff, Richard G. Farnham, on federal civil rights charges relating to the assault of a man while on storm patrol in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 15, 2006
News Release: Thank you. I am honored to be here at the Shanghai American Chamber of Commerce, with a terrific delegation of U.S. businesses. We've been traveling in China for several days now and as always, I am impressed with the progress and rapid pace of innovation that is prevalent throughout this nation.
