News from October 2006
By DOT News Wire | Oct 30, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: The Willow Beach Access Road and Lower Portal Road will reopen on Saturday, November 4. The access roads have both been closed since October 14 from a severe storm and subsequent flash flooding.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: Who: National Parks Subcommittee When: Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2006 at 2:30 P.M. Where: SD-366 Why: The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony of the following bills: S. 2148, a bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Chattahoochee ...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: Who: Full Committee When: Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006 at 10:00 A.M. Where: SD-366 Why: To consider the nomination of Kevin M. Kolevar, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Max Baucus (D.-Mont.), Ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, today announced that U.S. and Korean trade negotiators will hold a round of Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations in Big Sky, Montana, from December 4-8, 2006. Baucus invited U.S. Trade Representative...
By DOE Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: Who: Public Lands & Forests Subcommittee
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - A new report from the Government Accountability Office indicates that the use of private contractors to collect back taxes owed to the IRS may glean only a tiny fraction of outstanding tax debts over the next decade. The report, released today by U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), also...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: Dear Ms. McElveen-Hunter: I am writing in response to your invitation to serve as the keynote speaker for your corporate governance summit, “Enhancing Board Effectiveness". Because Congress is not scheduled to be in session during that week, I will have to decline your invitation. I am encouraged that...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: Radiation takes a lot of blame for a variety of problems, from sunburn to superhero maladies. But in small doses, it actually contributes to a safer food supply.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, recently provided funding to two local volunteer fire departments through the Rural Fire Assistance program. The Empire and Solon-Centerville Township Fire and Rescue Volunteer Fire Departments (VFD) both received funding through...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: Homeland Security Committee Chairman Susan Collins, R-Me., and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., were joined by a broad-based and bipartisan group of Senate and House Members calling for the Government Accountability Office to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the federal government’s efforts...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 30, 2006
News Release: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) are calling on the Secretaries of Defense, State, and Army to examine the practice by Kellogg, Brown and Root Services, Inc. (KBR) of inappropriately labeling as proprietary...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 29, 2006
News Release: By Paul Bryant. [10/29/06] As a small crowd slowly gathered at the foot of the Illinois Memorial Saturday morning, the 33rd Illinois Regimental Band marched to their seats, the sound of drum beats bouncing off hills surrounding Union Avenue. Nearby, a man in a Union soldier's uniform shouted, “Ready...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A Nashville, Tenn., man has been convicted by a federal jury of 11 child pornography-related offenses for the operation of several Web sites that depicted adolescent boys engaging in sexually explicit activity, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Craig S. Morford of the Middle District of Tennessee announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Session to be Held in Washington to Focus on Tying WASHINGTON The Department of Justices Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today announced that the latest in a series of joint ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Former General Services Administration (GSA) Chief of Staff David H. Safavian was sentenced to 18 months in prison on charges of obstructing a GSA proceeding and making false statements, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 27, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A New York City man who led an interstate prostitution enterprise including recruiting and prostituting minor girls in several U.S. cites pleaded guilty today in federal court, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Christopher J. Christie of the District of New Jersey announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 27, 2006
News Release: Good morning boys and girls. I'm glad that Congressman Barrett invited me to spend the day in South Carolina, and it is a true pleasure to be here. I am anxious to get to your questions, but first let me explain why I am here today, and why I am so excited to get to speak to you. Let me ask you a question. ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 27, 2006
News Release: AIKEN, S.C.—U.S. Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson and U.S. Representative J. Gresham Barrett today presented a $280,000 Economic Development Administration (EDA) investment to The Economic Development Partnership of Aiken and Edgefield Counties, Inc., and the South Carolina Department of Commerce. The investment will help develop a textile recovery and diversification strategy for ten South Carolina counties in the Savannah River Basin region.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 27, 2006
News Release: CINCINNATI—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on the advance third quarter real gross domestic product (GDP) report, which showed that the American economy grew at an annual rate of 1.6 percent in the third quarter of 2006: "As expected, today's GDP report showed a more moderate rate of growth last quarter, after blistering growth in the first half of the year.
