News from October 2006
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, said today that he will seek a six-month extension of a provision designed to make Medicare hospital payments more fair and accurate.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2006
News Release: At the request of Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), the GAO today released a new report revealing ongoing problems with the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. The program was created to ensure better...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2006
News Release: Perry J. Hensley was named today as Reclamation's Senior Advisor - Design, Estimating, and Construction Oversight and Dam Safety Officer by Reclamation Commissioner Robert Johnson.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 20, 2006
News Release: Flanked by Coast Guard officers and the Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senator Joe Lieberman, D-Conn, Friday said that the security of Connecticut’s seaports should improve under legislation recently passed by Congress and signed into law. “After 9/11, we...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 20-Discoveries about how genetic inheritance provokes biochemical responses to diet and nutrition have garnered a Secretary's Honor Award for Jose M. Ordovas of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University in Boston, Mass.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2006
News Release: Beginning this Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2006, U.S. veterans, members of the U.S. armed forces, and their families will be admitted free-of-charge each Veterans Day to Herbert Hoover National Historic Site and the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum. Entrance fees to other national park areas and public lands managed by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture will also be waived on Veterans Day.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2006
News Release: The Historical Society of Michigan recently awarded Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore a State History Award for Outstanding Restoration and Preservation of the Port Oneida Rural Historic District. Superintendent Dusty Shultz was presented the award at the Historical Society’s State History Conference...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2006
News Release: October is American Archives Month, and Keweenaw National Historical Park (NHP) has three good reasons to celebrate this year. The park is opening its reading room in the former Calumet and Hecla (C&H) Public Library building, renamed the Keweenaw History Center, where installation of a fire suppression system is nearing completion, and they have recently added a full-time archivist to the park staff.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal grand jury in Milwaukee, Wis., indicted former Milwaukee police officers Jon Bartlett, Andrew Spengler, Daniel Masarik, and Ryan Lemke, as well as current Milwaukee police officer ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 19, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 52 AmSouth Bank Branches with $2.7 Billion in Deposits to be Divested in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee WASHINGTON The Department of Justice announced today that Regions Financial Corporation and ...
By Commerce News Now | Oct 19, 2006
News Release: U.S. Commerce Deputy Secretary David A. Sampson joined officials from NOAA's Office of Coast Survey today in officially presenting the newest navigation chart of the Port of Lake Charles and Calcasieu Ship Channel to the Port of Lake Charles. The new NOAA chart of the port and ship channel supports the region's growing energy industry by providing critical navigational information and will increase the safety in moving large ships and critical cargoes through the port.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 19, 2006
The US Energy Department published a six page notice on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 19, 2006
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 19, 2006
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 19, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 19, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 19, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 19, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 19, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2006
The US Interior Department published a six page rule on Oct. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
