News from October 2006
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, commented today on the Social Security Administration’s announcement that the automatic Social Security cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) for next year will be 3.3 percent.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2006
News Release: Arches National Park has extended the public review period for the draft Transportation Implementation Plan and Environmental Assessment to Nov. 1, 2006 due to intermittent website problems.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2006
News Release: On the evening of October 14 the park hosted its 25th annual Autumn Candlelight Tour and it was a huge success. The weather was ideal, nice and cool with starlit skies. The attendance total including visitors, staff and volunteers was 850. Everyone enjoyed this chance to “step back in time" over 200...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2006
News Release: BOULDER, Colo.-Physicists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have taken a significant step toward transforming entanglement-an atomic-scale phenomenon described by Albert Einstein as "spooky action at a distance"-into a practical tool. They demonstrated...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2006
News Release: OCT 18--BALTIMORE, Maryland - Howard Rice, age 40, and Raeshio Rice, age 33, both of Baltimore, pleaded guilty in U.S. Court to racketeering conspiracy and drug conspiracy charges arising from their operation of a large narcotics-trafficking enterprise in Baltimore over a 10-year period, announced Assistant...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 18, 2006
News Release: Technologies such as high-pressure processing, ultraviolet light and irradiation can be faster, cheaper and less disruptive to food quality than traditional thermal processing for killing microbes that can contaminate food products, according to scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 18, 2006
News Release: Dear Mr. Johnson: We would like assistance from you in providing information to us and our staff regarding the factsand circumstances of the recent departure of Dr. William McGuire, UnitedHealth’s former CEO andChairman. We are concerned by recent press reports that Dr. McGuire may have received acompensation...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2006
News Release: In October and November of each year, young seabirds leave their nests to fly to ocean feeding grounds for the first time in their lives. The endangered ‘ua‘u (Hawaiian petrels) and the non-endangered ‘ua‘u kani (Wedge-tailed shearwaters) leave their nests at night and are thought to use stars to navigate.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 17, 2006
News Release: Thank you for that kind introduction. It's a pleasure to be here today on behalf of President Bush in Whitefield, especially this time of the year. The fall colors may have peaked, but this is still one of the most beautiful areas in America.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
News Release: SHARE has significantly reduced total injuries, illnesses and fatalities WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush has extended for three years the federal government's initiative to reduce occupational injuries, illnesses, and fatalities within its ranks.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 17, 2006
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Oct. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
