News published on Federal Newswire in October 2006

News from October 2006


News Release: * NPS Rangers and Forever Resorts concession employees (from Black Canyon/Willow Beach River Adventures), successfully rescued 36 people who were stranded in Black Canyon. The visitors had been on canoe and kayaking trips. The visitors were taken by river raft back to Willow Beach. Rangers are currently...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – An international oil company, Statoil ASA, headquartered in Norway and listed on the New York Stock Exchange, has acknowledged making bribe payments to an Iranian official in order to secure ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Congressman Robert W. Ney has pleaded guilty to a two-count information charging him with conspiracy to commit multiple offenses – including honest services fraud, making false statements, ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that Centier Bank of Whiting, Ind., will invest more than $4.3 million and open new branches in minority neighborhoods in the northwestern portion of the state, to resolve allegations that it engaged in a pattern of discrimination on the basis of race and national origin.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced today that it filed a lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia, alleging violations of the rights of Hispanic and Spanish-speaking voters under two key provisions of the Voting Rights Act.


News Release: We are here today at a critical moment in time for Cuba. So many of you here from around the world and Eastern Europe in particular, have experienced the kind of oppression and tyranny Castro has inflicted on the Cuban people for nearly half a century.


News Release: CORAL GABLES, Fla.—The following are excerpts from prepared remarks of U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez to the Cuba Transition to Democracy Summit today: Examples of Transitions to Democracy: The Cuban people must be the ones to define the path to their democratic destiny. Fortunately for them, within the past three decades, across the globe there are specific transition examples from which Cuba can draw.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published an eight page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Oct. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.