News from September 2006
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: On September 10 and Sept. 11, 2006, National Park Service Rangers and the Marin County Sheriff’s Office entered another marijuana grow site at Point Reyes National Seashore. The law enforcement effort confiscated approximately 3,540 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of $8.75 million...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: SEP 12 -- The DEA and other federal law enforcement officials announced today that 28 people have been indicted on charges related to an intricate web of cocaine distribution rings in the northern section of Winchester City called the “Block."
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley today commented on a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on the caseloads of the 53 immigration courts nationwide. Sen. Grassley requested the report as part of ongoing oversight of the immigration system. He is a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, welcomed today’s signing of the U.S.-Canada Softwood Lumber Agreement by USTR Ambassador Susan Schwab and Canada’s Trade Minister David Emerson. The agreement settles litigation involving duties that the...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: Senator Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, delivered the following statement at a hearing Tuesday on “Homeland Security: The Next Five Years." Thank you, Madam Chairman and welcome to you, Secretary Chertoff. Madam Chairman, I’m grateful...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman, for calling this hearing.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: 7On Wednesday, Sept. 27, NPS maintenance personnel will move the fishing pier that was temporarily relocated to Horsepower Cove in the Hemenway Harbor area of Lake Mead, to its permanent location just north of the Hemenway Harbor Launch Ramp and south of the Personal Watercraft Beach. You can access...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked some of the nation’s largest non- profit hospitals to account for their charitable activities, given the tax-exempt status they receive. The designation results in tax benefits totaling tens of billions of dollars every year.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-An editorial in today’s Washington Post endorses a port security bill, coauthored by Senators Collins and Patty Murray (D-WA), that is currently being debated in the U.S. Senate. The bill, which the Washington Post says “contains several common-sense proposals" will establish improved...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: Senator Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., the Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Tuesday urged the Senate to approve the Port Security Improvement Act of 2006. He is an original co-sponsor of the bill. The following statement was prepared for delivery on the Senate floor:...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, led by Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman, today held a hearing to examine homeland security over the next five years. Witnesses included Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff; the Honorable...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: Good morning. Five weeks ago, BP announced a suspension of production in its Prudhoe Bay oil field as a result of a pipeline failure in Alaska. Initial reports estimated that this shutdown could mean the loss of as much as 400,000 barrels of oil per day, about 8 percent of total U.S. oil production and ...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 12, 2006
News Release: Why do soils in certain parts of the Mississippi Delta cause atrazine to degrade too fast? Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found that a microbial process, which occurs after a short exposure to this herbicide, may result in a loss of atrazine's effectiveness.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Firm Allegedly Overcharged Medicare, Medicaid WASHINGTON The United States has intervened in a whistleblower suit filed in the District of Massachusetts against Dey, Inc. alleging that the company violated ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that on Sept. 12, 2006, the federal government will monitor primary elections in Cochise County, Ariz. and in Kings, Queens, and Westchester Counties, N.Y., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act.
By DOE Gazette | Sep 11, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Sep 11, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Sep 11, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Sep 11, 2006
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Sep 11, 2006
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
