News published on Federal Newswire in April 2007

By DOE Newswire | Apr 20, 2007

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jeff Bingaman and Pete Domenici, leaders of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today said they were pleased that legislation intended to make America more competitive is being taken up by the full U.S. Senate.

By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2007

News Release: Rangers and a volunteer climbing crew were able to rescue a 21 year old Colorado Springs man who had fallen more than 50 feet at Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park. A rescue crew reached the man and one of his climbing partners early in the morning, Friday, April 20, 2007 after an involved climb...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2007

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, tonight made the following comment on the House-Senate Democrats’ agreement on a tax package to include in the supplemental spending bill.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2007

News Release: Dear Mr. President: We are writing to urge you to finally achieve full access to the Japanese beef market during your April 2007 summit with Prime Minister Abe. As you know, American ranchers and meat processors produce the healthiest and safest beef in the world. Nevertheless, current Japanese import...

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2007

News Release: Dear Madam Ambassador: We write this letter to express our serious concern with regard to USTR’s holding of the text of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KFTA), and to call on USTR to release immediately the entire text of the agreement to the public. On April 1, 2007, the Administration notified...

By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2007

News Release: Children of all ages are invited to bring their favorite adult and come to the National Junior Ranger Day celebration on Saturday, April 28 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center.

By US DOT Newswire | Apr 20, 2007

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MARC MORANO 202-224-5762

By Interior Newswire | Apr 20, 2007

News Release: On Saturday, April 28, 2007 the National Park Service will hold its first National Junior Ranger Day. As part of this special day Fort Frederica National Monument will unveil its new and improved Junior Ranger Activity book, funded through the generous support of the Fort Frederica Association. The park...

By USDA Newswire | Apr 20, 2007

News Release: Using genetic "snapshots" of switchgrass, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and collaborating scientists are gaining new insight into how this warm-season perennial plant could be harnessed as an ethanol resource.

By Commerce Newswire | Apr 20, 2007

News Release: This afternoon, Chairman Baucus and Chairman Rangel agreed on a package of small business tax incentives for inclusion in the supplemental spending bill currently in conference between the Senate and the House. The package delivered to conferees today by the chairmen of the taxwriting committees totals $4.84 billion in small business tax relief, fully offset. A summary of the tax provisions and offsets is below.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2007

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Executive Agrees to Serve Longest Sentence Ever Imposed Against a Foreign Defendant Charged With Price Fixing WASHINGTON — A sixth executive from Samsung Electronics Company Ltd., the world’s largest manufacturer ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2007

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON—Today the Department of Justice asked the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to dismiss the Guantanamo Bay detainee habeas corpus cases pending before it. This action is in accordance ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2007

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The United States has intervened in three whistleblower suits alleging that Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), Accenture LLP, and Sun Microsystems Inc. solicited and provided improper payments and other things of value on technology contracts with government agencies, the Justice Department announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2007

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Tyco International (US) Inc. will pay a penalty of more than $1.1 million to resolve violations of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at its former metal forming and finishing facility located in Hamburg, ...

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2007

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced a new E-Submission program by the Civil Rights Division that is designed to improve the administration of the Voting Rights Act. This new program will ease the process by which jurisdictions submit voting changes for administrative review under Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act by enabling them to do so online.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2007

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Alexander Johnson, a former officer with the Memphis Police Department, pleaded guilty today to a one-count felony violation for conspiring to deprive individuals of their civil rights.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2007

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A federal jury has found Joseph P. Nacchio, the former chief executive officer of Qwest Communications International Inc., guilty of insider trading charges, the Justice Department announced today.

By DOJ Newswire | Apr 19, 2007

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 "This matter began as an inquiry into whether any of these 8 U.S. Attorneys were fired for improper reasons. After several hours of testimony by the Attorney General, over five thousand pages of documents ...

By Commerce News Now | Apr 19, 2007

News Release: Thank you for that kind introduction. I spoke to you last via taped remarks at your annual meeting in September. So it’s nice that today we get to be together in person. Thank you for coming to Washington. It’s a privilege to speak with you about our nation’s economy, what’s going on in Washington and around the country, and then hear from you on the top issues facing your businesses.

By DOJ Gazette | Apr 19, 2007

The US Justice Department published a one page correction on April 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.