News published on Federal Newswire in April 2007

News from April 2007


LIEBERMAN, COLLINS SEEK GAO ANALYSIS OF MASS CARE CAPABILITIES IN A MAJOR DISASTER

News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., and six other lawmakers are asking the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to evaluate the impact of a fundamental change in how the federal government will coordinate...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement regarding news that energy costs rose 5.9 percent during the last quarter, the largest jump in over a year and a half.


News Release: For Planning Purposes Only Contact: Peter Rafle


National Junior Ranger Day

News Release: NATIONAL JUNIOR RANGER DAY. Capitol Reef National Park will join hundreds of parks throughout the United States in celebrating National Junior Ranger Day on Saturday, April 28, 2007. A day of youth-friendly activities is planned from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Ripple Rock Nature Center, located...


Senator Collins Introduces Postal Resolution Reaffirming Constitutional Protections of Sealed Mail

News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) today introduced a bipartisan amendment reaffirming that both federal law and the Constitution protect sealed domestic mail from being searched. The amendment is in response to a signing statement that the White House issued in conjunction with the signing of the Collins-Carper...


Twin Arches Hike

News Release: Join a National Park Service ranger Saturday April 21, 2007 for a morning hike to the Twin Arches, one of the most magnificent geological features of the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The hike will begin from the parking lot at Twin Arches Trailhead at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time.


Junior Ranger Day at the Dunes

News Release: On Saturday, April 28, children of all ages are invited to become Junior Rangers at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Special activities begin at 10:00 a.m. and are planned throughout the day, with a badge and swearing in ceremony at 3:00 p.m. To earn a Junior Ranger badge, young prospects will...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The federal government and state of New Hampshire today reached a comprehensive settlement agreement with 101 potentially responsible parties which will ensure cleanup actions at the 41-acre ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON ­– A fifth defendant has pleaded guilty in connection with Operation D-Elite, the first criminal enforcement action targeting individuals committing copyright infringement on a peer-to-peer (P2P) ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A Boise, Idaho man has been sentenced to life in prison plus 60 years for producing a video of a toddler being sexually abused and sharing it on the Internet with a sex offender in Canada, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Moss of the District of Idaho announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that on Apr. 17, 2007, it will monitor municipal elections in Kane County, Ill., and Boston, Mass., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales made the following statement today in the aftermath of the violent shootings on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech).


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, APRIL 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON— A suburban Chicago man has been convicted of serving as a long-time agent of the Iraqi Intelligence Service in the United States, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National ...


The US State Department published a one page notice on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page notice on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.