News from August 2007
By USDA Wire | Aug 17, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Aug 17, 2007
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 17, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 17, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Aug. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2007
News Release: Senators Chris Dodd, (D-CT), and Joe Lieberman, (ID-CT), announced Thursday that Connecticut will receive more than $1.1 million in port security grants from the Infrastructure Protection Program within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). New London will receive $767,438, Bridgeport will receive...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2007
News Release: SUPERINTENDENT APPOINTED FOR LASSEN NATIONAL PARK.
By USDA Newswire | Aug 17, 2007
News Release: When Agricultural Research Service (ARS) chemists Joe Laszlo and Dave Compton originally developed SoyScreen, they envisioned outdoor enthusiasts and other consumers using their invention as an environmentally friendly alternative to petroleum-based sunscreens.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2007
News Release: The Acadia National Park trail crew reopened the Precipice Trail on August 16. In fall 2006, a series of earthquakes on Mount Desert Island caused extensive rockslides on Champlain Mountain, resulting in the closure of the Precipice Trail and East Face Champlain Trail. To open the trail, park trail crews...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2007
News Release: The public is invited to the Denali Subsistence Resource Commission meeting taking place on Monday, August 27 from 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Cantwell Community Center. The commission will consider a range of issues related to subsistence hunting and fishing in the 1980 additions to Denali National...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 17, 2007
News Release: PLEASE NOTE - THIS FIRE BAN WAS RESCINDED ON AUGUST 30, 2007.
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 17, 2007
News Release: Washington - Senators Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) today announced new federal grants to three Connecticut fire departments, totaling $163,804. The funds, distributed by the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) program, will enable Connecticut firefighters...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: Webmaster's note: This fire ban was lifted September 4, 2007.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON An immigration judge in Boston has ordered the removal of Vladas Zajanckauskas, a Sutton, Mass., man who served during World War II in a notorious Nazi unit that took part in the brutal liquidation of the Warsaw Jewish Ghetto in German-occupied Poland, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher for the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON William J. Heaton, former chief of staff for former Congressman Robert W. Ney, has been sentenced to two years of probation and fined $5,000, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON IBM Corporation and PriceWaterhouseCoopers have both agreed to pay the United States more than $5.2 million to settle allegations that the companies solicited and provided improper payments ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Three residents of Lakeland, Fla., were indicted today by a federal grand jury in Alexandria, Va., related to their participation in a conspiracy to sell millions of dollars of pirated computer software, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Greek-based shipping company Kassian Maritime Navigation Agency Ltd. and Second Assistant Engineer Spyridon Markou were sentenced today in connection with dumping of bilge and wastewater ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Dennis Rodriguez of El Paso, Texas, has been sentenced to five months imprisonment for environmental crimes related to the operation of his company, North American Waste Assistance, LLC (NAWA), ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal jury in the Southern District of Florida has convicted Jose Padilla of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim individuals in a foreign country, conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists, and providing material support to terrorists, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have reached an agreement with Valero Energy Corp. that provides for a $4.25 million penalty and $232 million in new ...
