News from August 2007
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 7, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., has introduced the Private Prison Information Act of 2007 in an effort to increase the transparency and accountability of the operation of private prisons. The bill would impose reporting requirements on private prisons contracting with federal agencies similar...
By USDA Newswire | Aug 7, 2007
News Release: The bacterium that causes leptospirosis, one of the most widespread infections transmitted between animals and humans, appears to be changing in ways that could limit its ability to survive and thrive.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2007
News Release: Saint Croix Island International Historic Site is proud to announce the first Junior Ranger day for children. The event will be held this Sunday, Aug. 12, from 1 - 6 pm. at the site, eight miles south of Calais on Rt. 1.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service has begun work on the 35-mile River Mountains Loop Trail. The budget for this 17.4-mile-segment of the trail is $4,373,490. The work includes paving the 12-foot wide multi-use trail. This segment begins at the trailhead in Boulder City (off US 93 and Pacifica) and will loop around Lake Mead National Recreation Area (NRA) and out of the park at the Lake Mead Parkway entrance (near Lake Las Vegas).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2007
News Release: On the Road: Jack Kerouac’s Original Scroll.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 7, 2007
News Release: Rocky Mountain National Park’s spectacular landscapes have been the subject of artists, photographers and writers since the opening of the American west in the nineteenth century. Moreover, throughout the twentieth century, anonymous visitors captured the park through images now harbored in family photo...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 6, 2007
News Release: Several storm cells passed over North Cascades National Park and neighboring Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest yesterday afternoon and evening starting several small fires in the national park and on the national forest down lake from the community of Stehekin,WA.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Miami-based American Express Bank International has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement on charges of failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program and will forfeit ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The Justice Department today reached a settlement agreement with the City of San Antonio, Texas, resolving allegations that the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) violated the rights of a female detective because of her sex, in violation of federal employment laws.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Appointment of Trustee Will Ensure Divestiture to Remedy Harm to Competition From Mittal-Arcelor Merger WASHINGTON The Department of Justice today announced that it has asked a federal judge in Washington, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Zane H. Fennelly, a former captain of a Jacksonville, Fla.-based commercial fishing vessel, was arrested earlier today on an indictment returned by a federal grand jury on Aug. 2, 2007, in Jacksonville, Fla., the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 6, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The Justice Department today announced a settlement agreement with the West End YMCA, headquartered in Ontario, Calif., that resolves an investigation into alleged discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agreement covers associated YMCA branches in Ontario, Chino, Upland, and Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 6, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced the Department’s first-ever Carpet Trade Mission to Afghanistan. Assistant Secretary for Market Access and Compliance David Bohigian will lead the mission, which will take place August 26-28. The delegation will participate ...
By Commerce News Now | Aug 6, 2007
News Release: CHARLESTON, S.C.—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez met with U.S. Senator Jim DeMint, Congressman Henry Brown, Jr., and Charleston business leaders to tout the importance of exports to South Carolina and the United States as they toured the Port of Charleston, one of the busiest container ports along the Southeast and Gulf coasts.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 6, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By USDA Wire | Aug 6, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 6, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 6, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 6, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 6, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
