News published on Federal Newswire in August 2007

News from August 2007


House Passes the “Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2007”

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.- A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives today approved an innovative package of tax incentives to encourage the use and production of renewable energy and energy conservation and repeal excessive tax breaks for oil and gas companies. H.R. 2776, the Renewable Energy and...


News Release: The search continues today for a missing backpacker in the wilderness area east of Merced Lake in Yosemite National Park. Ottorina "Trina" Bonaventura, 80, was reported missing on July 30, 2007 when she separated from her group and failed to return to the Vogelsang High Sierra Camp where she was staying.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A fugitive U.S.-designated terrorist, who is the subject of a $5 million U.S. reward and is believed to be at large in the Philippines, has been indicted on terrorism-related charges in the Northern ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Two South Carolina businessmen have pleaded guilty to causing numerous federal campaigns to make false statements to the Federal Election Commission, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 “The Department of Justice is pleased that the D.C. Circuit opinion does not find that the search of a congressional office is unconstitutional. We are disappointed with the ruling that requires that a member ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Thaer Omran Ismail Asaifi was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer to 72 months in prison for his role in a major conspiracy to smuggle Iraqis and Jordanians into the United States, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Jeffrey A. Taylor of the District of Columbia announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Three additional defendants were sentenced in federal court this week for their roles in a widespread bribery and extortion conspiracy which operated from January 2002 through March 2004, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.


News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez released the following statement on President George Bush’s announcement of an invitation to leaders of major economies to attend an energy security and climate change meeting in Washington, D.C., September 27-28.


News Release: CHICAGO—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today issued the following statement from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade on the July Employment Report that showed that 92,000 new jobs were created in July. The nation’s unemployment rate was 4.6 percent.



The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a three page notice on Aug. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.