News from December 2007
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 14, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) has won passage of a package of agriculture tax measures as part of the comprehensive farm bill approved by the Senate today. Baucus’s Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture - or “4-H" - Act creates a trust fund to help ranchers...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 14, 2007
News Release: Biscayne National Park Superintendent, Mark Lewis, invites the public to enjoy their national park over the holiday season. "Biscayne offers opportunities to explore a nationally significant marine ecosystem within 30 miles of downtown Miami. The crystal clear water of Biscayne Bay, and the northernmost extent of the Florida Keys and the Florida reef tract are some of the unique resources to be enjoyed by visitors and residents alike", states Superintendent Lewis.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 14, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy released the following statement on the passage of legislation to create a new Joint Pathology Center as part of the Defense Authorization bill. The Joint Pathology Center will carry on the functions of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, which specializes...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 14, 2007
News Release: It's pretty well known that it's not just how much we eat, but also the calories-the food energy in the portions served-that make weight control a challenge. However, until recently, the role that food energy density plays in young children's physiological response to portion size has been unproved.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. Five associates of Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles have pleaded guilty in the Western District of Texas to charges of obstruction of justice in connection with the U.S. governments investigation of Posada Carriles, Michael J. Mullaney, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 PROVIDENCE, R.I. The United States Government and Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island (BCBSRI) have reached an agreement under which the insurer will pay $20 million to resolve matters related ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The owners of five separate Miami-based health care corporations have been sentenced to prison terms today, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia has returned an indictment charging two former employees of Kellogg Brown and Root, Inc. (KBR) Fuel Section with conspiracy to defraud the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTONMerck, the global pharmaceutical research company, has agreed to resolve violations of federal and state water pollution control regulations arising from spills including a June 2006 spill ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice yesterday announced that Juan Mendez pleaded guilty to two counts of commercial sex trafficking. Mendez admitted to providing two juvenile girls to engage in commercial ...
By Commerce News Now | Dec 13, 2007
News Release: At the May 2007 Strategic Economic Dialogue (SED), the United States and China agreed to Principles and Outcomes for Strengthening Innovation Cooperation (SED Principles and Outcomes), including a decision to “jointly host a seminar on the innovation ecosystem in 2007 that would gather experts to discuss ...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 13, 2007
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 13, 2007
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Dec. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
