News from February 2007
By Fed News Journal | Feb 16, 2007
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Feb 16, 2007
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Feb 16, 2007
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Feb. 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: The HUNT for the HUNTS, a year-long search into attics and public records for clues of the family, activities and networks of Richard P. Hunt, 1797-1856, kicks off on March 3 at 2 PM. at the Hunt House, 401 East Main Street in Waterloo. The project is a cooperative venture of the Waterloo Library and...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: A Rift Valley fever outbreak was successfully predicted several months in advance for the first time with a model developed by a team assembled by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus commented today following the House of Representatives’ vote to approve minimum wage legislation with a package of tax incentives for small businesses. Baucus worked with Senate colleagues to craft a tax package that lifted minimum wage legislation to Senate passage on February 1. Now the Senate and House bills must be harmonized so that American workers can receive a long-overdue pay increase of $2.10 per hour.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said today that he will look closely at proposed increases and total spending on the Medicare Advantage program to see if that program spends America’s health care dollars as wisely as possible. This announcement comes after the Centers...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House of Representatives voted today to pass H.R. 976, the Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2007. The bipartisan legislation, introduced last week by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel and Ranking Member Jim McCrery would extend critical tax provisions for small business...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: Teams from high schools in the four-county area are being sought to challenge for the Smackdown trophy at the 2007 Local History Smackdown in April. High-school age contestants are also welcome to form their own teams independent of school sponsorship; church, scouting, or other youth groups are welcome to participate. The registration deadline is Friday March 23rd, but don’t wait to assemble a team, crack the books, and get ready to play!.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today introduced bipartisan legislation to reform and strengthen the Red Cross’ governance. The bill is an outgrowth of Grassley’s oversight work to make sure the organization functions at full capacity to help Americans after natural disasters and perform other public service.
By State Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: Madame Speaker, as we come to the end of this debate, I want to commend every participant, on both sides, for conveying powerfully and eloquently their deeply-held views.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment in anticipation of House passage of a $1.3 billion tax-relief package addendum to a bill raising the minimum wage, compared to a Senate bill that offers $8.3 billion in tax relief for small businesses, with the cost offset by provisions to shut down abusive tax avoidance schemes.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: EXPERIENCE WINTER IN STEHEKIN AND. LAKE CHELAN NATIONAL RECREATION AREA. Winter is an excellent time to visit Stehekin and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. Plentiful snow has fallen in the Stehekin Valley, allowing for snowshoeing and up-valley skiing. Visitor services, however, are limited in the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 16, 2007
News Release: 16Dry Tortugas, FL: The National Park Service (NPS) will begin a multi-year project to conserve the ten original cannon at Fort Jefferson in Dry Tortugas National Park. The six 15-inch Rodman smoothbore cannon and four 10-inch Parrott rifled cannon are some of the rarest and most significant examples of 19th Century seacoast artillery in existence.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Former Partner of Kirkland & Ellis LLP Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Evading over $400,000 in Income Taxes WASHINGTON Robert Wayne Hallock, an attorney from Chicago, Ill., was sentenced today ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal grand jury in the District of the Virgin Islands returned an indictment charging a St. Thomas man with five counts of child pornography, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Anthony J. Jenkins for the District of the Virgin Islands announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 15, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON—I am pleased to have met with President Torrijos today. I greatly appreciate President Torrijos’ leadership on building a strong, democratic and prosperous Panama. We had a good discussion on a range of commercial issues. We discussed the recently concluded U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement and Panama’s plans for the $5.25 billion expansion of the Panama Canal.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 15, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Department Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that one of America's leading thinkers on entrepreneurship, Carl J. Schramm Ph.D., has been named chairman of the advisory committee of business and academic leaders that will seek ways to measure the effects of innovation on the economy.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 15, 2007
News Release: HOUSTON — ABC Professional Tree Services Inc. in Houston has agreed to pay $1,801,507 in back wages, after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that 2,501 current and former employees working in 16 states were not properly paid. The investigation, covering the two-year period Aug. 7, 2004 to Aug. 6, 2006, determined that ABC Professional Tree Services violated the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 15, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
