News published on Federal Newswire in January 2007

News from January 2007


Second Significant Sentence Handed Down in "Operation Director's Cut"

News Release: JAN 8 -- (Alexandria, VA) - Alexandre de Basseville, 36, of Los Angeles, California, and Geneva, Switzerland, was sentenced today to 240 months in prison and ordered to forfeit $528,500, after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to distribute MDMA (“Ecstasy"). Chuck Rosenberg, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, made the announcement after sentencing by United States District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee.


Scientists Probe "Fly Spit" for Clues to Serious Wheat Pest

News Release: The Hessian fly, the No. 1 global pest of wheat, is not your ordinary insect. Its fiercest weapon-capable of making wheat plants droop, topple over and even commit cell suicide-is its deadly saliva.


News Release: National Lakeshore Campers Asked to Help Prevent Spread of Insect Pest.


Senator Grassley’s Floor Statement on the Success of Medicare Part D

News Release: Mr. President, I rise to speak about the Medicare prescription drug benefit.


News Release: Health officials in Wellfleet and Truro and Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George Price announce that they were notified this week by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) of a fish consumption advisory at Duck and Great Ponds in Wellfleet and Ryder Pond in Truro. The MDPH advisory...


News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Tom Lantos (D-CA) today announced that the House Committee on Foreign Affairs will hold a series of briefings and hearings on Iraq this month.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Texas-based SCCI Health Services Corporation (SCCI) and its subsidiary, SCCI Hospital Ventures Inc., have paid the United States $7.5 million to settle allegations that the companies violated ...


News Release: Thank you for inviting me to the U.S. Chamber.


News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on the last day of Max Mayfield's 34-years of public service as the Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Hurricane Center: "Max's leadership and convictions made ...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on this morning’s December Employment Report, which showed that 167,000 jobs were created in December – the 40th straight month of job growth, and that the unemployment rate remained steady at 4.5 percent. In 2006, nearly two million new jobs were created.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Jan. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.