News published on Federal Newswire in July 2007

News from July 2007


National Park Service Issues Finding of No Significant Impact for Interim Strategy

News Release: Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Mike Murray announced today the approval of a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Interim Protected Species Management Strategy. The FONSI was approved on July 13, 2007 by Regional Director Patricia Hooks, and culminates nearly two years of planning in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act.


NIST Begins Technical Study of South Carolina Warehouse Fire

News Release: GAITHERSBURG, MD-The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today that it is beginning a technical study of the June 18, 2007, fire at the Super Sofa Store furniture store/warehouse in Charleston, S.C., that killed nine firefighters.


Lantos Applauds UK Court Ruling Allowing Transparency in Congolese Financial Records

News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today welcomed a British court ruling that lets the human rights group Global Witness publish financial records reflecting lavish spending by the Congolese president's son.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Michael R. McNulty (D-NY) and Subcommittee Ranking Member Sam Johnson (R-TX) will join Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), and Ranking Member Jim McCrery (R-LA) today to introduce a bipartisan bill designed to address the growing problem of identity theft.


News Release: An orchid so elusive, 70 years elapsed after George Henry Grinnell collected the first specimens in 1923 before a new generation of botanists rediscovered its location in 1993. But the plant’s identity remained a challenge to taxonomists. Now, two U.S. Geological Survey botanists and a colleague at the...


ACCESS STATUS AT BODIE ISLAND SPIT

News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray announced that effective Sunday,July 15, 2007, off-road vehicle (ORV) and pedestrian access is temporarily closed to the southern end of Bodie Island Spit to protect piping plover chicks that have recently hatched at a nest near the southeast corner of the spit.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller, III today announced a series of comprehensive measures to significantly enhance national security oversight and compliance at the Justice Department and FBI.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A former executive of National Century Financial Enterprises (NCFE) pleaded guilty to charges that he defrauded investors of billions of dollars, the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Gregory G. Lockhart of the Southern District of Ohio announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Timothy Brandon Moore, a corrections officer with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Department, in Harrison County, Miss., pleaded guilty late yesterday to a one-count criminal information related ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Akal Security Inc., one of the largest contract security providers in the country, will pay the United States $18 million to resolve allegations that it violated the terms of its contract to provide ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JULY 13, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Jarvis Malone, a former aide at the Arlington Developmental Center (ADC) in Arlington, Tenn., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Memphis to violating the constitutional rights of a ...


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a five page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.