News from July 2007
By DOT News Wire | Jul 11, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park Superintendent Shawn Benge announces a special Living History weekend for Point Park, located on historic Lookout Mountain.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the Office of Management and Budget estimate of a lower federal budget deficit than last year’s deficit.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: To help family farmers and seed producers better meet market demands and remain independent and profitable, a new initiative is under way. Spearheaded by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant geneticist Linda Pollak, it's being called the Breeding High-Quality Corn for Sustainable, Low-Input Farming Systems-or HQ-LIFS-project.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following statement today after President Bush`s unsupportive comments about efforts to improve the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Wednesday called for legislation to strengthen the independence and accountability of federal Inspectors General after hearing from current and former IGs about...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: Today we are sending a letter to the President regarding the approval of certain waiversfor adults in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). As part of thereauthorization of the SCHIP, we are committed to returning this program to its focus on lowincome children.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: PRESS RELEASE July 11, 2007 Contact: Ashley Glacel (Kohl) - 202.224.5364 Leslie Phillips (Lieberman) - 202.224.2627 WASHINGTON - Senate Special Committee on Aging Chairman Herb Kohl (D-WI) and Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) yesterday sent a letter...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Leading Republican members of the Senate Finance Committee today called on the President to stop the Department of Health and Human Services from granting and extending waivers for adult coverage under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: Thank you, Chairman Baucus, for calling this hearing. I’d like to address this hearing in two parts. The first part is what this hearing and the committee inquiry is about. The second part is what this hearing and committee inquiry is not about. So, let’s first discuss what this hearing and the committee...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: The history of exploration in and around Denali is a rich and sometimes controversial subject. Dr. Mike Sfraga, mountaineer and founding Director of the University of Alaska Fairbanks Geography Program, will present a program on “Denali Mountaineering: The Pioneering Days" at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, July...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: Invasive Weed Awareness Week July 16th through July 22nd in California urges all Californians, during that week, to participate in activities that raise awareness of both the scourge of harmful nonnative weeds and methods to prevent their pernicious spread. Visitors at the park will have the opportunity...
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: Statement by Chairman Lantos at hearing, “Passport Delays: Affecting Security and Disrupting Free Travel and Trade".
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D.-Mont.) is welcoming the assignment of a new Republican Senator to the panel. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) announced that Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) will fill the seat of the late Senator Craig Thomas (R-Wyo.). The Finance Committee oversees U.S. policy ranging from taxes to trade to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, and welfare programs.
By State Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - In response to the ruling by Libya’s highest court upholding the death sentences of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor accused of infecting hundreds of Libyan children with the virus that causes AIDS, and to the assurances by Gadhafi International Foundation for Charity Associations...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 11, 2007
News Release: JUL 11 -- (Newport News, VA) - Frederick Lee Hudson, 26, a.k.a. Michael Deon Booze, was sentenced to 40 years in prison for conspiracy to distribute crack and ecstasy and discharging a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Hudson had previously pled guilty on April 3, 2007. Chuck Rosenberg, United...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today a landmark settlement requiring Caspers Electronics, of Mundelein, Ill., to pay a penalty and stop selling devices that allow cars to release excess levels of pollution into the environment, in violation of the Clean Air Act (CAA).
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today announced a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Utah College of Massage Therapy (UCMT) that will require the college to provide sign language interpreters and other auxiliary aids to students who need them as required by the ADA.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JULY 10, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Executive Agrees to Serve 10 Months in Prison WASHINGTON A former executive of a Long Island, N.Y., defense company pleaded guilty and has agreed to serve 10 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 10, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON—Today, Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and Afghan Minister of Commerce and Industry Dr. Mir Muhammad Amin Farhang signed a Joint Statement on Commercial Cooperation between the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the Afghanistan Ministry of Commerce and Industry. The signing formalizes and enhances the two sides’ cooperative efforts designed to strengthen bilateral commercial relations and help Afghanistan develop its trade capacity and private sector.
