News published on Federal Newswire in June 2007

News from June 2007


News Release: JUN 26 -- Baltimore, Maryland - A federal grand jury has indicted the following defendants, all of Baltimore, for their alleged participation in a drug conspiracy to distribute large quantities of heroin in the Baltimore City area, announced United States Attorney for the District of Maryland Rod J. Rosenstein...


News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today expressed frustration with the lack of progress made to control wildfires in America’s forests.


Advisory: Tue, 06/26/2007 - 12:00am

News Release: Remarks of Chairman Lantos on H. Res. 121, regarding Comfort Women, at committee markup.


News Release: One hundred percent of distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS), a byproduct of ethanol production, can be pelletized without adding a binding agent or anything else, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON—The United States has intervened in a whistleblower suit accusing Alliant Techsystems Inc., aka ATK Thiokol Inc. (ATK), of delivering defective illumination flares used in critical search and rescue and combat operations to the U.S. military, including operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Procompetitive Changes to Rural Incumbent Telephone Company’s Settlements with New Entrants Will Deter Misuse of Regulatory Challenges and Benefit Rural Pennsylvania Telephone Customers WASHINGTON — The Department ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A former Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserves was sentenced to 21 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy and money laundering scheme involving contracts in the reconstruction of Iraq, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Two more defendants pleaded guilty in Milwaukee to charges of criminal copyright infringement as a result of their selling counterfeit software on eBay, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher for the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Steven M. Biskupic for the Eastern District of Wiscon­sin announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Phoenix convicted two men today on all counts, including conspiracy, fraud, money laundering, and transportation of obscene materials, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher for the Criminal Division and Interim U.S. Attorney Dan Knauss of the District of Arizona announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Donald Wilson, a former corrections officer at the White County Jail in Sparta, Tenn., was sentenced today in federal court in Nashville to 33 months in prison for violating the civil rights of an inmate. Wilson will be on federal supervised release for two years after his release from prison.


U.S. Department of Labor recovers nearly $1.5 million
for about 2,600 workers at Gulf Coast naval facilities

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has recovered nearly $1.5 million in back wages for approximately 2,600 workers who cleaned up and renovated the U.S. naval facilities in Gulfport, Miss., and Belle Chasse, La., following Hurricane Katrina.


U.S. Department of Labor offers free health law seminar June 29 in Dallas

News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a seven page notice on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on June 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.