News from June 2007
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2007
News Release: As a very special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Tours of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of Saturday, June 30.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 25, 2007
News Release: Over the years, the American workplace has changed immensely for the better. It was not so long ago that the normal workday was 10 hours or even more. The workweek was six days. There was no overtime pay or minimum wage. Workers regularly risked injury or death on the job because there were no workplace laws. There was no workers compensation.
By DOE Newswire | Jun 25, 2007
News Release: As firefighters across the country brace for what experts warn will be a severe fire season, Senate Energy & Natural Resources is bracing for a serious hearing on the hot topic tomorrow. Specifically, the committee will learn how prepared Federal agencies are for the 2007 wildfire season, and will consider new reports from the Government Accountability Office and from Brookings Institution on Federal plans to contain escalating costs of wildfire management activities.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2007
News Release: Created by the fire of ancient volcanoes and sculpted by the ice of glaciers, the Keweenaw Peninsula has a fascinating geologic and natural history. Take an illustrated journey with geologist Bill Rose to learn how to read the landscape and gain a better understanding of the Copper Country's foundations.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 25, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) joined Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) in releasing the following joint statement today on completion of legal text to incorporate key policy changes into the pending free trade agreement with Peru...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2007
News Release: Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball announced today that the park has scheduled an additional public meeting for the public to comment on the proposed General Management Plan Preliminary Alternatives. This meeting will be in Naples, July 11, 2007 at Edison College, Collier County Campus.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 25, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Monday said the Department of Agriculture must enlist the help of the Department of Homeland Security to prevent and control an outbreak of bird flu in this country.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS), in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is proposing to rehabilitate two sections of the Denali Park Road just beyond park headquarters near Mile 4.0 and 4.5. An Environmental Assessment (EA) was written to analyze impacts of the following proposed actions and of a no-action alternative.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 25, 2007
News Release: "This is one of the largest blocks of land sold to the National Park Service (NPS) in the past decade," announced Don Striker, Superintendent of New River Gorge National River (NRGNR). "We are extremely pleased to see this property added to the public domain.".
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The leader of one of the oldest and most infamous Internet software piracy groups was sentenced today to 51 months in prison on one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg for the Eastern District of Virginia announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A former executive of Santa Ana, Calif.-based Pacific Consolidated Industries LP (PCI) has been arrested for allegedly violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) as part of a conspiracy ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 22, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A Philadelphia woman, Kia Reid, pleaded guilty today to committing a federal hate crime by sending a note threatening violence to her Arab-American supervisor at work, in an attempt to interfere ...
By Labor Gazette | Jun 22, 2007
News Release: Has served as assistant secretary for ODEP since agencys inception in 2002 WASHINGTON — Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today announced that Dr. W. Roy Grizzard, assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), will leave his post at the end of June. Grizzard has led the office since its inception in 2002.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 22, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 22, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 22, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 22, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 22, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2007
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 22, 2007
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
