News from June 2007
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture approved proposals for the Farm Bill sections under its jurisdiction. Congressman Mike McIntyre of North Carolina is the Chairman of the Subcommittee.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Wednesday won Senate approval of an amendment to the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007 that would improve the nation’s treatment of asylum seekers - those who come to the country seeking refuge...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - The State Utility Commissions of nine southeastern states have sent a clear message to Congress: a federal renewable portfolio standard (RPS) will mean higher prices for consumers.
By State Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: For a generation, a frustrating stalemate has stymied peace between Morocco and the Sahrawi population of Western Sahara. For a generation, the people of Morocco and the Western Sahara have lived with the specter of violence hovering over the desert. And for a generation, peace has been summarily rejected by the rebel Polisario Front in favor of arid refugee camps and guerilla ambushes.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley has asked the head of the Food and Drug Administration to respond to allegations that a senior agency scientist was reprimanded for formally agreeing with a recommendation that the diabetes drug Avandia needed a box warning for congestive heart failure and stronger warnings about its possible negative effects on eyesight.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: AKRON, Colo., June 6--A U.S. Department of Agriculture research facility that has helped farmers thrive in the harsh climate of the Central Great Plains celebrated its 100th anniversary here today. The Central Great Plains Research Station is part of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: Dear Mr. Viehbacher: The United States Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) has jurisdiction over the Medicare and Medicaid programs and, accordingly, a responsibility to the more than 80 million Americans who receive health care coverage under those programs to ensure that beneficiaries receive...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: Washington - Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)today agreed on goals for reauthorizing the State Children Health Insurance Program(CHIP). The two principal authors of the original 1997 CHIP bill (P.L. 105-33), Kennedyand Hatch are committed to the goal of helping states provide insurance coverage for thechildren of the working poor - those whose parents can’t afford private insurance butmake too much to qualify for Medicaid.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to testimony given today to a House committee reviewing the safety of the diabetes drug Avandia, Sens. Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus today asked GlaxoSmithKline and the University of North Carolina to account for intimidation of a medical researcher who suggested the drug may carry risks beyond those contained in the FDA label on the drug.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: Jeannine McElveen who has served most recently as the Administrative Officer at Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming, has been selected as the new Administrative Officer at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman and Ranking Republican Member of the Senate Finance Committee, called on the CEOs of American and Continental Airlines to detail the benefits their companies will receive from a last-minute provision added to the...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 6, 2007
News Release: This exhibit explores the work of the artist Chiura Obata (1885 - 1975) who first visited Yosemite in 1927, producing watercolors that led to a series of prints made by master woodblock artists in Japan. The show extensively covers his earliest visits during 1927-1930, but includes works produced up...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Indictment Alleges Two MS-13 Leaders Ordered Gang Murders in United States from Inside Prison Cells in El Salvador WASHINGTON A federal grand jury in Greenbelt, Md., has charged leaders of the violent street ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 5, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A former civilian employee of the Department of Defense (DOD) and former member of the California Army National Guard, has pleaded guilty to defrauding the United States and conspiring with four other individuals to do the same, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 5, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2007
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on June 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 5, 2007
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on June 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 5, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a nine page proposed rule on June 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 5, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 5, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on June 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
