News published on Federal Newswire in March 2007

News from March 2007


News Release: Contact: Marc Morano 202-224-5762 Marc_Morano@epw.senate.gov Matt Dempsey 202-224-9797 Matthew_Dempsey@epw.senate.gov WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today joined thirteen Senators in sending a letter to Chairman Byrd and ...


Grassley Expresses Concern Over Unsubstantiated Noncash Charitable Contributions

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on a new report from the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA), “The Internal Revenue Service Needs to Improve Procedures to Identify Noncompliance With the Reporting Requirements for Noncash Charitable Contributions," report number 2007-30- 049. The report is being publicly released and posted today at www.tigta.gov.


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2016. As a part of the process to strengthen and prepare parks for another century of conservation, preservation and public enjoyment, the NPS is hosting listening sessions across the United States to hear from those with an interest in parks and NPS programs.


News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - On Sunday, April 1, 2007, the National Park Service (NPS) will host a statewide listening session to seek suggestions and ideas on President Bush’s National Park Centennial Initiative which is intended to reinvigorate and strengthen national parks over the next decade. The meeting...


News Release: National Park Centennial Initiative. www.nps.gov/2016. Media Advisory. National Park Service Hosts Listening Session. on $3 Billion National Park Centennial Initiative. (City, State) --- On Wednesday, March 21, 2007, from 3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Acting Superintendent Jeffrey Collins and the staff at Fort...


News Release: Interior Department Chief of Staff Brian Waidmann will host a listening session in Miami, Florida on Thursday, March 22, 2007 to seek suggestions and ideas on President Bush’s $3 billion National Park Centennial Initiative to reinvigorate and strengthen national parks over the next decade.


DOMENICI LARGELY SATISFIED WITH DOE FY2007 SPENDING PLAN

News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici today said he was largely satisfied with the Department of Energy’s FY2007 spending plan, citing significant increases in research and development for alternative fuels and renewable energy which build on his work in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.


Pitting Microbe Against Microbe for Safer Foods

News Release: Before fresh fruit is cut, it's important that the outer skin be kept free from foodborne pathogens. That's because food-contaminating microbes on the surface of a peel or rind could piggyback onto a cutting knife and be dragged into the fruit's flesh.


DOMENICI STATEMENT ON EARLY SITE PERMIT FOR CLINTON, ILL. NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to the issuance of a first-of-kind Early Site Permit (ESP) by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to Exelon Generation Co. for the Clinton, Ill. ESP site, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee ranking member Pete Domenici issued the following statement:


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Raritan Bay Medical Center has agreed to pay the United States $7.5 million to settle allegations that it defrauded the federal Medicare program, the Justice Department announced today. The ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, along with several other federal agencies, is hosting a two-day national conference on providing services to individuals with limited English ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Two Michigan construction companies have agreed to pay the United States $11.75 million to resolve claims that they knowingly violated Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) contracting requirements ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON—Robert Lewis Young of Detroit was sentenced today to 25 years in federal prison for running a criminal operation prostituting adults and children, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and Stephen J. Murphy, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan announced.


News Release: Let me begin by congratulating your guests of honor this evening: the winners of PhRMA’s prestigious Discoverers Award. I understand the official presentations will be made after dinner.


News Release: Shukran. SabaH Ilkheer! (Thank you. Good morning!) Dr. El Rabiey, thanks for that kind introduction. I’d also like to thank Ambassador Fahmy and Dr. Helmy, President of AmCham Egypt, for inviting me here today.



The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.