News published on Federal Newswire in November 2007

News from November 2007


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


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


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on Nov. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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


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


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


News Release: Crimson Rocket peach trees look like tall, thin cousins of the more classically-shaped peach trees. These "skinny" trees provide an attractive, space-saving tree that produces full-size peaches that could make their way to consumers in 2008.


Domenici Opening Statement on Uranium D&D Fund

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statementat today’s committee hearing on S. 2203, a bill to reauthorize the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund:


News Release: Today, the Sunday Poets, a group of distinguished Santa Barbara authors and poets, will make their first “Poets in the Parks" visit to Channel Islands National Park, where they will recite recent works about the islands at Inspiration Point on Anacapa Island.


Baucus Statement Regarding the Finance Committee Investigation of Avandia

News Release: We place a great deal of trust in pharmaceutical companies to make safe and effective products.


KENNEDY, MURRAY ON OSHA’S SAFETY EQUIPMENT RULE

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senators Edward M. Kennedy and Patty Murray released the following statements in response to the long awaited action of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which published its final rule requiring employers to pay for workers’ safety equipment. A court had imposed...


Grassley: IRS Says Virgin Islands Tax Change Would Hurt Tax Compliance Effort

News Release: In May, Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, asked the IRS to evaluate the tax compliance impact of a proposal to change the statute of limitations for civil tax cases involving individuals claiming residency in the U.S. Virgin Islands. The House has passed legislation to...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) submitted a letter recently to Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and U.S. Trade Representative Susan C. Schwab regarding unfair trade disciplines within the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations.


Senators Seek To Prohibit Patenting Of Tax Strategies

News Release: Washington, DC- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Republican Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced legislation to prohibit the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) from granting patents for common tax strategies and tax planning inventions. To date, the PTO has granted 60 tax patents, with.


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is requesting comments on a proposal by GCI, Inc. to install a fiber optic cable within the Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (ADOT) George Parks Highway right-of-way (ROW) that passes through the eastern portion of Denali National Park and Preserve...


News Release: The National Park Service has issued a concession prospectus for tour boat and ferry service at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. This business opportunity is a summer operation of tour boat and ferry service from Leland, Michigan to North Manitou Island and South Manitou Island. The Concessioner...


Senators Seek To Prohibit Patenting Of Tax Strategies

News Release: Washington, DC- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Republican Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced legislation to prohibit the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) from granting patents for common tax strategies and tax planning inventions. To date, the PTO has...


News Release: Fire management staff at Denali National Park and Preserve will burn a large pile of debris consisting of brush, tree branches, and other woody material on Monday, November 19. Ignition of the pile is planned to occur mid-morning.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Gabriel Doyle Laskey, 22, was sentenced to six months incarceration (with work release), six months home detention, and five years probation for his role in a 2002 rock attack ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON ­– A seventh defendant has pleaded guilty in connection with Operation D-Elite, the first criminal enforcement action targeting individuals committing copyright infringement on a peer-to-peer ...