News from November 2007
By Fed News Journal | Nov 9, 2007
The US Federal Reserve System published an eight page rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 9, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 9, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 9, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2007
News Release: This week, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have joined colleagues around in the world in congratulating Albert Fert of France and Peter Grünberg of Germany for winning the 2007 Nobel Prize in Physics. The pair won for their independent discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR), the phenomenon used for reading data on today's high-capacity magnetic disk drives.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives today voted 216-193 in favor of a fiscally responsible tax package to prevent more than 23 million families from a tax increase under the alternative minimum tax (AMT) and extend expiring relief for millions more. The bill, H.R. 3996, the Temporary Tax Relief...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 9, 2007
News Release: Wheat breeders and Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are counting on a "southern strategy" to protect the entire United States from Ug99, a strain of wheat stem rust disease that has spread from Africa to the Arabian Peninsula.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2007
News Release: Today the House of Representatives passed the Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 (H.R. 3996), a bill to offer an Alternative Minimum Tax “patch" and extend certain expiring tax provisions. Separately, yesterday the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation released an analysis of the Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007 (H.R. 3970), the broader tax bill from the Ways and Means chairman.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2007
News Release: “I’d gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today,".
By Interior Newswire | Nov 9, 2007
News Release: The Yosemite Climbing Association (YCA) and Yosemite National Park are pleased to announce the opening of the photography exhibit "Yosemite in the Sixties: Climbing Life through the Lens of Glen Denny." The exhibit will open with a reception in the Museum Gallery between 2:30 and 4 pm on Friday, November 9, 2007.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 9, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued a brief statement following today’s House of Representatives vote to approve legislation protecting American taxpayers from the Alternative Minimum Tax, and extending a number of important expiring provisions. Baucus’s Finance Committee is working to complete AMT and “extenders" legislation for swift consideration by the Senate.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 9, 2007
News Release: As the Farm Bill debate began this year, reformers thought they found an unlikely ally in the Bush Administration, which has argued forcefully against the farm safety net because it allowed big city millionaires to collect farm payments.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2007
News Release: Chris Mobley, superintendentof Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary, and Russell Galipeau, superintendent of Channel Islands National Park, will discuss the latest efforts of the park and sanctuary to ensure the long-term protection of the resources of the Channel Islands and the surrounding waters in the November, “From Shore to Sea" lecture.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal grand jury in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, has returned a 12-count indictment against the former Commissioner of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 8, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON -- John Tom Boyer and his wife Deborah Boyer, owners of Lets Tree It Outfitters in Reserve, N.M., pleaded guilty yesterday in federal court in Denver to a criminal information charging ...
By Commerce News Now | Nov 8, 2007
News Release: LOS ANGELES—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez issued the following statement applauding the House of Representatives passage 285 to 132 of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 8, 2007
News Release: Oversight unit tops 800 convictions this decade WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) today announced its criminal enforcement data for October 2007. OLMS obtained 16 indictments and five convictions during the first month of fiscal year 2008, and court-ordered restitution in October amounted to $63,499. These indictments and convictions primarily involve union officers and employees who have embezzled union funds.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 8, 2007
News Release: Raytheon Co. receives prestigious Secretary of Labors Opportunity Award WASHINGTON — For their efforts to promote equal employment opportunity (EEO), five organizations were honored today by the U.S. Department of Labor at an annual awards ceremony hosted by the department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).
By DOT News Wire | Nov 8, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 8, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a five page notice on Nov. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
