News from November 2007
By DOT News Wire | Nov 6, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 6, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Nov. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in responseto President Bush’s and Secretary Leavitt’s criticism of the Children’s Health InsuranceProgram. The CHIP legislation is fiscally responsible and...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: Rep. Henry A. Waxman Chairman, Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) established a new policy in 2006 which will continue this Veteran’s Day, November 11th. U.S. veterans, members of armed forces and their families will be admitted free-of-charge on Veterans Day to public lands managed by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today warned that the energy industry is facing impending workforce shortages that must be addressed.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- At 10:00am on Thursday, November 8th, 2007, Senator EdwardM. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, willhold a hearing on protecting the employment rights of veterans. The hearing will addressreemployment problems service members face when they return...
By State Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: When the news broke in August that this committee was investigating officials at Yahoo! Inc. in connection with repression in China, CNN International carried the story - but nobody in China saw it. As soon as the anchor started discussing this case, the screen faded to black. And that is typical. State control over media in China - from the printing presses to the airwaves to the Internet - is practically absolute.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: With gas prices going nowhere but up, Carlsbad Caverns National Park’s fleet of white vehicles is getting a little bit greener! The park recently purchased two fully electric vehicles and a hybrid car to go along with a small hybrid SUV the park purchased last year.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: The schedule for this season’s Perspectives series has been announced and will begin at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center on Tuesday, November 13. Set for 7:00 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month from November through May, the series will focus on research within the park.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: Within the past few weeks a series of events has occurred that can help shed light on how tax relief enacted in the past seven years has impacted the budget of the United States. On Sept. 27, the Senate voted to increase the debt limit so that the Treasury would be able to borrow enough to meet our...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: Measures of the antioxidant capacities of 277 selected foods were released today by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. The new database provides easy access to antioxidant values for a wide variety of foods, many of which may be excellent sources of healthful compounds.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: Johnson City, TX - Pecan harvesting by the public scheduled for Nov. 10, 17, and 24 at the LBJ Ranch Pecan Orchard at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park has been cancelled due to a poor crop. For further information please visit the website www.nps.gov/lyjo or call 830-868-7128, ext. 244.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 6, 2007
News Release: I’d like to take time today to comment on a revenue raiser in the farm bill. The revenue raiser is a proposal to clarify a judicial doctrine in the tax law known as the economic substance doctrine. Now, for a lot of folks, this proposal may sound like an esoteric tax policy matter and they might wonder...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Francisco Javier Arellano-Felix, the former leader of the deadly drug trafficking Arellano-Felix Organization (AFO), was sentenced to serve life in prison, the Department of Justice announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A former executive of a subsidiary of Houston-based Willbros Group Inc. (WGI) has pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe officials of the government of Nigeria with more than $6 million in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal grand jury in Oxford, Miss., returned a five-count indictment earlier this week, which was unsealed today, charging Assistant Chief Scott Gentry, Major Todd Fulwood, and Officer Adam ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Six defendants were charged today for their participation in various fraudulent business opportunity schemes, the Justice Department and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service announced today. The charges form part of the governments continued crackdown on business opportunity fraud in South Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 5, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON An Afghan national was arraigned today in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on charges of distributing one kilogram or more of heroin, intending and knowing that it be imported into the United States of America, the Department of Justice announced today.
