News from November 2007
By USDA Newswire | Nov 2, 2007
News Release: An Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-led team of scientists has challenged the widely held assumption that two "genetic bottlenecks" have drastically reduced genetic variability in soybean varieties grown in farmers' fields.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 2, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Friday in response to the Department of Homeland Security’s release of its revised list of potentially dangerous chemicals that must be reported by industry in efforts to...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 2, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel today sent an open letter to Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson, challenging the Bush Administration to outline its plan to reform the tax code. Chairman Rangel recently introduced the Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007, which would provide...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2007
News Release: U.S. Military Veterans to be admitted Free-of-Charge to Bryce Canyon National Park on Veterans Day, November 11.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding President Bush's veto of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 (WRDA)...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 2, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following statement regarding a letter from the White House counsel. The letter was in response to Sen. Boxer's request for information relating to the material cut ...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 2, 2007
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation has announced that it will hold a meeting to inform the public about the Managing for Excellence project on Nov. 7, in Albuquerque, N.M. This meeting is the seventh public meeting to inform the public about the action items, progress, and results of the project and to seek broad feedback.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON -- The United States obtained $2 billion in settlements and judgments in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2007, pursuing allegations of fraud against the federal government, the Justice Department announced today. This brings total recoveries since 1986, when Congress substantially strengthened the civil False Claims Act, to more than $20 billion.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTONFormer District Attorney John Pilati for Franklin County, Ala. was convicted today by a federal jury on five counts for violating the civil rights of five young men by subjecting them to unreasonable ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Ryan Michael Teel, a former corrections officer, was sentenced today in federal court for his role in the death of Jessie Lee Williams Jr. at the Harrison County Adult Detention Center in ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 1, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal jury in Anchorage, Alaska, has found former Alaska State Representative Victor H. Kohring guilty of conspiracy, bribery and attempted extortion, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 1, 2007
News Release: Good morning. Thank you for attending the 20th annual BIS Update 2007 Conference. As exports play an increasingly important role in our prosperity, your feedback is vital to ensure our controls are precisely targeted and efficient.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 1, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, Co-Chair of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, today released the following statement about the reports that seventy Cuban youth were arrested on Monday for wearing white wristbands with the word “Cambio”—Change: “Last week President ...
By DOT News Wire | Nov 1, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 1, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Nov 1, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 1, 2007
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 1, 2007
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Nov 1, 2007
The US State Department published a six page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Nov 1, 2007
The US State Department published a six page notice on Nov. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
