News from October 2007
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.).
By USDA Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: Add this to the list of ethanol's potential benefits: lowering the cost of fish production.
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: The Senate Homeland Security Committee Chaired by Senator Joe Lieberman and Ranking Member Susan Collins today held a hearing to assess the one year progress of implementation of the port security law that was coauthored by the Senators. The hearing was entitled, “One Year Later: A Progress Report on...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee Susan Collins has released the following statement on news reports that a Mexican national, who is infected with a highly contagious form of Tuberculosis, crossed the U.S. border multiple times and took a number of flights: “This troubling incident...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Depending on weather and fuel conditions, fire officials at Wind Cave National Park plan to conduct a 93-acre prescribed burn this fall. The land to be burned is located in the Elk Mountain Campground, one-half mile north of the park’s visitor center. The burn could occur as early as October 25.
By State Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following statement about the President’s announcement today of new sanctions on the government of Burma...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, co-chair of the Congressional Fire Services Caucus, today announced that she has introduced a Senate resolution recognizing the success of “National Fire Prevention Week" October 7-13 and the efforts of the National Fire Prevention Association. Senator Collins’ legislation...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said today he plans to introduce a resolution to nullify a decision by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to limit Medicare coverage of certain anti-anemia drugs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: 8:30 AM. Join park staff for a special tour of Shabik’eshchee Village on Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007. Shabik’eshchee is a large pithouse village located on Chacra Mesa near the park’s east boundary. It is perhaps one of the best known pithouse settlements in the Four Corners region, and is considered...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. Acting Superintendent Charles Cranfield announces that the hours of operation and available facilities for Cape Lookout National Seashore are changing for the winter season. The Light Station Visitor Center and the museum in the lighthouse keepers' quarters will close for the season on November 20.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. Acting Superintendent Charles Cranfield announces the following activities and film showings during the month of November at Cape Lookout National Seashore. Additional programs may be offered. Programs will run on schedule, unless there is inclement weather. For more information on these programs and other program offerings, call the Harkers Island Visitor Center at (252) 728-2250 for a complete schedule.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: Washington - Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today introduced the Research Credit Improvement Act, a bill to extend and expand the tax credit currently offered to companies to encourage increased spending for research and development. Extending...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Today, U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) and Senator David Vitter (R-La.), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security and Water Quality, joined with Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public ...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 19, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service has released an Environmental Assessment (EA) for the clearing of selected vistas along the route of the Big South Fork Scenic Railway. The purpose of the Environmental Assessment is to evaluate all threats to the human and the natural environment in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area (NRRA).
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 18, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Thursday released the following statement on the case of a Mexican national who crossed the Mexican-U.S. border numerous times while infected with a highly contagious form of tuberculosis. “I am disturbed...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 18, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal grand jury sitting in San Diego today handed up an indictment charging Qing Li, 39, with conspiracy to procure the illegal export of military-grade accelerometers from the United ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 18, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON — Today the U.S. Senate voted (46-47) to cut funding for the U.S. Department of Labor agency that ensures organized labor financial transparency and protects union members dues. The following comments were made on behalf of the U.S. Department of Labor in response to the vote: "Today's Senate ...
By Labor Gazette | Oct 18, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 18, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Oct 18, 2007
The US State Department published a six page notice on Oct. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
