News from October 2007
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) last night introduced HR 3997, the “Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2007," a measure designed to help members of the military and their families, as well as others volunteering in service in America. The Committee will consider the legislation tomorrow, Thursday, November 1 at 11:00 am.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) issued a brief statement following today’s vote invoking cloture on a motion to proceed to updated legislation to renew and improve the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - A bipartisan majority of the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3920, the Trade and Globalization Assistance Act of 2007, today by a vote of 264-157. This landmark legislation would overhaul the current Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program to better meet the needs of American workers and communities affected by globalization.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: Dear Acting Commissioner Stiff: Under present law, more than 23 million taxpayers will be subject to higher taxes in 2007 unless legislation is enacted to limit the reach of the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT). We realize that this fact is causing concern for many taxpayers and is creating administrative...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: The National Park Service at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area plans to conduct pile burns in four locations during November and December. Pile burns will occur at North Evans, Arrowhead Bay, Bradbury Beach and Rickey Point. The piles are the result of forest fuel reduction activities over the past few years that included removal of trees 6 inches or less in diameter.
By State Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: Around the globe, millions of women are fighting for their reproductive rights. They are fighting for the right to control how many children they bring into the world. They are fighting for the right to have ready access to contraceptives. And they are fighting for the right to obtain a safe and legal abortion.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Committee on Ways and Means today approved implementing language for the US-Peru free trade agreement (FTA). The legislation, H.R. 3688, passed the Committee 39-0, indicating strong bipartisan support for the agreement. The US-Peru FTA is the first agreement to include, in its...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: Superintendent Dusty Shultz is pleased to announce that all U.S. military veterans and current members of the U.S. armed forces and their families are invited to enjoy Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore free-of-charge on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2007.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, and almost all committee Republicans, have urged the chairman to put forth legislation on Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) relief and extensions of expiring tax provisions without tax increases.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Leaders of the congressional tax writing committees notified the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) today of imminent changes to the alternative minimum tax, and encouraged the agency to plan now to produce accurate tax forms for the 2007 filing season. Senate Finance Committee Chairman...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 31, 2007
News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Tuesday sought clarification from the Departments of Homeland Security and Health and Human Services on the case of a Mexican citizen with a highly contagious, multi-drug resistant...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Hexcel Corporation of Stamford, Conn., has agreed to pay the United States $15 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act in connection with its role in the manufacture ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Two men from Indiantown, Fla., entered guilty pleas today in the Southern District of Florida for the production and receipt of child pornography, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta for the Southern District of Florida announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Sale of Assets Will Help Preserve Competition for Rural Consumers of Mobile Wireless Services in Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas WASHINGTON The Department of Justice announced today ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 30, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON -- Dianon Systems Inc. has agreed to pay the United States $1.5 million to resolve claims under the False Claims Act that the company mischarged Medicare and TRICARE for certain tests it performed, the Justice Department announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 30, 2007
News Release: Thank you for the kind words. And thank you for hosting this Conference. I’m pleased to be here with my colleague, Jim Prentice, Canadian Minister of Industry.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 30, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 30, 2007
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 30, 2007
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Oct 30, 2007
The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Oct. 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
