News from September 2007
By Commerce News Now | Sep 28, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Sept. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2007
News Release: 09/28On Saturday, Oct. 20, education rangers from the National Park Service will present the second of three teacher workshops to introduce their award-winning teaching kit. Invited are students at UMF preparing to teach elementary school age children and area middle school teachers whose focus is...
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Senator Edward M. Kennedy today commended the Senate’spassage by voice vote last night of legislation permanently extending the provisions ofthe Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act, originally enacted in 2003.
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 28, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, citing a mismatch between the requirements for book and tax treatment of executive stock options, Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., Chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, introduced legislation to require the federal corporate tax deduction for stock option compensation...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 28, 2007
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are testing a plant-produced, therapeutic protein, which thwarts bacteria that cause inflammatory udder disease in dairy cows. They turned a laboratory-produced plant virus into a delivery vehicle that carries a specific gene. The target gene expresses large quantities of a protein called CD14. When the virus reproduces itself inside plant cells, it generates CD14.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2007
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. Acting Superintendent Chuck Cranfield announces the following activities during the month of October 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 Interior Newswire | Sep 28, 2007
News Release: On Saturday, Oct. 27, education rangers from the National Park Service will present the last of three teacher workshops offered around the state to introduce their award-winning teaching kit. Invited are area middle school teachers whose focus is Social Studies or Maine Studies, and student teachers...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement regarding President Bush’s speech at the Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change at the State Department this morning:
By US DOT Newswire | Sep 28, 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 following President Bush's speech before the Major Emitters Meeting...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 28, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley is calling on the Food and Drug Administration to implement recommendations stemming from an independent review of the agency’s oversight of clinical trials involving human subjects.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 28, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy released the following statement urging President Bush not to veto the Children’s Health Insurance Program.
By DOE Newswire | Sep 28, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today urged participation in a nationwide volunteer event to benefit America’s public lands.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The Department of Justice today announced a comprehensive settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Sylvan Learning Centers L.L.C., which owns and operates ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Defendant Kyle Shroyer pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring to violate the civil rights of a woman and her three biracial children, and admitted having burned a cross at ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement with the owners and managers of the Hickory Plantation and Willow Way Apartments, both located in Camden County, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 27, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Nicanor E. Jumalon pleaded guilty today, in federal court in Puerto Rico, for his involvement with the illegal dumping of oily sludge, bilge wastes, and oil contaminated ballast water from the 479-foot general cargo vessel the M/V Sportsqueen, the Justice Department announced.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 27, 2007
News Release: Thank you. I am pleased to celebrate Kikkoman’s 50th anniversary in the United States with you tonight. Your products, your people, and your investment in our country have contributed to the American palette and the American economy.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 27, 2007
News Release: Council to Coordinate Technology Policy Across Diverse Department WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced the creation of the Department of Commerce Technology Council, a department-wide council led by the Office of the Secretary to coordinate technology policy and provide a forum for information-sharing, analysis and deliberation of technology policy issues that cut across the diverse range of agencies within the Commerce Department.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 27, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on the final estimate of real gross domestic product (GDP), which showed that the American economy grew at 3.8 percent in the second quarter of 2007: “Our second quarter GDP growth shows the remarkable flexibility ...
By Labor Gazette | Sep 27, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
