News from April 2008
By Labor Gazette | Apr 30, 2008
The US Labor Department published a two page rule on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 30, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on April 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2008
News Release: PROTECTING WORKER PENSIONS IN THE FAA REAUTHORIZATION BILL.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 30, 2008
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals at...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 30, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy introduced the National Guard and Reserve Mental Health Access Act, which will provide greater access to mental health services for the National Guard and Reservists. The legislation calls for the implementation of the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program, ...
By DOE Newswire | Apr 30, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - As the price of gasoline in America soars, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today asked America’s Big 5 oil companies for detailed explanations of how they use their profits to re-invest in energy production.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2008
News Release: Civic Engagement & Volunteers. Two members of Volunteers & Friends of the Boston Harbor Islands, Suzanne Gall Marsh and Steve Marcus accumulated more then 500 hours of volunteer hours in 2007 and were awarded volunteer passes by NPS at the Friends annual meeting. Charlie Boyer was also issued a pass...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 30, 2008
News Release: The Quarterly Report of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), Stuart Bowen, which was released this morning, indicates that the Iraqi government is experiencing a major financial windfall due to the record high cost of oil, and that the nation has the ability to pay a far greater...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2008
News Release: Late low-elevation snowfall continues to complicate spring road and facility openings at Olympic National Park, although many areas are already open.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 30, 2008
News Release: Washington, D.C.-Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chairman Pete Stark (D-CA), today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report finding that Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are used more often as a tax shelter by wealthy individuals rather than as a mechanism to help working families obtain needed health care.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 30, 2008
News Release: Lassen Volcanic National Park Announces 2009 Annual Pass Photo Contest.
By US DOT Newswire | Apr 30, 2008
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 House passage of H.R. 1195, the SAFETEA-LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008, this evening. The Senate passed the bill on April 17. The legislation next goes to the President for his signature...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 29, 2008
News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George E. Price, Jr. reminds hunters that turkey hunting is currently prohibited on all lands, regardless of ownership, within the boundaries of Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS). Outside the boundary, on lands where turkey hunting is permitted on Cape Cod, the season runs from April 28 through May 10.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Carlos Leal Barragan, of Ciudad Guzman, Mexico, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado to serve 16 months in prison and three years supervised release in connection with his sale and smuggling of internationally protected sea turtle skins and sea turtle products from Mexico to the United States, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Divestitures Will Preserve Competition for First-Run Movie Theaters in Three North Carolina Metropolitan Areas WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice announced today that it will require Regal Cinemas Inc. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Forty Defendants Convicted in Operation Copycat to Date WASHINGTON – David M. Fish, 26, of Woodbury, Conn., was sentenced yesterday in U.S. District Court in San Jose, Calif., to 30 months in prison on charges ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 29, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Largest Criminal Penalty in Northwest History for Concealing Deliberate Vessel Pollution National Navigation Company Will Pay $7.25 Million in Penalties WASHINGTON—The National Navigation Company (NNC) ...
By Fed Newswire | Apr 29, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between WSB Financial Group, Inc., Bremerton, Washington, a registered bank holding company that owns and controls Westsound Bank, Bremerton, Washington, a state nonmember bank, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
By Commerce News Now | Apr 29, 2008
News Release: Thank you. It’s no secret America’s continued preeminence in the global economy is not guaranteed—in fact our position is being challenged.
By Labor Gazette | Apr 29, 2008
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
