News published on Federal Newswire in April 2008

News from April 2008


News Release: By Gregg Bruff. It takes an incredible amount of planning, logistics, and just plain everyday hard work to keep a National Park Service area up and running for visitors and staff. Some National Parks, like the Grand Canyon or Yellowstone, are like small cities that have their own water and waste treatment...


News Release: Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military Park announces free monthly guided bicycle tours of Chickamauga Battlefield April through October, 2008, made possible through a partnership with Outdoor Chattanooga.


Fort Stanwix to Continue Landscaping Improvements

News Release: Rome, NY: Fort Stanwix National Monument will conduct another herbicide treatment to the park’s lawn the first week of May in preparation for planting grass seed. Last fall Fort Stanwix National Monument sprayed herbicides on several areas of the park grounds. The treated area is located between the...


LIEBERMAN COMMENTS ON COURT’S REJECTION OF NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS’ CHALLENGE TO LOBBYING REFORM LEGISLATION

News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Friday after the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected the National Association of Manufacturers’ challenge to a key provision of the Honest Leadership...


KENNEDY CELEBRATES PASSAGE OF TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY LEGISLATION

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health,


Gene Clusters Offer Potential Protection against Plant Diseases

News Release: New research supported by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has revealed novel pseudomonad compounds and toxins with potential benefits for plants and people. Pseudomonads are a diverse group of bacteria, some of which harm plants and animals, while others are beneficial.


National Park Service Student Summer Jobs Available

News Release: Full and part-time paid park-related student/intern jobs are now available for summer 2008 with the National Park Service Outer Banks Group; Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial and Cape Hatteras National Seashore.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Apr. 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice Antitrust Division today released the 2002 through 2007 Supplement to the “Digest of Business Reviews.” The original Digest, published in 1983, contained summaries ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Apr. 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett will participate in the seventh annual International Competition Network (ICN) Conference in Kyoto, Japan, April 14–16, 2008, when senior government antitrust officials, private sector antitrust experts from around the world, and representatives from intergovernmental organizations will discuss competition issues.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Apr. 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Protective Products International Inc. (PPI) has agreed to pay the United States $960,000 to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by supplying defective Zylon bulletproof vests, ...


News Release: DALLAS—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today issued the following statement on the release of the February 2008 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Department’s Bureau of the Census and Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report shows that February U.S. exports increased ...


News Release: DALLAS—Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez today issued the following statement: “For 16 months, the Democratic congressional leadership has avoided dealing with the Colombia FTA, and changing the rules of the game today continues their avoidance. At a time when exports are driving America’s economic growth, we should be doing everything we can to open more markets, especially those in our own hemisphere.


ERISA Advisory Council to hold first meeting of 2008

News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a seven page notice on April 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.