News published on Federal Newswire in August 2008

News from August 2008


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on Aug. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Public Comments Sought Concerning Bank Stabilization on McDonald Creek along Going-to-the-Sun Road

News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Officials at Glacier National Park announce that the Environmental Assessment (EA) for the McDonald Creek Bank Stabilization at Milepost 19.25 on the Going-to-the-Sun Road and Statement of Findings for Floodplains are available for public review and comment.


News Release: As Tropical Storm Fay moves away from south Florida, Biscayne National Park reopens to the public.


News Release: In experiments, sweet potatoes grown in Maryland and Alabama yielded two to three times as much carbohydrate for fuel ethanol production as field corn grown in those states, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists report. The same was true of tropical cassava in Alabama.


Seashore Experimental Reduction of Raccoon Population to Evaluate Removal as an Option for Protected Species Management Draft Environmental Assessment is Open for Public Comment

News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. The National Park Service (NPS) is asking for public comments on the Cape Lookout National Seashore (CLNS) Experimental Reduction of Raccoon Population to Evaluate Removal as an Option for Protected Species Management - draft Environmental Assessment (EA). The draft EA is being released on Aug. 18, 2008, and will be open for public comment until Sept. 19, 2008.


News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. Superintendent Russ Wilson announces the following summer activities during the month of September at the 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.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON—Colorite Specialty Resins, headquartered in Somerville, N.J., has agreed to perform corrective measures at its Burlington, N.J., manufacturing facility that will reduce harmful emissions of ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in San Juan, Puerto Rico, today returned an indictment against Puerto Rico Governor Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, a senior aide and a former campaign director for wire fraud and ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Santiago Perez, a former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer, pleaded guilty today in federal court in Houston to violating the civil rights of a Guatemalan national and a Mexican national, who had crossed the border into the United States.


News Release: ATLANTA—U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez and Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin formally handed over next year’s Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF) to Chilean Minister of Economy, Development & Reconstruction Hugo Lavados, who will host the forum in Chile in the Fall of 2009. Atlanta has agreed to host the forum in 2010.


U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council sets September 2008 meetings

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


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Aug. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.