News from August 2008
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2008
News Release: Nearly two months after dry lighting caused wildfires and park closures, Whiskeytown National Recreation Area is slowly returning to normalcy. The popular Boulder Creek Trail to Boulder Creek Falls will reopen this weekend along with other areas in the park, including South Shore Drive, Shasta Bally...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2008
News Release: The very first National Park unit to be established in Utah, Natural Bridges National Monument, celebrates its 100th anniversary this year. The Centennial Celebration will culminate with a number of special events over the Labor Day weekend.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 15, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with fellow Senator Ted Kennedy (D-Mass), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today called on the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation (PBGC) Board of...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2008
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By Interior Newswire | Aug 15, 2008
News Release: Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park announces the official opening of the LBJ Ranch home of President Lyndon B. and "Lady Bird" Johnson on Wednesday, Aug. 27, the 100th anniversary of President Johnson's birth. The public will view his 1960s office in the house, which has been restored to its...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 15, 2008
News Release: Dear Chairman Donaldson: We are writing to you regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) review and approval of the settlement of lawsuits against certain Wall Street firms. These settlements resolve claims of stock research abuses. We are very concerned about press reports that these...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 15, 2008
News Release: Bipartisan legislation was signed into law on Thursday that protects children and consumers from toxic toys and other dangerous products by strengthening the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and providing the agency with vital new tools to carry out its mission. The new law bans lead in toys...
By US DOT Newswire | Aug 15, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today wrote a letter to ask Secretary of Interior Dirk Kempthorne to abandon proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that were unveiled last week, and requesting that Kempthorne ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Amerigroup Corporation has agreed to pay $225 million to resolve claims that it defrauded the Illinois Medicaid program, the Justice Department and the Attorney General of Illinois announced today. Amerigroup, which is headquartered in Virginia Beach, Va., operates managed health care plans throughout the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Announcement Follows Meeting with Denver Metro Gang Task Force DENVER – Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today met with Denver’s Metro Gang Task Force, and announced that the Department of Justice intends to award more than $17 million to combat gangs and gun crime around the country through locally organized Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) task forces.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A Florida resident pleaded guilty today to one count of traveling in interstate commerce for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, Acting Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 14, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The former commissioners of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources (DPNR) and the Department of Property and Procurement (P&P) were sentenced to nine and seven ...
By Fed Newswire | Aug 14, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday announced its approval of the proposal by C-B-G, Inc., West Liberty, Iowa, to acquire additional voting shares sufficient to increase its holdings to more than 50 percent of Washington Bancorp ("Washington") and thereby increase its indirect ownership interest in Washington's subsidiary bank, Federation Bank, both of Washington, Iowa.
By Commerce News Now | Aug 14, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a five page rule on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 14, 2008
The US Labor Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 14, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2008
The US Interior Department published a six page rule on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2008
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 14, 2008
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Aug 14, 2008
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Aug. 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
