News published on Federal Newswire in August 2008

News from August 2008


News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding reports of proposed changes to the regulations regarding consultations under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act...


Mount Rushmore to host Naturalization Ceremony

News Release: Under the watchful eye of four of our country’s founding fathers, approximately 30 people from more than 20 different countries will be sworn in as new citizens of the United States at a Naturalization Ceremony at Mount Rushmore National Memorial on Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008. The ceremony will begin at 2:00 p.m. on the Grand View Terrace under the direction of the United States District Court of South Dakota.


News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - The entire Going-to-the-Sun Road (Sun Road) is currently open for vehicular traffic through Sunday, Sept. 14. Beginning Monday, Sept. 15, Logan Pass will be open from one side ONLY while road work is alternated between two locations on either side of Logan Pass.


Scientists Study Blue Whales after Ship Strikes near the Channel Islands

News Release: The August “From Shore to Sea" lectures will feature Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Vertebrate Zoologists Paul Collins and Michelle Berman and their investigations of several blue whale deaths caused by ship strikes that occurred off the Channel Islands in the fall of 2007.


News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Michael B. Murray and First Flight Society President Bill Harris today announced a First Flight Society donation of $2000 to support the Wright Brothers National Memorial Flight Ranger Program.


National Park Service's "Capital History" Series Features Guided Tour of Belle Isle

News Release: The National Park Service continues its weekly series of downtown talks, tours, and tales highlighting Richmond’s Civil War history on Aug. 16, 2008, with a guided tour of the Prisoner of War camp on Belle Isle. The one-hour walking tour - Forgotten Casualties of War - A Prisoner's Life on Belle Isle...


Wildland Fire Burning in Kolob Canyons Area of Zion National Park

News Release: A wildland fire is currently burning in a remote section of the Kolob Canyons area of Zion National Park. The Spring Creek Fire is located in the upper reaches of the Camp Creek drainage in the far northern section of the park. It is currently estimated at two acres and it not threatening anything at this time.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON -- Tai Shen Kuo, age 58, of New Orleans, Louisiana, was sentenced today in the Eastern District of Virginia to 188 months in prison and required to forfeit $40,000 for conspiracy to deliver national ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Clinton Shawn Sydnor, a former sergeant at the Grant County, Ky., Detention Center, pleaded guilty in federal court today to conspiring with deputy jailers and with inmates to violate the civil ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Tien Duc Vu, 50, pleaded guilty today in San Diego to conspiring to participate in a racketeering enterprise, the "Tran Organization," in a scheme to cheat casinos across the country out of millions ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, August 8, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Lance K. Poulsen, the former chief executive officer of National Century Financial Enterprises (NCFE), was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio, today to ten years in prison for ...



The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.