News published on Federal Newswire in August 2008

News from August 2008


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has issued a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the Flamingo Commercial Services Plan (CSP) project. Southeast Regional Director David Vela approved the FONSI based on the environmental assessment (EA) recommended by Everglades National Park Superintendent Dan B. Kimball. With the environmental assessment and associated compliance completed, the park can now focus on the rebuilding effort described in the plan.


GMP Alternatives

News Release: Public Comments Invited for General Management Plan Alternatives.


News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and colleagues have produced several online bioinformatics resources to support plant breeders and other scientists who research genetic traits among plant species. Bioinformatics is a field of science in which biology, computer science and information technology merge to form a single discipline.


News Release: Fall Maintenance Projects and Upkeep of the Pinnacles Campground to Begin.



Partners Overwhelming Support For Memorial

News Release: Somerset, PA -- The National Park Service reflected today on the tremendous show of support for the memorial at the joint meeting of the Flight 93 Advisory Commission and the Flight 93 Memorial Task Force on Saturday Aug. 2, 2008 at the Somerset County Courthouse, in Somerset, PA. The number of supporters...


Baucus, Grassley Say New Report Should Spur Improvements To Delivery Of Native American Health Care

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said today that a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report illustrates that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) can do more to coordinate with the Indian Health...


News Release: While in the process of reopening South Point on Ocracoke Island today, an unfledged least tern chick with adults was discovered approximately 1.5 miles south of Ramp 72, which forced the re-closure of a portion of the area. As a result, 1.1 miles of ocean shoreline access, in addition to the 0.4 of...


NIST Debuts New Approach to Ad Hoc Networks for First Responders

News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers successfully demonstrated a prototype approach to maintain two-way communications with first responders as they make their way in building fires, and mine and tunnel collapses. These and other disasters in enclosed environments are often rife with radio dead spots and conditions that can severely weaken signals.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 6, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON—A federal grand jury in Denver has returned an indictment charging two individuals with smuggling the hides and a skull of two leopards into the United States in violation of the Convention ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 6, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey announced today that he will appoint Brian A. Benczkowski to serve as his Chief of Staff, effective Aug. 15, 2008. Benczkowski, 38, currently serves as chief of staff to Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 6, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department, the FBI, and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) today announced that the search warrant affidavits unsealed earlier today in federal court in the District of Columbia relating to the 2001 anthrax mailings are now available at the Justice Department website.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 6, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.


News Release: President Uribe and Leaders from 21 Western Hemisphere Nations to Attend WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez announced that Presidents Uribe of Colombia, Colom of Guatemala, and Saca of El Salvador will attend the second annual Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF), co-hosted with ...


The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Aug. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.