News from December 2008
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2008
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2008
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2008
The US Interior Department published a six page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2008
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 24, 2008
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Dec 24, 2008
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Dec 24, 2008
The US Federal Reserve System published a four page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Dec 24, 2008
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Dec 24, 2008
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Dec. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2008
News Release: Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2008
News Release: Zion National Park Superintendent Jock Whitworth would like to remind park visitors that the off road use of snowmobiles in the park is strictly prohibited. Snowmobiles are allowed on the section of the Kolob Terrace Road which runs through the park, but riders are restricted to the roadway.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2008
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) has selected Mr. Stennis R. Young to be the new superintendent of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, which is headquartered in Oneida, Tenn. Young is currently the Assistant Superintendent of the Natchez Trace Parkway that traverses the states of Mississippi, Alabama and Tennessee.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 24, 2008
News Release: In 1941, Henry Ford unveiled a plastic-bodied car whose panels included soybean meal as component. The feat made headlines--and history--but the idea never took off commercially. However, researchers continue to toy with the idea, including Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Lei Jong and Jeffrey Byars, who are testing soy flour as a "green" filler for tires and other natural rubber products.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 24, 2008
News Release: Glacier Bay NP Releases Gull Egg Proposal.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: Anyone who has watched crime dramas on TV knows that forensic scientists can use DNA "profiling" to identify people from evidence gathered at a crime scene, establish a paternity link or help free an innocent person who has been wrongly jailed. A lesser known but rapidly growing application of DNA profiling...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Corporation to Pay $6 Million for Criminal Violation of the Clean Water Act BOSTON, MASS. - A criminal information was filed today in federal court charging a wholly owned subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corporation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – On Dec. 23, 2008, President George W. Bush granted pardons to 19 individuals and commutation of sentence to one individual: PARDONS: • William Thomas Alvis III - Flushing, Ohio Offense: Possession of an unregistered firearm, 26 U.S.C. § 5861; distribution of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Spartan Motors and its subsidiary, Spartan Chassis, have agreed to pay the United States $1.7 million to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to an employee of Force Protection Inc. to receive the subcontract to provide chassis for armored vehicles for the United States Military, the Justice Department announced today.

By Fed Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between Ocean Bankshares, Inc., Miami, Florida, a registered bank holding company, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on the final third quarter real gross domestic product (GDP), which showed that the U.S. economy declined at an annual rate of 0.5 percent in the third quarter of 2008: “Today’s GDP report further demonstrates that our economy continues to face critical challenges that directly affect families, workers and businesses throughout our nation.