News from February 2008
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, joined by Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY), Sheldon Whitehouse (D - RI), Joseph Lieberman (ID-CT), Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Benjamin Cardin (D-MD) and Amy ...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 8, 2008
News Release: BOSTON, MA- On Monday, February 11th at 11:30 AM, Senator Edward M. Kennedy
By USDA Newswire | Feb 8, 2008
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) agronomists Russell Nuti and Ron Sorensen at the National Peanut Research Laboratory (NPRL) in Dawson, Ga., are adapting farm planting equipment to plant runner-type peanuts in a diamond formation.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 8, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding the U.S. District Court of Appeals finding that the Bush Administration's controversial 2005 Clean Air Mercury Rule was illegal...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 8, 2008
News Release: An interagency subcommittee of the White House's National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) issued a draft document today that lists recommended standards to enable government agencies to easily share biometric data. The NSTC Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Management is requesting public comments on the draft by March 10.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: No roads or bridges, no tiki bars or t-shirt shops. Biscayne National Park invites visitors of all ages to explore the sights and sounds of the real Florida Keys at this month’s installment of its popular Family Fun Fest events: Keys Kaleidoscope. The free event takes place on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON -- Merck & Company has agreed to pay more than $650 million to resolve allegations that the pharmaceutical manufacturer failed to pay proper rebates to Medicaid and other government health ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury in Miami has charged three individuals with federal money laundering charges, obstruction of justice and forfeiture allegations, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 BUTTE, Mont.The Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) has agreed to pay $187 million that will finance a major cleanup along 120 miles of the Clark Fork River and other areas in southwestern Montana, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Dennie Eugene Pridemore was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Natchez, Miss. to 41 months in prison and 3 years probation for illegally storing and disposing hazardous waste, the Justice Department and Environmental Protection Agency announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Grace Chung Becker, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division, together with Gregory White, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio, and C. Frank Figliuzzi, Special Agent in Charge of the Cleveland Division of the FBI, announced today the indictment of one former and two current officials at the Lucas County Jail in Toledo, Ohio.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTONItalian shipping company B. Navi Ship Management Services and Chief Engineer Dushko Babukchiev pleaded guilty in connection with the illegal dumping of oily sludge, bilge wastes and oil contaminated ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Thursday requested public comment on proposed changes to Regulation D (Reserve Requirements of Depository Institutions) and Regulation I (Issue and Cancellation of Federal Reserve Bank Stock) to incorporate provisions of the Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006. ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: More than 4.4 Million Coupons Requested Since Opening of TV Converter Box Coupon Program on Jan. 1, 2008 WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today joined key stakeholders at a Washington, D.C. Best Buy to highlight the digital television transition, approximately one year away. He urged ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez will travel to Jordan Feb. 10-11 to attend the U.S.-Middle East and North Africa Trade and Investment Conference at the Dead Sea. Gutierrez will meet with his economic and trade counterparts to discuss expanding trade and investment as well as visit a public-private partnership that is improving education opportunities throughout the Middle East.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today praised final approval of the economic stimulus package: "This economic stimulus package will quickly put cash into consumer hands and provide a needed boost to the economy. Our growth continues, but at a slower pace. The President was right on ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 7, 2008
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By USDA Wire | Feb 7, 2008
The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 7, 2008
The US Agriculture Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Feb 7, 2008
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page rule on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
