News from January 2008
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following statement on the State of the Union address given by President Bush this evening...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2008
News Release: Hearing Statement of Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.).
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2008
News Release: The National Park Service Equal Opportunity Committee (E.O.C.), the Yosemite Institute, Balanced Rock Foundation, the Greater Good project, and Ron Kauk are pleased to present Malidoma Patrice Some, PhD, author, elder, diviner, and master drummer, in honor of Black History Month.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Committee onFinance, won assurances today from the nominee for IRS Commissioner to try to hire 1,000 Iraq andAfghanistan veterans for agency positions during the upcoming fiscal year.
By State Newswire | Jan 29, 2008
News Release: My father wanted very much to be with you today. He sends his greetings, and looks forward to watching this event online when it is posted to the Web. Today he has asked me to serve as his voice; and these are my father’s words.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 29, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives voted in strong bipartisan support for H.R. 5140, the Recovery Rebates and Economic Stimulus for the American People Act of 2007 today. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following remarks during consideration of H.R. 5140 on the House Floor...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 29, 2008
News Release: Last year Acadia National Park visitation increased 5.7% over 2006, to 2.2 million visitors. This represents 120,000 more visitors enjoying the park. The largest increases came in June, August and September, but numbers were down from 2006 for July. Visitation had been falling in the park since 1995, with the steepest declines between 2002 and 2005. Last year was the second year in a row that visitation had risen, with numbers returning to the 2004 level.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 29, 2008
News Release: JAN 29 -- In the predawn hours of January 18th, law enforcement officers from the Spotsylvania Sheriff’s Office, the Drug Enforcement Administration, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the Virginia Attorney General’s Office, executed four high-risk search warrants in the Sylvania Heights section of Spotsylvania County.
By State Newswire | Jan 29, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Upon hearing that the Palestinian Liberation Organization's representative in Washington, Afif Safieh, has issued a statement calling the late terrorist George Habash "a great leader" and invited the public to his offices to sign a condolence book after Habash's death on the weekend, Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued the following statement today...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today unveiled a proposed economic stimulus package providing a flat $500 rebate to any American with $3000 of qualifying income to report on a 2007 tax return - including tens of millions of seniors living on Social Security. Rebates...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal grand jury in Oklahoma City returned an indictment against a U.S. Department of Defense contractor and one of its former managers for conspiring to bribe a military contracting officer ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Two former civilian employees of the Department of Defense (DOD) were sentenced in El Paso, Tex., for defrauding the United States of tens of thousands of dollars, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANIZATION INTERPOL U.S. NATIONAL CENTRAL BUREAU FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV/USNCB TELEPHONE NO: 202-616-9000 TELEFAX NO: 202-616-8400 WASHINGTON- The Interpol-United States National Central Bureau (USNCB), a component of the U.S. Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that a Tacoma, Wash., woman was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles for holding a woman in forced labor as a domestic servant. Elizabeth Jackson was sentenced today to three years imprisonment. Jackson previously pleaded guilty to holding a Filipino domestic worker in forced labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that on Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008, it will monitor the presidential primary election in Broward County, Fla., to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division, joined by U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway, Eastern District of Missouri, Michele Leonhart, Acting Administrator, U.S. Drug ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, JANUARY 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Juvenal Ovidio Ricardo Palmera Pineda, a/k/a Simon Trinidad, 56, a senior member of the designated Foreign Terrorist Organization Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia, or FARC, was sentenced ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below. Terminations of enforcement actions are listed on the Federal Reserve's public website, www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/enforcement, as they occur.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: THE PRESIDENT: To build a prosperous future, we must trust people with their own money and empower them to grow our economy. As we meet tonight, our economy is undergoing a period of uncertainty. America has added jobs for a record 52 straight months, but jobs are now growing at a slower pace. Wages ...
By Labor Gazette | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
