News from January 2008
By Labor Gazette | Jan 28, 2008
The US Labor Department published a four page notice on Jan. 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: Despite their colorful stripes and other distinctive markings, it's not easy to tell one species of bumblebee from another.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Monday issued the following statement in reaction to the latest reports released by the Special Inspector General for Iraqi Reconstruction (SIGIR). The reports pertain to two contracts entered into by the Army...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: Saturday, Feb. 2, 7:00 p.m. Learning About Management Across International Borders Through Sister Park Agreements. Rocky Mountain National Park has joined a world wide network of parks who have joined together as sister parks to pursue cooperative projects of mutual benefit. In September of 2007...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., is endorsing the Department of Homeland Security’s intention to begin requiring proof of citizenship and identity for all travelers crossing land and sea borders into this country. The Department has...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) tonight issued the following comments after President George W. Bush’s final State of the Union address. Earlier today, Baucus unveiled an economic stimulus proposal that will be considered by the Finance panel on Wednesday of this week. More information can be found on the Finance Committee website at.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: Dear Mr. President: In 2006, your administration, through the efforts of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR") and the Secretary of Commerce, achieved the landmark Softwood Lumber Agreement (“Agreement"). with Canada. The Agreement was the result of years of painstaking negotiations, and was intended...
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 28, 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 tonight following President Bush's State of the Union Address...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 28, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following response to emerging details on Senate amendments to the bipartisan economic stimulus package...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 27, 2008
News Release: Contact: Jeff Lewis, Washington Dept. of Fish & Wildlife, 360-902-2374.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Miami-Defendant Moises Maionica, 36, one of five foreign nationals accused of acting and conspiring to act as an agent of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Venezuela) within the United States without ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Tax Preparer Allegedly Fabricated Deductions and Credits for Customers WASHINGTONA federal court in Charlotte, N.C., entered a preliminary injunction against Kodjovi Raphael Totou, a Charlotte-based tax preparer who operates Queen City Tax Services, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Leonard Addison Parks Jr., 24, of Indiantown, Fla., was sentenced today in the Southern District of Florida to serve 90 months years in prison for his involvement in child pornography in which ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, has returned an indictment charging two developers with bribing a former official of the city of Houston, Assistant Attorney General ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - A former office manager for three members of the U.S. House of Representatives, Laura I. Flores, 47, of Arlington, Va, pled guilty today in Alexandria in the Eastern District of Virginia to ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 25, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 25, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Wallace A. Ward, 26, of Spring Lake, NC, a former employee of Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) who worked at the Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, pled guilty today in U.S. District Court to conspiracy ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 25, 2008
News Release: On Jan. 28, 2008, the Federal Reserve will offer $30 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Additional information regarding the auction is listed below; the auction will be conducted as specified in this Announcement, Regulation A, and the terms and conditions of the Term Auction Facility (www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/taf.htm).
By Fed Newswire | Jan 25, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday approved the application by State Bank of India, Mumbai, India, to establish a branch in Jackson Heights, New York.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 25, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced its approval of the application by The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., Pittsburgh, to merge with Sterling Financial Corporation, Lancaster, both of Pennsylvania, and the application by PNC Bank Delaware, Wilmington, to merge with Delaware Sterling Bank & Trust Company, Christiana, both of Delaware.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 25, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Jan. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
