News from January 2008
By DOJ Gazette | Jan 18, 2008
The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 18, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 18, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 18, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2008
News Release: U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below regarding the report issued today by the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services. The report examines the National Institutes of Health’s oversight of conflicts of interest in the grants it awards to outside researchers. Every year, the NIH annually distributes almost 80 percent of its $29 billion in appropriations through over 50,000 competitive grants.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2008
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. The National Park Service (NPS) reports that the Shell Point picnic area and picnic area parking located at the seashore Harkers Island Headquarters will be closed temporarily, beginning Monday, January 21. This closure will last several weeks. Visitors can also expect...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 18, 2008
News Release: We are here to celebrate a landmark in labor-management relations. The
By Interior Newswire | Jan 18, 2008
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. The National Park Service (NPS) at Cape Lookout National Seashore is accepting applications for Commercial Use Authorizations (CUA) to provide vehicle and passenger ferry service from Davis, North Carolina, to Great Island on South Core Banks. These CUA permits are being utilized to provide ferry services from Davis to Great Island on an interim basis until a long-term ferry contract can be developed and a new long-term operator is chosen.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today following President George W. Bush’s remarks on the need for economic stimulus. The Finance Committee has jurisdiction over U.S. tax policy.
By State Newswire | Jan 18, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today congratulated Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns on an exceptional foreign service career. After 26 years at the State Department, Burns announced his retirement today. Chairman Lantos issued the following statement...
By USDA Newswire | Jan 18, 2008
News Release: Several Anastrepha fruit fly species that plague Latin American fruit growers are also quarantine pests in the United States. To evaluate lures used to monitor fruit flies in production areas, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and colleagues in the Dominican Republic recently tested two ammonia-based formulations and found them to differ in effectiveness, depending on the Anastrepha species.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 18, 2008
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley issued the comment below regarding the request of Oral Roberts University for financial accreditation from the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 18, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, made the following remarks regarding the heavily redacted documents on the California global warming waiver decision that the Committee received from the Environmental Protection Agency today...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTONMassey Energy Company, Inc. has agreed to pay a $20 million civil penalty in a corporate-wide settlement to resolve Clean Water Act violations at coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas P. OBrien for the Central District of California announced that a Los Angeles-area film executive ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Jason OBannon, a former Kentucky State Trooper assigned to the London Post, was sentenced today in federal court in Lexington, Ky., to 10 months imprisonment for tampering with a witness and for violating the civil rights of a female victim. After his release from prison, OBannon will be on federal supervised release for two years.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker and U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida Robert E. ONeill today announced the indictment of six Immokalee, Fla., family members for enslaving Mexican and Guatemalan immigrants and forcing them into agricultural labor.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON -Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Chuck Rosenberg announced today that a federal court in ...
By Commerce News Now | Jan 17, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez will deliver keynote remarks at a Middle East business conference to stress the importance of continued economic reform and expanding our economic ties and mutual commercial relationship. The U.S.-Middle East and North Africa Trade and Investment ...
By Fed News Journal | Jan 17, 2008
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Jan. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
