News published on Federal Newswire in January 2008

News from January 2008


The US Transportation Department published an eight page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a six page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Jan. 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


KENNEDY ON STICKLER APPOINTMENT TO MINE SAFETY POST

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Bush Administration today appointed Richard Stickler to be Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health. Mr. Stickler’s recess appointment expired on Dec. 31, 2007. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, ...


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 in response to a letter from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reporting that EPA will fail to meet a January 7 deadline for providing the EPW Committee with documents relating to EPA's denial of California's request for a waiver to control global warming pollution from motor vehicles.


Mississippi Blues ... Blueberries, That Is

News Release: Combining tenacity with taste, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Poplarville, Miss., have bred three new blueberry cultivars that can take the heat of growing in the South while offering high yields of plump, phytonutrient-rich fruit.


Shoreline Stabilization Work  To Start at Shell Point, Harkers Island

News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. Superintendent Russ Wilson announces work has started on a contract to protect the shoreline and facilities at the Shell Point area of the seashore Harkers Island headquarters. The project, designed and planned in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, began on about Dec. 27, 2007 and should be completed in four months.


KENNEDY ON RISE IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE

News Release: unemployment rate, from 4.7% in November to 5.0% in December. Nearly 500,000 more Americans became unemployed, the largest increase in a single month since 2001. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, put out the following statement: "This sharp...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey today announced the appointment of four new members of his 2008 Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of United States Attorneys.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - A federal grand jury indictment was unsealed today in Detroit charging 11 persons, including Alan M. Ralsky, his son-in-law Scott K. Bradley, and Judy M. Devenow, of Michigan, and eight others, ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Misapplication of agricultural insecticide led to over 2,000 migratory bird deaths WASHINGTON – Lyle Ravenkamp of Hugo, Colo., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado and was sentenced for his role in the poisoning deaths of over 2,200 migratory birds on agricultural land, the Justice Department announced.