News from July 2008
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 29, 2008
News Release: The U.S. Coast Guard has notified Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Senator Susan Collins that on June 26th, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma, which is based in Maine, boarded a Honduran-flagged ship off the coast of Jamaica and seized an estimated 10,000 pounds of cocaine. Seven Hondurans...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2008
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, which is responsible for trade policy, made the following comment on the collapse of World Trade Organization (WTO) talks in Geneva.
By State Newswire | Jul 29, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Nita M. Lowey (D-NY), Chairwoman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, today released the following statement about the Administration’s intention to redirect more than $200 million to upgrade Pakistan’s F-16 combat aircraft that had already been appropriated to support counterterrorism...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 29, 2008
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and committee members Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) called for the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen L. Johnson today, charging ...
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 29, 2008
News Release: (rtsp://avs.senate.gov/epwpressconf072908.rm?start=:30). Stephen Johnson's record as Administrator of EPA reveals a dangerous pattern of disregard for the public health and safety of the American people. From the start, there were warning signs. Even before his Senate confirmation, Mr. Johnson supported ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 29, 2008
News Release: The timing is apt for today’s hearing to consider the future of United States trade policy. There are a number of reasons why the future appears more uncertain than it has in a long time. A little more than a year ago, the Administration struck the May 10th compromise with Democratic leaders in Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department announced today the settlement of a lawsuit against Salem County and the borough of Penns Grove, N.J., alleging violations of the rights of Puerto Rican voters under the ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Debra Harrison, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, pleaded guilty today to honest services wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud the Coalition Provisional Authority - South Central Region (CPA-SC) in Al-Hillah, Iraq, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — The former highest-ranking cargo executive in the United States for SAS Cargo Group A/S (SAS), a Scandinavian-based airline, has agreed to plead guilty and serve six months in jail for participating in a conspiracy to fix prices for air cargo rates.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON — A Milan, Italy-based marine hose manufacturer and the former president of its former U.S. subsidiary have agreed to plead guilty and pay more than $2 million in criminal fines for participating ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Three leaders of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, pleaded guilty to participation in a racketeering enterprise, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Edward M. Yarbrough for the Middle District of Tennessee announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 28, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, July 28, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Award Presented by Antitrust Division in Recognition of Professor Hovenkamps Lifetime Contributions to Antitrust Law and Policy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Professor Herbert Hovenkamp will receive the John Sherman ...
By Fed Newswire | Jul 28, 2008
News Release: On July 28, 2008, the Federal Reserve will offer $75 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 Commerce News Now | Jul 28, 2008
News Release: Top 5 Markets: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, New York RICHFIELD, Minn.—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez released national coupon redemption data for the TV Converter Box Coupon Program and announced Minneapolis/St. Paul is among the top five markets to redeem ...
By Commerce News Now | Jul 28, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 28, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 28, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 28, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 28, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Jul 28, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
