News from July 2008
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: NIST is conducting an internal investigation into the causes of a June 9 incident in which a vial containing a 1/4 gram (1/100th ounce) of plutonium cracked, spilling the material. The investigation will also evaluate the effectiveness of NIST's actions in responding to the incident.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: Sienna Nambo of Houston, Texas proudly displays a vest adorned with National Park Service Junior Ranger patches that she earned during her visits to various national park sites. Sienna received her Junior Seashore Ranger patch this past Thursday from Cape Hatteras National Seashore Ranger Heather Honnold.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today won Senate passage, by a vote of 63-5, of a package of tax measures in the housing bill, H.R. 3221. A procedural vote yesterday in support of this bill passed 84-12. The bill was crafted...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: The National Park Service (Park Service), California State Lands Commission (CSLC), and Point Reyes National Seashore Association (PRNSA) have secured the necessary permits for construction of Phase II and have selected a contractor. Hanford ARC, based in Sonoma, Calif., was the contractor that performed...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: While most visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are relaxing on the beaches and dunes, they are unaware of the vast array of scientific research efforts going on at the same time. In any given year, there may be 25 - 30 different research programs authorized within the Lakeshore, often...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee continued a series of hearings to review legislative proposals to amend the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA). The Committee finished its third straight day of hearing testimony from Members of Congress and stakeholder groups about pending legislation and the major issues surrounding commodity futures markets.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding news reports that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reduced the value it places on a human life by almost $1 million over the past 5 years...
By USDA Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: Ephemeral gullies are common features on agricultural landscapes. Concentrated water flows can erode cropland soils and carve out these small drainage ditches, which then transport field runoff laden with eroded sediments into nearby streams. In fact, these gullies may lead to soil losses that exceed soil losses from sheet or rill erosion.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
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By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: ebbiOCEAN SHORES - Representatives of eight treaty Indian tribes and Olympic National Park signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) today to promote open dialogue and improve coordination and collaboration.
By US DOT Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, made the following remarks regarding the Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on global warming emissions released today by the Bush Administration...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 11, 2008
News Release: As a very special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Tours of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of July 18.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - French national Bernard Jean Ternus pleaded guilty today to conspiring to transport in interstate and foreign commerce four stolen paintings knowing that they were stolen, the Department of ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today a settlement agreement with West Virginia’s Kanawha County Public Library Board under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The agreement, marking ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Miami resident Aisa Perera, 42, was sentenced today to 30 months in prison for her role in an $11 million scheme to defraud the Medicare program, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A federal jury in Tampa, Fla., convicted Dr. Richard Carino, 48, a Tampa-based physician, of child pornography receipt and possession charges, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – John Cowdery, a current member of the Alaska state Senate, was indicted on charges arising out of a federal investigation into public corruption in the state of Alaska, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich for the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON—Former corrections officer Marquis Young was sentenced today in federal court in New Bern, N.C., on federal civil rights charges related to an assault on an inmate at a corrections facility for federal prisoners. Young was sentenced to 30 months imprisonment followed by 3 years post-release supervision and was ordered to pay a $3,071.63 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 10, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that Raynor Country Day School, in Long Island, N.Y., has entered into a settlement agreement with the United States to resolve two complaints filed by parents of children with diabetes who were turned down for enrollment in the school’s day camp last summer.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 10, 2008
News Release: Thank you and I am very pleased to be here at the opening of the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center. I think this is a major step forward. Clearly we’ve recognized from the founding of the nation that intellectual property, innovation will be increasingly important for our economy. ...
