News published on Federal Newswire in June 2008

News from June 2008


Finance Reform Hearing Addresses Business Tax

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today questioned a panel of business tax experts on what they perceive to be the most constructive forms of business organization for tax purposes and whether certain modifications of the tax code might better serve the economy and...


SENATORS LIEBERMAN, COLLINS CALL ON DHS TO IMPLEMENT MODERN EMERGENCY RESPONSE SYSTEM

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff requesting information on the efforts to implement a public emergency response...


News Release: Where: The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, Old Courthouse at 11 North 4th Street in St. Louis, Missouri.


News Release: A new barley that benefits the environment as well as farm animals has been developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and their colleagues.


Grassley asks FDA for rationale in putting ProHeart 6 back on the market

News Release: Dear Commissioner von Eschenbach: I recently learned that the canine heartworm drug, ProHeart 6 will be returning to the market.The drug, as you know, was withdrawn by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in September 2004 due tosafety concerns. Based on documents we received, I learned that FDA has held over 18...


News Release: Petrified Forest Sponsors Science Day Camps in June and July 2008.


National Park Celebrates 10th Year with New Green Building 2008

News Release: Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park will celebrate its tenth anniversary in the summer of 2008 with the opening of a new building and a new permanent exhibit. The Forest Center, a classroom and meeting space, is constructed almost entirely with wood harvested from the park’s Forest Stewardship...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 4, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Walgreen Co. of Deerfield, Ill., has agreed to pay $35 million to settle claims that from 2001 to 2005, it improperly switched patients to different versions of the prescriptions drugs Ranitidine, Fluoxetine and Eldepryl in order to increase its reimbursement from Medicaid, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 4, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Government Suit Alleges Revenue Losses from Fraudulent Claims May Have Exceeded $5 Million WASHINGTON - A federal court in Galveston, Texas, has permanently barred Linda McMiller of Pearland, Texas, from ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 4, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today its intent to solicit comment on proposed amendments to its regulations implementing Titles II and III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 4, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today sued Fountain View Apartments, Inc. and its on-site manager, Mildred Chastain, for violating the Fair Housing Act by discriminating on the basis of race or color and familial status in the rental of apartments at a complex in Orange City, Fla.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, June 4, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in Seattle returned an indictment today charging King County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Brian Bonnar with a federal civil rights violation and perjury, announced Grace Chung Becker, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and Jeffrey C. Sullivan, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Washington.


Termination of enforcement action against Banco de Chile

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Wednesday, announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below. Terminations of enforcement actions are listed on the Federal Reserve's public website, www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/enforcement, as they occur.



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


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


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


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


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


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