News from March 2008
By State Newswire | Mar 13, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) welcomed the release today of the first survey of anti-Semitic incidents worldwide to be produced by a State Department office dedicated to monitoring such events, which are on the rise.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today led the Senate in defeating a proposed budget amendment that would have funneled surplus Social Security funds into private accounts rather than keeping it in the Social Security trust fund. The amendment proposed by Senator Jim DeMint...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2008
News Release: The Olympic National Park Final General Management Plan/Environmental Impact Statement (Final GMP) was been released, announced Acting Superintendent Sue McGill today.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 13, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to the passage of budget amendment #4023, which will provide an additional $2.1 billion in funding to NIH and $1 billion for LIHEAP. “This vote...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 13, 2008
News Release: As part of the National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day, Point Reyes National Seashore will be honoring America’s fallen at 2 p.m. on May 26, 2008 at the historic graveyard located at G Ranch. Join the National Park Service and the United States Coast Guard for services at the Historic Life-Saving...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 13, 2008
News Release: No matter how pleasant a meal is, eating causes what's known as oxidative stress. As we digest our food, we create sometimes-harmful molecules known as free radicals. But antioxidants-healthful compounds in fruits and vegetables-can help by neutralizing the free radicals.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member, today asked the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation to describe and analyze the history, current rules, and policy underpinnings of the U.S. tax rules applicable to U.S. investment by foreign governments, including investments made by Sovereign Wealth Funds.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2008
News Release: THE BAUCUS BUDGET AMENDMENT: TAX CUTS FOR FAMILIES, HOMEOWNERS, & SOLDIERS. The U.S. Senate is preparing to vote on a budget resolution that will help to restore America’s economy and put the right priorities front and center in a fiscally responsible way. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 13, 2008
News Release: Dear Commissioner von Eschenbach: The United States Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) has jurisdiction over theMedicare and Medicaid programs and, accordingly, a responsibility to the more than 80 millionAmericans who receive health care coverage under those programs to oversee the properadministration...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Complaint Alleges that Tax Preparer Inflated Deductions for Customers WASHINGTON The United States today sued Irma Melendez, a Mundelein, Ill., tax return preparer, to stop her from preparing federal ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Greg Burnell, 50, of Sarasota Springs, N.Y., was sentenced to 72 months in prison for possessing child pornography and obstructing the federal investigation into his crimes, Assistant Attorney ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Martin Villegas Terrones, a Mexican national, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Denver for his role in an illegal smuggling operation that trafficked in protected turtle species, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Spill of organic solvent killed geese and ducks WASHINGTON Cotter Corp., headquartered in Denver, Colo., pleaded guilty and was sentenced today in U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado for its role in the poisoning deaths of migratory birds at its uranium processing facility near Cañon City, Colo., the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON True World Foods Chicago, LLC, was sentenced on Mar. 11, 2008, to pay $60,000 for its role in purchasing and re-selling falsely labeled frozen fish fillets in violation of the Lacey Act, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 12, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Timothy Michael Gereb was sentenced today in federal court in San Antonio to 10 years imprisonment for his role in a sex trafficking ring involving at least one teenage girl, the Justice Department ...
By Commerce News Now | Mar 12, 2008
News Release: THE PRESIDENT: Gracias. Thank you. Sientese. Gracias mi amigo, David. Thank you for having me back yet again to speak. This is an opportunity de practicar mi Español—(laughter)—of course, a lot of people say I ought to be spending more time practicing my English. (Laughter.) But I'm thrilled to be with ...
By Labor Gazette | Mar 12, 2008
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 12, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page proposed rule on March 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
