News from May 2008
By DOT News Wire | May 12, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 12, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 12, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2008
News Release: Menendez’s Detainee Basic Medical Care Act responds to reports on the lack of basic care and oversight that has led to preventable deaths WASHINGTON- U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ) today introduced the Detainee Basic Medical Care Act in response to recent news reports and lawsuits that have exposed...
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Monday announced he will re-introduce legislation soon to ensure humane treatment of asylum seekers and others detained immigrants. The Senator has pressed Department of Homeland Security officials to improve...
By USDA Newswire | May 12, 2008
News Release: ITHACA, N.Y., May 12, 2008-A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA ) laboratory here will be renamed today for a renowned USDA scientist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine along with two colleagues in 1968.
By Interior Newswire | May 12, 2008
News Release: Crater Lake Superintendent Craig Ackerman has announced that Park entrance fees will remain unchanged for 2008. An increase in fees that had been under consideration has been cancelled for the immediate future. Ackerman said that even though additional money from the increase would have directly supported...
By Commerce Newswire | May 12, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House and Senate negotiators have outlined a final agreement on the farm bill. The bipartisan legislation will include extensions of critical trade preferences for Haiti and the Caribbean Basin aimed at fighting poverty and hunger and strengthening economic ties between the U.S. and the region. The provisions were championed by Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY), a long-time supporter of trade preferences for the Caribbean.
By DOE Newswire | May 12, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, today issued the following statement regarding votes the Senate is expected to take tomorrow on the McConnell and Reid Amendments to the Flood Insurance Bill:
By Homeland Newswire | May 12, 2008
News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, who is Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today sent a letter to the top officials at the office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and the General Services Administration (GSA) calling on the agencies to reopen the Van Buren port of entry as soon...
By Commerce News Now | May 11, 2008
News Release: Talks recently broke down in the U.S. Senate on one of the most consequential, but least heralded, pieces of legislation affecting our economy: patent reform.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2008
News Release: Vandalism of symbolic fencing marking a shorebird closure in the SouthBeach area of Cape Hatteras National Seashore was discovered early Saturday morning. Approximately 1.7 miles east of Ramp 49, a park ranger patrolling the area discovered and documented twelve posts with “Area Closed" signs broken...
By Homeland Newswire | May 10, 2008
News Release: BUENOS AIRES - Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, (ICE) Julie L. Myers, today returned more than 8,100 pounds of rare fossils to the country of Argentina. Dr. Jose Nun, Minster of Culture, and Dr. Leonardo Salgado of the Museum of Geological and Paleontological Artifacts accepted the antiquities on behalf of the Argentine people.
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 9, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 ALEXANDRIA, VA – James N. Sellman, 26, of Arnold, Md., a former Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR) employee who worked in Afghanistan, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 26 months in prison for conspiring ...
By DOJ Newswire | May 9, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, May 9, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that on Saturday, May 10, 2008, it will monitor local elections in the cities of Farmers Branch and Irving in Dallas County, Texas, to ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act.
By Commerce News Now | May 9, 2008
News Release: Exports Continue to Spur Economic Growth MIAMI—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today issued the following statement on the release of the March 2008 goods and services national trade statistics by the Department’s U.S. Census Bureau. This report shows the 21st consecutive quarter of U.S. ...
By Commerce News Now | May 9, 2008
News Release: MIAMI—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez will travel to Beijing, China and Seoul, South Korea, May 14-16, to discuss bilateral trade and promote U.S. exports.
By Labor Gazette | May 9, 2008
News Release: Revisions designed to better protect union members right-to-know WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor will issue a notice of proposed rulemaking on May 12 to enhance union financial transparency. The proposed rule, issued under the authority of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), protects the rights of labor union members to have meaningful information about union finances and expenditures.
By DOE Gazette | May 9, 2008
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 9, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
