News published on Federal Newswire in May 2008

News from May 2008


New Report Cites Growing Threat of Homegrown Terror

News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., warned Thursday that the threat of homegrown terrorism is on the rise, aided by the Internet’s capacity to spread the core recruitment and training message of violent...


News Release: 8WASHINGTON, DC -- Gary Moses from Glacier National Park in Montana is this year’s recipient of the Harry Yount National Park Ranger Award for excellence in the field of "rangering.".


SUCCESS OF MAJOR DHS ACQUISITIONS DEPENDS ON CLEAR CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS, PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

News Release: WASHINGTON - A bipartisan group of Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee members Thursday urged the Department of Homeland Security to require explicit requirements and performance standards in all of its major contracts to ensure successful outcomes. Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman,...


National Park Service to Offers Two Workshops on

News Release: FARMINGTON, PA: The National Park Service is offering two volunteer training workshops at Fort Necessity National Battlefield. These one day workshops will prepare park volunteers to assist park staff in the presentation of programs about Native American life ways focused on tribes which were involved in the French and Indian War.


News Release: A continuing drought in parts of the Northern Plains is pushing more and more farmers in dry areas to rethink their crop choices. Of the past nine years, only three have been wet years for these areas.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Project Safe Childhood – Background -Project Safe Childhood (PSC) is a Department of Justice initiative launched in 2006 that aims to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today the distribution of $5 million in new funds to support Project Safe Childhood, the Department’s initiative that combats technology-facilitated sexual ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today sued the City of Satsuma, Ala., for violating the Fair Housing Act when the city refused to allow three women with disabilities to live together in a group home. ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON –Carlos Mario Jimenez-Naranjo, a.k.a. Macaco, has been extradited from Colombia to the United States to face drug trafficking charges, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher announced today. ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, May 7, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - Juan Luis Cadena-Sosa pleaded guilty today to federal civil rights violations for conspiring to smuggle Mexican women and girls into the United States and to place them in a condition of involuntary ...


News Release: Thank you very much and I appreciate the very kind introduction. It’s a pleasure to be back. It’s a pleasure to be here again at the Council of the Americas in this room. I think we’ve had several meetings here throughout the years, and always lively and always newsworthy. So thank you for the invitation ...


U.S. Department of Labor improves energy employees Web pages by adding information about occupational diseases to listing of toxic substances

News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor today announced that it has added to its Web site information about occupational diseases associated with toxic substances found at facilities covered under Part E of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA).



The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on May 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.