News from October 2008
By Commerce News Now | Oct 20, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Oct 20, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 20, 2008
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 20, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 20, 2008
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 20, 2008
The US Energy Department published a seven page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2008
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Bob Johnson has announced the first funding opportunity for fiscal year 2009 under the Water for America Challenge Grant Program is now available online at www.grants.gov. Reclamation is seeking proposals for cooperative projects that create water banks and markets or improve the water delivery efficiency of a system through conservation or operational improvements.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2008
News Release: Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve Superintendent Cherry Payne announced today that the 13-knot speed limit and mid-channel course requirement for vessels traveling in all Park waters is hereby cancelled. The number of humpback whales sighted in Glacier Bay has diminished to the point that these vessel operating restrictions are no longer needed. The speed and course restrictions are cancelled as of noon on Oct. 20, 2008.

By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2008
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier Park, Inc. (GPI), a concessioner in Glacier National Park, has awarded a construction contract to Swank Enterprises of Kalispell, Mont., for the construction of a new employee dormitory near Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park’s Lake McDonald Valley.

By USDA Newswire | Oct 20, 2008
News Release: EL RENO, Oklahoma-Festivities to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Grazinglands Research Laboratory here are being held today at the historic Fort Reno Parade Grounds located at the center of the 11-square-mile facility. The celebration includes bus tours of the facility, reenactments of life at the historic fort during the 1880s, and a dinner.

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 20, 2008
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the new Medicaid actuarial report from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 20, 2008
News Release: The National Park Service at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine invites visitors to reflect on the sacrifices made by veterans by attending a special historical presentation on November 8 & 9, 2008. The program will run from noon until 4 p.m. both days.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 18, 2008
News Release: James Martin Welton, 34, of Durango, CO, fell to his death while climbing in Zion National Park on Friday, Oct. 17, 2008. The fall was from a popular climbing route called “Touchstone." The cause of the incident is currently under investigation by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with the National Park Service.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - A federal court in Las Vegas has issued a permanent injunction barring Irwin Schiff and his former associate, Cynthia Neun, from preparing federal income tax returns for others and from promoting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – West Jefferson Medical Center will pay the United States and the State of Louisiana $3.3 million to resolve allegations that the hospital overcharged the Medicaid program, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Luis Hernando Gomez-Bustamante, a/k/a "Rasguno," one of the leaders of the Norte Valle Colombian Drug Cartel, pleaded guilty today to charges of leading a racketeering enterprise that engaged ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division today announced it will host a one-day workshop on recent academic research into developments in airline antitrust and competition to mark the 30-year anniversary of airline deregulation in the United States.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A Buford, Ga., man has been sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, followed by a year of supervised release, the first six months of which will include home detention, the Justice Department announced today. The defendant rolled back odometers on used cars and trucks to make the vehicles more valuable.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON— Jerry Mason, of Frankfort, S.D., pleaded guilty today and was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Denver for a false statement he provided to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in an attempt to illegally import a leopard hide and skull from a trophy hunt in South Africa, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 17, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Oct. 17, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Brian D. Hindson, 40, of Carmel, Ind., was sentenced today in Indianapolis to 400 months in prison on 11 counts of production of child pornography, four counts of distribution of child pornography ...