News published on Federal Newswire in September 2008

News from September 2008


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News Release: Paul DePrey, a seven year veteran of the National Park Service (NPS), has been chosen as the next Superintendent of the USS Arizona Memorial, said NPS Regional Director Jonathan B. Jarvis.


Lawmakers Announce Bipartisan, Bicameral Bill To Support Foster Care, Adoption Programs

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Finance Health Subcommittee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), together with House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support Chairman Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) and...


News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray announced that Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2008, two changes occur on Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches.


Lakeshore Hosts Beach Cleanup for National Public Lands Day

News Release: If you love the sun, fun, and beauty of our area beaches, now you can show it! Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is celebrating National Public Lands Day (NPLD) on Saturday, Sept. 27, and inviting the public to help cleanup the Lakeshore’s beaches. Bring your family, your class, your troop...


News Release: As a very special experience for the visiting public and local communities, the National Park Service will be offering Full Moon Tours of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse the evening of September 15.


News Release: Senate Homeland Security Committee Ranking Member Susan Collins today announced that the National Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE) in South Portland, Maine has been awarded a $3.5 million grant under the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Competitive Training Grant...


News Release: Superintendent Dusty Shultz is pleased to introduce 2008’s September Artist-in-Residence (AIR) at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Hanna Louise Poston, a poet from Asheville, North Carolina, is living in the Lakeshore for three weeks, immersing herself in the natural wonders of the dunes, forests...


News Release: A short little grass known as purple false brome may speed discoveries about switchgrass, its famous cousin and energy-crop hopeful.


News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Finance Health Subcommittee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W. Va.), together with House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support Chairman Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) and...


Federal Reserve Board announces several initiatives to provide additional support to financial markets, including enhancements to its existing liquidity facilities

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Sunday announced several initiatives to provide additional support to financial markets, including enhancements to its existing liquidity facilities. "In close collaboration with the Treasury and the Securities and Exchange Commission, we have been in ongoing discussions ...


16th Annual Storytelling Festival September 20

News Release: The Sixteenth Annual "Haunting in the Hills" Storytelling Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, 2008, at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in Oneida, Tennessee. The event includes dulcimer and craft workshops, afternoon storytelling presentations, dulcimer and Bluegrass concerts, and evening ghost storytelling. The event is free to the public and will be held rain or shine.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Saturday, Sept. 13, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in San Diego has indicted 11 defendants for an alleged conspiracy to cheat 12 casinos across the country, Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of California Karen P. Hewitt announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Former IRS Employee Convicted of Tax Crimes WASHINGTON - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed a four year prison sentence for tax defier crimes committed by Sherry Peel Jackson, a former Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee and tax preparer, the Justice Department announced today.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, Sept. 12, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Agencies Say CON Laws Undercut Consumer Choice, Stifle Innovation and Weaken Markets’ Ability to Contain Health Care Costs WASHINGTON — In a joint statement to the Illinois Task Force on Health Planning ...


Termination of enforcement action against ABN AMRO Bank

News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Friday 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 Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.