News published on Federal Newswire in September 2008

News from September 2008


News Release: The National Park Service is planning to begin fall prescribed fire activities in the Yosemite Valley area. Weather and air quality permitting, YV-15 will begin around September 16th, while YV-4 is slated for the following week. Each unit will only take a day to complete, once begun.


Marijuana Grow

News Release: Marijuana Eradication.


Baucus Comments Regarding CMS Announcement on Final Medicare Marketing of Regulations

News Release: Finance Chairman Baucus commented today on the announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of final rules that implement Baucus’s own marketing safeguards for seniors in the Medicare program. CMS says it will ban, as of Oct. 1, 2008, the following practices prohibited by Baucus’s Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act, enacted by Congress in June of this year...


Alger Women of Honor 2008

News Release: (Munising, MI) The public is invited to attend the fourteenth annual Alger County Women of Honor Observance on Thursday, September 25. Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is sponsoring the event. The program will be held at the Alger County Heritage Center, located at 1496 Washington Street in Munising. A social gathering will start at 6 p.m. with the program beginning at 6:30 p.m.


Sagamore Hill Appoints Eric Witzke to Chief of Maintenance

News Release: Oyster Bay, NY: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site is pleased to announce the appointment of Eric Witzke, as the new Chief of Maintenance for the site. Witzke, who worked at Sagamore Hill NHS on a 120 day detail as Acting Chief of Maintenance this past summer, competed nationally for this position.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the highest priority of the Justice Department has been to protect America against acts of terrorism. Despite repeated and sustained efforts by terrorists, there ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Miami physicians, Carlos Contreras, M.D., and Ramon Pichardo, M.D., each pleaded guilty today to defrauding the Medicare program in connection with a $6.8 million HIV infusion fraud scheme, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta of the Southern District of Florida announced.


News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today issued the following statement on the release of the July 2008 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report by the Department’s U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Today’s report shows that U.S. exports increased ...


News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez released the following statement after a second U.S. offer for a humanitarian assessment team was turned down: “The safety and welfare of the Cuban people is our highest concern in the wake of hurricanes Gustav and Ike and although the Cuban Government ...


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a four page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.