News published on Federal Newswire in September 2008

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) and Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced H.R. 6867, unemployment insurance legislation, to help Americans cope with the current economic crisis. McDermott’s subcommittee...

Going-to-the-Road Shuttle System Ends Second Season

News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park’s Going-to-the-Sun Road transit system concluded its second year of operation on Labor Day, September 1st, reporting a small decline in the number of riders.

Grassley Offers Analysis of Candidates’ Tax Plans for Small Business

News Release: Today I’d like to continue my discussions about one of the big choices facing the voters this fall.

Sagamore Hill Resumes Fall and Winter Schedule on September 2

News Release: Sagamore Hill National Historic Site, home of Theodore Roosevelt, 26th US President, will adopt its usual fall and winter schedule of five day operation beginning Tuesday, Sept. 2. The public buildings will be open for tours and visitation Wednesday through Sunday and will be closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

SENATOR COLLINS’ STATEMENT ON 9-11 ANNIVERSARY

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2008

News Release: Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, Susan Collins, has released this statement on the seven-year anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks against our nation: “Seven years ago, a beautiful late-summer morning was suddenly transformed into one of unimaginable horror. We...

Committee Reviews CFTC Report on Index and Over-the-Counter Trading in Commodity Markets

By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2008

News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to review a Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) report on the participation of swap dealers and index funds in agricultural and energy commodity markets. Congressman Bob Etheridge of North Carolina, Chairman of the General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Subcommittee, chaired today’s hearing.

Improving Food Survey Methods

By USDA Newswire | Sep 11, 2008

News Release: A study that provides an important indicator of the accuracy of the latest innovations in food consumption survey methods has been published by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Beltsville, Md.

Artists Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the park in the Stehekin Valley

News Release: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of North Cascades National Park.

Baucus, Grassley Applaud Highway Trust Fund Fix

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today applauded final passage in the House of Representatives of the Highway Trust Fund bill H.R. 6532, as amended in the Senate. The bill, which now goes to the president for signature...

Armed Robber Exiled to 35 Years In Federal Prison

By DOJ Newswire | Sep 11, 2008

News Release: SEP 11 -- (Baltimore, Maryland) - U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake sentenced Rahsean Holmes, age 30, today to 35 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit a commercial robbery, conspiracy to distribute narcotics, use of a firearm in furtherance of a crime...

Baucus, Grassley Offer Tax Incentives for Clean Energy, Homegrown Jobs

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today unveiled energy tax legislation that they intend to bring to the Senate for consideration this month. The Finance tax measures seek to reduce America's dependence on foreign oil and...

Cascade River Road Closure at Eldorado Creek

News Release: The Cascade River Road in North Cascades National Park will close to vehicular traffic for the season at the Eldorado Creek Parking Area (milepost 20) beginning Monday, September 15th to accommodate bridge installation and permanent road repairs in response to flood events of November, 2006. The Cascade...

GOOGLE TIGHTENS STANDARDS FOR YOUTUBE VIDEOS IN RESPONSE TO LIEBERMAN’S PRESSURE

By Homeland Newswire | Sep 11, 2008

News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Thursday hailed Google’s decision to strengthen the standards required for videos to appear on YouTube - a move taken in direct response to the Senator’s complaints about violent Islamist videos that have been posted on the popular website.

Preservation Team Gets up Close with Sculpture

News Release: Mount Rushmore National Memorial will continue its annual routine preservation work on the sculpture from Tuesday, September 16 through Friday, September 19. As a part of the annual work done on the mountain, the memorial’s preservation team will be repairing sections of waterproof tarping and fracture...

Justice Department Seeks to Close Down Houston Tax Preparer

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Tax Preparers Business Allegedly Claimed More Than $700,000 in Bogus Fuel Tax Credits WASHINGTON – The United States has sued a Houston tax preparer, seeking to put him out of business, the Justice ...

Two El Paso Businessmen and Their Companies Charged with Conspiracy to Rig Bids and Allocate Customers for Door and Hardware Installation

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 One Businessman Also Charged with Obstructing Justice WASHINGTON – An El Paso, Texas, federal grand jury returned an indictment today, charging two El Paso-based companies and two of their top executives ...

Indian National and Indian Corporation Indicted on Charges of Supplying Indian Government with Controlled Technology

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - On September 9, 2008, a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C. returned a five-count indictment against an Indian national and an Indian corporation on charges of supplying the Government ...

Five Promoters of Tax Defiance Scheme Indicted for Tax Fraud