News published on Federal Newswire in September 2008

News from September 2008


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Sept. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


KENNEDY, MILLER HOLD CONFEREE MEETING ON THE COLLEGE COST REDUCTION ACT OF 2007

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health,Education, Labor and Pensions Committee and Representative George Miller, Chairman of theCommittee on Education and Labor, will hold a meeting between the House and SenateConferees on the conference of H.R. 2669, the College...


Temporary Park Closures due to Hurricane Ike

News Release: Temporary Park Closures in Effect for Hurricane Ike.


Temporary Park Closure due to Hurricane Ike

News Release: Temporary Park Closures in Effect for Hurricane Ike.


Staggering Job Losses Should be a Clarion Call to Action

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-NY) and Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA) said today that they will introduce legislation to extend unemployment benefits to help more Americans when Congress resumes work next week. McDermott’s subcommittee has jurisdiction over the nation’s unemployment insurance system.


News Release: Permits are now available for the North Manitou Island special deer hunt within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The season begins with the bow hunt occurring from October 1 thru October 31. The firearm hunt will then occur from Saturday, November 1 through Sunday, November 9 in accordance with...


Tracking and Taming a Tomato Virus

News Release: A tomato that can stand up to attack by a damaging virus in greenhouse production systems is being developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist.


Boxer Statement on Bush Administration Admission That Highway Trust Fund Is In Crisis

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding the Bush Administration's announcement that the Highway Trust Fund could begin to run out of money as early as next week...


Berman Asks Bush to Lift Some Restrictions on Cuba Visits, Gifts, Remittances to Allow for Hurricane Assistance

News Release: Van Nuys, CA - Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today asked President Bush to suspend for 90 days U.S. legal restrictions on visits, remittances and gifts to people in Cuba so that Cuban Americans might assist family members whose lives have been upended by Hurricane Gustav.


Baucus Comments on Highway Trust Fund

News Release: Finance Chairman Baucus commented briefly today on news from the Bush Administration that they will support legislation passed in the House of Representatives to replenish the Highway Trust Fund. Baucus has led the effort in the Senate to pass Highway Trust Fund legislation to provide money for good-paying jobs and badly needed repairs on the nation’s roads and bridges.


News Release: The National Park Service is considering an adaptive management plan to control invasive plants in Alaska National Park System units. Invasive plants are defined as non-native plant species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health. The NPS goal...


News Release: All park visitor centers in Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial were closed by noon on Friday, 9/05/08, and will remain closed until further notice.


Vintage Military Aircraft and Their Pilots to Enliven Hangar and Airstrip on LBJ Ranch

News Release: Visitors to Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park's LBJ Ranch will have the opportunity to see a unique exhibit of Vietnam-era aircraft and meet with the pilots who flew them on Saturday, September 6 when the International Bird Dog Association (IBDA) teams up with the Johnson family and the National Park Service to coordinate an invitational fly in and viewing.


News Release: Successful 2008 Teacher-Ranger-Teacher Program at Petrified Forest National Park.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 4, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today announced that former Cincinnati landlord, James G. Mitchell, and his company, Land Baron Enterprises, agreed to pay $1 million in monetary damages and a civil ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 4, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 PHILADELPHIA - Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division Grace Chung Becker, and Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Laurie Magid ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, September 4, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A federal grand jury in the District of Columbia returned a superseding indictment today against a civilian contractor for allegedly paying bribes to Army contracting officials at Camp Arifjan, ...