News from September 2008
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: The Sixteenth Annual "Haunting in the Hills" Storytelling Festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 20, in the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area. The day's events will feature storytelling, craft demonstrations, workshops and sales, performances of dulcimer and Bluegrass music, afternoon storytelling presentations and an open mike for local tellers and student tellers.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Physicist David J. Wineland of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been awarded the 2007 National Medal of Science.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that the Assessment Survey of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Off-Road Vehicle Negotiated Rulemaking Committee report has been released and is available to the public.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Where can you find some of the latest insights in designing earthquake-resistant buildings joined together with current information on building codes? As part of its support for the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a publication that provides guidelines for designing a special type of structural frame used in regions with high seismic activity.*
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Senior leaders from the five organizations selected for the 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, as well as representatives from past Award recipients, will share their best practices and results at one-day regional conferences on Sept. 16, 2008, in Denver, Colo., and Oct. 3, 2008, in New Orleans, La. Participants can network with the recipients and gather valuable tips on applying the Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Based on this afternoon’s weather and vegetation conditions, fire danger at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) lands in Marin County will be rated as "Extreme" again tomorrow, Thursday, September 4. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District has also declared...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Fort Union National Monument is seeking volunteers for its living history program. The program will create a National Park Service volunteer living history group that focuses on providing public history interpretive programming to the general public, school and community groups relating directly to the history of the New Mexico Volunteers, Civil War, and Fort Union National Monument.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today announced he will support legislation to update the deductible cost of operating a vehicle for charitable purposes.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The ex-boyfriend of a former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) social work associate pleaded guilty today for his role in a scheme to defraud the United States of the associate’s honest ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Two former managers of the Bank of China and their wives were convicted on Aug. 29, 2008, by a federal jury in Las Vegas on charges of racketeering, money laundering, international transportation ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Michael J. Garcia, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today the indictment of Aafia Siddiqui on charges related to her attempted murder and assault of United States ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A former managing director of ITXC Corporation was sentenced today to serve five years probation, including three months of home confinement and three months in a community confinement center ...
By Fed Newswire | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday released the minutes of its discount rate meetings from July 7 through August 4, 2008.
By Labor Gazette | Sep 2, 2008
News Release: Former Major Leaguer Jim Abbott to serve as campaign spokesman WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), in cooperation with Major League Baseball, today announced the launch of the PITCH (Proving Individuals with Talent Can Help) campaign to encourage businesses to hire individuals with disabilities.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Sep 2, 2008
The US State Department published a two page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 2, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
