News from February 2009
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: American Recovery and Reinvestment - Conference Report.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding the nomination of former Washington Governor Gary Locke as President Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Commerce...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) joined other House Republicans today at a press conference today to urge President Barack Obama to abandon his plan to politicize the census process.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: Chairman Barbara Boxer Opening Statement Organizational Business Meeting Feb. 12, 2009 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) Today, I am pleased to formally organize the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee for the 111th Congress. There is critical work to be done this Congress. A central ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) and Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) unveiled details of their Committees’ provisions in the final American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The Committee Chairmen have been working together and with...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: Researchers have a new tool to combat citrus Huanglongbing (HLB), a disease threatening the nation's $2.2 billion citrus industry.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: This year the Gateway National Recreation Area, in conjunction with the National Parks of New York Harbor Conservancy, will offer a special program to introduce area residents to the joys of kayaking on Jamaica Bay. The program is free due to the generous support of the National Park Foundation and the Coca Cola Company.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-OK) are pleased to announce the membership of the Environment and Public Works subcommittees for the 111th Congress. Senator Boxer's opening statement from today's organizational meeting is also pasted below.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the final stimulus bill shortchanges Iowa another $57 million -- beyond the $128 million in the Senate version -- in additional federal Medicaid dollars that will go to states if the legislation is passed by Congress and signed into law by the President.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 12, 2009
News Release: On Wednesday, Feb. 11, a 13-foot female Sperm Whale was found beached on the shores of the Breezy Point Tip, Rockaway, NY, an area that is part of the Gateway National Recreation Area. According to witnesses it washed up around 10 a.m. and was still alive. National Park Service rangers were immediately dispatched to the scene, but upon arrival they discovered that the whale had expired.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced today that it has reached a settlement that, if approved by the court, will resolve a lawsuit the Department filed on behalf of Air Force Reservist Frank Bonnin against SmallTownPapers Inc., (SmallTownPapers).
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON— A federal judge has sentenced two operators of asbestos abatement companies to prison for environmental crimes related to the illegal removal and disposal of asbestos in upstate New York, the Justice Department announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Kellogg Brown & Root LLC (KBR), a global engineering, construction and services company based in Houston, pleaded guilty today to charges related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) for its participation in a decade-long scheme to bribe Nigerian government officials to obtain engineering, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The United States has sued a Dallas tax preparer, Tina Preston, her tax-preparation firm – Preston Tax Services, Inc. – and several other individuals associated with the firm, seeking to bar them all permanently from the tax-preparation business, the Justice Department announced today. The civil injunction suit was filed in Dallas with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – Harris Taubman, of Hyannis, Mass., pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Boston to receiving and possessing child pornography, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael J. Sullivan for the District of Massachusetts announced.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 11, 2009
News Release: Herndon, Virginia – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Answers Inc. and 401(k) trustee Cynthia Chambliss to obtain appointment of an independent fiduciary to manage the plan. Answers Inc. is a defunct company formerly located in Herndon that operated under the names Answer Transit Services LLC and Answer Transit Services Corp.
By State News Post | Feb 11, 2009
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 11, 2009
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 11, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 11, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
