News from January 2009
By DOT News Wire | Jan 12, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jan 12, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Jan. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. - The National Park Service has suspended its search for two missing men on Lake Mohave for the night. The men, ages 70 and 74, were reported overdue this afternoon by the wife of one of the missing.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: (Keystone, S.D.) Mount Rushmore National Memorial welcomes the public to attend two open houses to review the Environmental Assessment (EA) prepared on a proposed backcountry hiking trail at the park. The EA has been reviewed by the National Park Service’s Midwest Regional Office and is available for comment.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: Original oil paintings by local artists Diana Troxell and Bruce Davidson will be on view at Whiskeytown National Recreation Area’s Visitor Center until Feb. 14, 2009.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, with Senate jurisdiction over taxes, today made the following comment on a report from the Government Accountability Office, GAO-09-146, “Tax Administration: IRS's 2008 Filing Season Generally Successful Despite Challenges, Although IRS Could Expand Enforcement During Returns Processing." The report is available at.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: Irrigating with recycled water is one potential solution to water scarcity, according to research conducted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists Jean McLain and Clinton Williams. The scientists are examining the effects of irrigating with "reclaimed" water-sewage water that has been treated to remove contaminants.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: Below is a comment from Senator Grassley about a new report from the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services.
By State Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has issued this statement in response to the State Department’s announcement today that sanctions are being imposed on 13 individuals and three private companies for involvement in the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation network...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. - National Park Service rangers have located a body on Lake Mohave believed to be the second of the Pahrump men that has been missing since yesterday. The man was found near 9-Mile Cove on Lake Mohave at approximately 4:30 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. - National Park Service (NPS) rangers recovered the body of one of the missing Pahrump men this morning after locating their 12-foot aluminum boat. The man was discovered floating in the water about a mile away from where the boat was found at approximately 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Visitation at Wind Cave National Park was up 6% in 2008. With increased staffing and more ranger patrols, there were fewer motor vehicle accidents last summer and shorter lines for tours. The park hired 13 additional seasonal personnel as part of the National Park Service’s...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: SEARCHLIGHT, Nev. - The National Park Service has positively identified the bodies recovered Saturday from Lake Mohave as 70-year-old James Mercer and 74-year-old Francis Blossom both of Parhump, Nev.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service will host a Civil Rights film day on Monday, Jan. 19, 2009, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the park's visitor center located at 600 N. 2nd Street, in Richmond, Virginia. The event will examine American history from the close of the Civil War to the modern Civil Rights Movement.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 10, 2009
News Release: A fifty-five year old man from Lakewood, Colorado, died along the Longs Peak trail in Rocky Mountain National Park, today, Saturday, January 10. The victim was approximately 2.5 miles (over 10,000 feet elevation) from the Longs Peak Trailhead.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 9, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has filed a forfeiture action against accounts worth nearly $3 million that are alleged to be the proceeds of a wide-ranging conspiracy to bribe public officials in Bangladesh and their family members in connection with various public work projects, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 9, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Roy M. Belfast Jr. was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Cecilia M. Altonaga today to 97 years in prison for crimes related to the torture of people in Liberia between April 1999 and July 2003, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney R. Alexander Acosta for the Southern District of Florida.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 9, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in New Mexico against Luna Community College, alleging discrimination against former employee Charlene Ortiz-Cordova in the form of sexual harassment by a supervisor that resulted in a hostile work environment.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, January 9, 2009 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – Lloyds TSB Bank plc (Lloyds), a United Kingdom corporation headquartered in London, has agreed to forfeit $350 million to the United States and to the New York County District Attorney’s Office ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice has filed a forfeiture action against accounts worth nearly $3 million that are alleged to be the proceeds of a wide-ranging conspiracy to bribe public officials in Bangladesh and their family members in connection with various public work projects, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced today.
