News from March 2009
By Commerce News Now | Mar 16, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 16, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 16, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ. - On Monday, Feb. 23, at the Helicopter Association International Heli-Expo Awards Banquet, “Salute to Excellence", members of Grand Canyon National Park’s helitack and search and rescue crews received the Igor I. Sikorsky Award for Humanitarian Service in recognition of their efforts during the short-haul rescue of sixteen stranded boaters on Aug. 17, 2008.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement today regarding Pakistan's decision to reinstate Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to office:
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2009
News Release: Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 2 p.m.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 16, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 16, 2009
News Release: U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-DE) and Susan Collins (R-ME) today introduced the Federal Firefighters Fairness Act to strengthen the disability protections for thousands of federal firefighters nationwide. Under current law, the federal government does not presume that certain illnesses associated with...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 16, 2009
News Release: Ornamental plant enthusiasts now have more pepper varieties to add to their gardens. The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has entered into a license agreement with McCorkle Nurseries, in Dearing, Ga., for propagation and distribution of these eye-catching peppers.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ. - At 7:00 a.m. this morning, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report that a male subject was found deceased in a residence within Grand Canyon National Park.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2009
News Release: Sunday, March 29, 2009 at 2 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2009
News Release: (Sullivan's Island, SC) - A book-signing of the newly released children’s book, Shackles, will be held in conjunction with the 3:00 pm African Passages exhibit dedication at Fort Moultrie on Sunday, March 22nd. This poignant story, written in lyric prose by South Carolina Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) social work associate was convicted yesterday by a jury on four counts of honest services mail fraud, violating the criminal conflict of interest statute and making a false statement to agency officials, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin and U.S. Attorney David E. Nahmias of the Northern District of Georgia announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2009
News Release: BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Laura Wang-Woodford, a U.S. citizen who served as a director of Monarch Aviation Pte, Ltd. ("Monarch"), a Singapore company that imported and exported military and commercial aircraft components for more than 20 years, pled guilty today in federal court in Brooklyn to conspiring to violate the U.S. trade embargo by exporting controlled aircraft components to Iran.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced today that it has filed a lawsuit on behalf of David D. Sweatt, a Michigan Army National Guard member currently serving in Iraq, against Americraft Carton Inc. (Americraft), alleging violations of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A U.S. Border Patrol agent has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Tucson, Ariz., on federal civil rights charges related to an alleged assault on a detainee at a federal detention facility, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Loretta King of the Civil Rights Division and U.S. ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON The Justice Department today filed a lawsuit against Bobby L. Hurt, the former property manager for numerous mobile homes in and around West Memphis, Ark., alleging a pattern or practice of sexual harassment. The lawsuit also names Bobby Hurt's wife, Sue Hurt, as a defendant.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2009
News Release: In a filing today with the federal District Court for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice submitted a new standard for the government’s authority to hold detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. The definition does not rely on the President’s authority as Commander-in-Chief ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – A securities attorney was charged in an indictment unsealed today with participating in a stock registration evasion scheme involving nine different publicly traded companies and with defrauding investors in a manipulation scheme related to three of the companies, Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division and Acting U.S. Attorney Dana J. Boente for the Eastern District of Virginia announced.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labors Employment and Training Administration (ETA) today announced the proposed suspension for nine months of a final rule implementing changes to the H-2A program, which allows U.S. agricultural businesses to employ foreign workers in temporary or seasonal agricultural jobs. The departments proposed action is open for public comment for 10 days.
