News from March 2009
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 10, 2009 - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding the possibility of a suspension vote by the House of Representatives tomorrow (Wednesday) on the Senate Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (S.22).
By USDA Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators in Jordan have teamed up to develop ways to better manage poultry litter and to make the most efficient use of water in crop production.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways & Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) and Oversight Subcommittee Ranking Member Charles Boustany (R-LA) issued the following statement on the IRS’ decision to end the use of private debt collection agencies in tracking down acknowledged tax debt that has not been paid.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: When you type www.irs.gov -or the Web address of your bank or an e-commerce site-into your web browser, you want to be sure that no one is hijacking your request and sending you to a bogus look-alike page. You're relying on the integrity of the Internet's "phone book," the Domain Name System (DNS). Computer...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: At present, there are five alternatives being considered in the planning process for the future management of the telecommunications site located on the summit of Shasta Bally. Because of the complex nature of the issues regarding the summit, the park developed a set of principles to guide analysis of the alternatives. Where appropriate, these principles will be incorporated into the purpose and need for the Environmental Assessment.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today alerted Mainers to unscrupulous people who are seeking to take advantage of others during these troubled economic times for their own financial gain. Scam artists are using the economic stimulus package, meant to help those who are struggling, as a weapon to target the unsuspecting.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement today after the White House released its budget blueprint...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: Rep. Howard P. “Buck" McKeon (R-CA), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today issued the following statement in response to remarks from President Barack Obama on education reform...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: Washington D.C. - The Ways & Means Trade Subcommittee RankingMember, U.S. Congressman Kevin Brady (R-TX), comments on USTR-DesignateKirk’s Testimony to the Senate Finance Committee...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: A new draft report released for public comment by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides a comprehensive set of "best practice" guidelines for designing building structures to resist major fires. The document, NISTIR 7563, Best Practice Guidelines for Structural Fire Resistance...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: On Feb. 24, President Obama said, “[N]early a century after Teddy Roosevelt first called for reform, the cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of our nation long enough. So let there be no doubt: Health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year.".
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement at today’s bipartisan, bicameral Trade Adjustment Assistance press conference...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: In a tour de force of measurement science, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and issued for sale a new test material for calibrating quality control equipment used extensively by the polymer industry. The product of a 5-year effort that also produced...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 10, 2009
News Release: Camp Participates In and Reacts to White House’s “Fiscal Responsibility Summit".
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former corrections officer with the Lucas County, Ohio, Sheriff’s Office was sentenced today to four years in prison for violating the civil rights of inmates in his custody at the Lucas County jail, as well as private citizens on the streets of the greater Toledo area, announced Acting ...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Carl Courtright III, of Granite City, Ill., was convicted today on child pornography and bank fraud charges in the Southern District of Illinois following a five-day jury trial, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Criminal Division Rita M. Glavin and U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois Courtney Cox announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 9, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - A former U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) employee who falsified his performance evaluation to justify an annual performance award to which he was not entitled pleaded guilty today to one count of making false statements, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General Rita M. Glavin of the Criminal Division.
