Admin->Modules->Order Totals->Gift Certificates ... select and click Remove
Newsletters ... there is no on/off switch for it. If you wish to prevent it from being displayed, you could edit the tools...dhtml file in the admin boxes folder (hunt around and you'll find the exact path/file)
If you're really trying to simply limit access to certain things, you might consider the Admin Profiles contribution?
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