News published on Federal Newswire in March 2002

News from March 2002


Lieberman Condemns House Ways and Means Amendment Undercutting the 527 Law

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Wednesday condemned the House Ways and Means Committee’s adoption of an amendment that would undermine the so-called 527 stealth PAC law, an important campaign finance reform authored by Lieberman and enacted two years ago in an effort to rid the nation’s electoral campaigns of undisclosed campaign cash.


Lieberman Asks Postal Service For Update on Bioterrorism Protections

News Release: Dear Mr. Potter: Last fall, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs conducted a series of hearings on homeland security. As you know, two of the hearings addressed the problems faced by the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the public due to "Terrorism Through the Mail." The testimony raised...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Four leading members of the Governmental Affairs Committee, responding to a new analysis of the United States Postal Service?s financial problems, urged the Service to present a workable blueprint to lift itself out of its cycle of debt.


News Release: Mr. President. With the impending vote on final passage of the McCain-Feingold/Shays-Meehan bill, we are fast approaching the end of an incredible Odyssey B one that, while perhaps not so long as that of the mythical Odysseus, has certainly been every bit as challenging, suspenseful and epic. Time and...


News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman today announced that the Committee has approved the Presidential Appointments Improvement Act, their legislation correcting problems of the presidential appointment process...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General John Ashcroft today named Vance Hitch the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of Justice. The Department's CIO is responsible for leading and implementing the effective and efficient acquisition and management of information technology across the Department.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 616-2777 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, DC – Attorney General John Ashcroft issued the following statement regarding Inspector General Glenn Fine's report on the FBI's handling of documents related to Timothy McVeigh. Ashcroft requested ...


News Release: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY–NOT FOR RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Justice will hold a background briefing with a Senior Justice Department official regarding federal sentencing structure for cocaine offenses TODAY, Tuesday, March 19 at 3:00 p.m.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A federal grand jury in Los Angeles today indicted a Japanese carbon fiber company, its Menlo Park, California-based American subsidiary and a Japanese executive for obstruction of justice in connection with the investigation of possible price fixing in the carbon fiber industries, the Department of Justice announced.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OLP (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Justice Department's Office of Legal Policy today released an analysis of prison sentences for federal cocaine offenses. The report concludes that, for comparable quantities of cocaine, the differential between prison sentences for crack traffickers and powder traffickers is much smaller than commonly believed.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Attorney General John Ashcroft will address employees of the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia TOMORROW, Wednesday, March 20.


Labor Department Proposes Amendment Of Streamlined Exemption Process

News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on March 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a three page notice on March 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on March 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a three page notice on March 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.