News published on Federal Newswire in October 2002

Report Says Bush Administration Rewrote the Rules on Protecting the Environment, Public Health

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2002

News Release: WASHINGTON - The Bush administration, in reviewing previously approved environmental regulations shortly after it came to power in 2001, exhibited ?a pre-determined hostility? toward the regulations, according to a Majority Staff report issued Wednesday by Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman...

Commerce's NIST and National Federation of the Blind Cooperate on Development of Technology that Allows the Blind to 'Feel' Electronic Images

By Commerce Newswire | Oct 24, 2002

News Release: Partnership Exemplifies President's New Freedom Initiative for Helping Americans with Disabilities

Backtracking on SEC Oversight Funding

By Homeland Newswire | Oct 24, 2002

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Thursday called on President Bush to keep his word and provide a 77 percent budget increase for the Securities and Exchange Commission, warning that the public was at greater risk of more Enrons without those additional dollars.

CO-OWNER OF NEW YORK PRINTING COMPANY PLEADS GUILTY TO BID-RIGGING AND CONSPIRACY CHARGES

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2002

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 616-2777 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- The co-owner of a New York City printing brokerage company today pleaded guilty to rigging bids submitted to Grey Global Group Inc. (Grey), an advertising agency headquartered in Manhattan, and to a conspiracy charge arising from a scheme to defraud Grey and its clients through kickbacks and inflated invoices, the Department of Justice announced.

STATEMENT FROM BARBARA COMSTOCK, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2002

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOVTDD CRT (202) 514-2008 (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- "A recent story in The New York Times (10/23/02, "McCall and Golisano Attack Pataki on Use of Rikers Island Chief in Campaign Work," by Shaila K. Dewan) and an item in "Capitol Wire" ...

UNITED STATES ANNOUNCES SETTLEMENT FOR COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF PCB CONTAMINATION IN ANNISTON, ALABAMA

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2002

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 23, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV WWW.EPA.GOV WWW.EPA.GOV/REGION4 DOJ(202) 514-2007 EPA HEADQUARTERS (202) 564-7818 EPA REGION 4 (404) 562-8325 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Justice Department and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today filed a motion in federal court in Birmingham, ...

*** REVISED MEDIA ADVISORY*** PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE FOR BEIJING NEWS CONFERENCE ATTORNEY GENERAL TO HOLD NEWS CONFERENCES IN BEIJING AND HONG KONG

By DOJ Newswire | Oct 23, 2002

News Release: REVISED MEDIA ADVISORY WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2002 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 616-2777 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Attorney General will hold news conferences in Beijing and Hong Kong, China regarding law enforcement efforts in the War on Terrorism. Attorney General John Ashcroft is traveling in: Tokyo, Japan; Beijing, China; and Hong Kong, China from October 18 - Oct. 25, 2002.

Proposed rule published by Transportation Department on Oct. 23

By DOT News Wire | Oct 23, 2002

The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Oct. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

Proposed rule published by Interior Department on Oct. 23

By Interior Newswire | Oct 23, 2002

The US Interior Department published a four page proposed rule on Oct. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.