News published on Federal Newswire in April 2003

News from April 2003


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Statement by NIST Director Arden Bement on NIST's World Trade Center Evacuation and Safety Studies

News Release: The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today outlined its plans to conduct a series of interviews that will provide key data on occupant behavior, egress and emergency communications during the World Trade Center (WTC) disaster on Sept. 11, 2001. The plans for...


Grassley Fights for U.S. Agriculture in Meeting With Japanese Leaders

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, this week expressed disappointment with Japan’s “go slow" approach to liberalizing agricultural trade.


Collins Introduces Legislation to Increase Flexibility in Homeland Security Grants

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation today authorizing the Department of Homeland Security, which awards homeland security grants, to provide waivers that would allow states to use funds from one category, such as training, for another purpose, such as purchasing equipment.


Baucus Pushes Charitable Giving Bill Through Senate

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Max Baucus, together with Chairman Grassley and Senators Lieberman and Santorum, passed the Charity Aid Recovery and Empowerment (CARE) Act legislation today. The CARE Act encourages charitable giving and is completely paid for, in part by strengthening the government’s enforcement efforts against those who use abusive tax shelters.


House Passes Collins' Postal Reform

News Release: WASHINGTON-On Tuesday, the House approved legislation introduced by Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) that will lower Postal Service costs and postpone further postal rate increases until at least 2006. The Collins bill, S. 380, passed the Senate unanimously last week.


Statement of Senator Max Baucus: Hearing on Social Security Trustees’ Report

News Release: Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding today’s hearing on Social Security’s finances. I am particularly interested in looking at the health of Social Security's Trust Funds.


Grassley Praises Advancement of Corporate Governance Reforms

News Release: WASHINGTON -- Today's Senate passage of legislation from Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, to rein in abusive corporate tax shelters is the latest in a series of corporate governance reforms Grassley has advanced through his committee.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete Domenici announced today that he intends to postpone any consideration of climate change matters until the floor debate on his energy bill. Senator Domenici’s statement: My decision to postpone consideration of climate change matters ...


Grassley on Developments in the Budget Conference Committee

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, issued the following comment today about developments in the budget conference committee. Grassley is also a member of the Budget Committee and a conferee.


Bakers at Heart

News Release: Tradition is very dear to the Agricultural Research Service's Soft Wheat Quality Research Unit at Wooster, Ohio, as it is to millers and bakers. Patrick L. Finney and Charles S. Gaines are food technologists at the Wooster unit, but they also consider themselves millers and bakers at heart. They are committed to finding new wheats to satisfy customers who love "soft wheat" in their pastries, cookies, crackers and flat breads.