News published on Federal Newswire in December 2003

News from December 2003


The US Transportation Department published a six page proposed rule on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a nine page proposed rule on Dec. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announces the seventh year of shuttle bus transportation beginning Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003 and running through mid-April 2004. “It’s an exciting time to visit the park with elephant seals returning to the Point Reyes Headlands and gray whales migrating between Alaska...


News Release: The Agricultural Research Service today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals at...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn. - who last month asked the Defense Department Inspector General to investigate Halliburton's inflated oil importation charges - issued the following statement Friday in response to a separate DOD audit that found Halliburton may have overcharged the government by as much as $61 million for fuel deliveries to Iraq...


Former Baltimore City Police Officer Sentenced For Conspiracy To Distribute Cocaine

News Release: DEC 12--Washington, D.C. - The Washington Division of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), announced today that Eduardo Munoz, age 33, a former Baltimore City Police Officer who resided in Ellicott City, Maryland was sentenced by United States District Judge Catherine C. Blake to 57 months in prison...


Senators Release GAO Report on Car Donations to Charities

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking member, today released a General Accounting Office report showing taxpayers might take much more generous tax breaks for donating cars to charities than deserved, and the Internal Revenue Service is giving the issue little scrutiny.


News Release: The popular holiday plant known as amaryllis is being featured in a two-month exhibit at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. Hundreds of lovely amaryllis in full bloom are on display there now, including unusual species and dazzling new hybrids.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) today praised the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) steps to encourage universities to tackle the challenges of agroterrorism. Senator Collins held a hearing on agroterrorism last month and urged President Bush...


News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Attorney General John Ashcroft will speak at the American Legislative Exchange Council Luncheon on Friday, December 12th, at 12:30 P.M. MST.


News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Attorney General John Ashcroft will hold a press conference regarding Project Safe Neighborhoods TODAY, Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003, at 2:45 PM EST.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft today applauded the record of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and communities who are working together through Project Safe Neighborhoods to prevent and prosecute gun crime.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft, Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division, Acting Director Bradley Buckles of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division announced today that a Florida attorney has pleaded guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud related to an anthrax-related “pump and dump” scheme.


Department of Labor and Small Business
		Administration Partner to Support People With Disabilities

News Release: WASHINGTON—Labor Secretary Elaine L. Chao and Small Business Administration Administrator Hector V. Barreto today signed a Strategic Alliance Memorandum (SAM) designed to help people with disabilities pursue small business ownership and to also increase their employment opportunities in small businesses.


The US Interior Department published a two page rule on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a five page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a five page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.