News from December 2003
By DOT News Wire | Dec 3, 2003
The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 3, 2003
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 3, 2003
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 3, 2003
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 3, 2003
The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 3, 2003
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 3, 2003
The US Commerce Department published an eight page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 3, 2003
The US Commerce Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 3, 2003
The US Commerce Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 3, 2003
The US Commerce Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Homeland Newswire | Dec 3, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) today said the Securities and Exchange Commission’s efforts to reform the mutual fund industry is a step in the right direction, but more work remains to be done. “I support the SEC's reported move to tighten late trading...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2003
News Release: Today, the National Visitor Center of the Agricultural Research Service got an early holiday present. A bluebird, five feet tall, with a large strawberry on its white chest and blueberries on its head, now perches inside the visitor center located in Beltsville, Md.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2003
News Release: The Office of Inspector General (OIG) at the Department of Health and Human Services has released an audit report following its review of Ryan White Title I payments made to Ryder Memorial Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The report disclosed that Ryder was reimbursed a total of $352,094 for services...

By Interior Newswire | Dec 3, 2003
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation has joined in partnership with the Idaho Department of Fish and Game and the Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District to construct a 2 ½ mile fence near Soldiers Meadow Reservoir in an attempt to control land use impacts from grazing and off-road vehicles.
By DOE Newswire | Dec 3, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Pete Domenici applauds President George W. Bush and his Administration for President Bush’s enactment of the bipartisan Healthy Forests Restoration Act. President Bush signed the bill into law today. Domenici, as chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 3, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTON - Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Wednesday said the Securities and Exchange Commission is taking some positive steps toward protecting mutual fund investors from recently discovered industry abuses but far more aggressive action will have to be taken...

By USDA Newswire | Dec 3, 2003
News Release: Three new citrus rootstocks developed by the Agricultural Research Service have emerged as strong candidates to help the U.S. citrus industry combat key diseases and the citrus root weevil.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 3, 2003
News Release: Today The New York Times reported that Tom Scully, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, sought and received an ethics waiver from the Department ofHealth and Human Services to allow him to be able to negotiate with potential employers for a healthcare-related job while continuing to work on the Medicare prescription drug bill. Sen. ChuckGrassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on this issue.

By Commerce Newswire | Dec 2, 2003
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, made the following commenton a new report from the General Accounting Office, “Medicaid Nursing Home Payments: States’ Payment Rates Largely Unaffected by Fiscal Pressure, GAO-03-10665. The report is posted at www.gao.gov.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 2, 2003
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Justice today announced that it is requiring Dyno Nobel Inc. to divest its 50 percent interest in an industrial grade ammonium nitrate (IGAN) production facility in ...