News published on Federal Newswire in January 2003

News from January 2003


News Release: Nineteen germplasm lines of waxy spring wheat jointly developed by Agricultural Research Service and university scientists are now available for breeding commercial cultivars with traits for high-amylopectin (HA) starch.


FY 2004 Homeland Security Funding Inadequate

News Release: WASHINGTON - Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., issued the following statement Thursday in response to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge’s comments on department funding for FY2004...


Grassley on Medicaid's Lack of Oversight

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today made the following statement in response to the General Accounting Office management study on “high risk" agencies in the executive branch. While Medicare has been on the list since 1991, Medicaid is on the list for the first time for the...


Grassley Re-introduces Charitable Giving Tax Incentives

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today reintroduced legislation establishing a series of tax breaks to encourage Americans to donate to charities. The legislation also includes Grassley’s “sunshine" provisions to promote greater accountability from charities to their donors. Grassley said he plans to schedule committee consideration of the legislation next Wednesday.


News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- The U.S. Department of Justice will host the 2003 National Project Safe Neighborhoods Conference in Philadelphia, PA from January 30 – February 1. The second annual conference will focus on ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that the owners and operators of the Midway Mobile Home Park in Junction City, Kansas, have agreed to pay $300,000 in damages and penalties to settle a lawsuit alleging that one of the owners sexually harassed women tenants at the Park.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 "I am pleased Minister Khan and I had the opportunity today for discussions on a range of important bilateral terrorism, law enforcement, and immigration issues including the fair and just implementation ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 616-2777 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- A former vice president of Royal Farms Inc., which owns and operates a chain of supermarkets in the New York metropolitan area, today pleaded guilty to fraud and tax charges relating to his receipt of $250,000 in cash kickbacks from vendors that supplied produce to the company's supermarkets, the Department of Justice announced.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.