News published on Federal Newswire in March 2003

News from March 2003


The US Commerce Department published an eight page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a three page rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a two page rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on March 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Sens. Collins, Lieberman Seek to Improve Grant Process for First Responders

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Chairman of the Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the Committee’s Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D-CT) announced today that the committee will hold a series of hearings beginning in April to examine ways to improve the federal government’s myriad homeland...


Boosting the Calcium in Potatoes

News Release: Germplasm stored in the Agricultural Research Service's U.S. Potato Genebank at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., may help scientists increase calcium levels in this popular vegetable.


Commerce's NIST Names National Construction  Safety Team Advisory Committee

News Release: Eight prominent building and fire experts have been appointed by Arden Bement Jr., director of the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), to serve on the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee. The committee will advise the NIST director on carrying...


Lieberman Backs Hike In Homeland Security Spending

News Release: WASHINGTON - Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., a leading advocate for a more muscular domestic defense, endorsed an amendment to the budget resolution Thursday that would increase homeland security spending by $88 billion over 11 years, including $5 billion in an emergency...


Lieberman Faults Administration Progress

News Release: WASHINGTON - In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Thursday expressed strong concerns about the Administration’s headway in permanently protecting America’s critical infrastructure from terrorist attacks and requested an accounting by April 3 of progress of implementation of key security steps.


Grassley Re-introduces Bill to Help Save Family Farms

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the tax-writing Committee on Finance,.