News published on Federal Newswire in March 2003

News from March 2003


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a five page proposed rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page proposed rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 4, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Grassley on the President's Medicare Framework

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment about the Medicare framework unveiled today by President Bush. Grassley is chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance.


Grassley, Baucus Question SEC on Post-Enron Rule-making

News Release: Dear Mr. Donaldson: Congratulations on your nomination and confirmation as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. We wish you success in your new position. We are writing to bring to your attention a matter of mutual concern - restoring integrity, accountability and confidence in corporate...


Rising From the Ashes

News Release: Almost two years ago, a wildfire swept through 1,200 acres of grasslands at the Agricultural Research Service's U.S. Sheep Experiment Station near Dubois, Idaho, and destroyed half of a long-term grazing study that began more than 50 years ago. ARS rangeland scientist Steven Seefeldt decided to salvage something from the loss.


Health and Human Services Inspector General's Resignation

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley issued the following comment regarding the resignation today of Janet Rehnquist, the Inspector General for the Department of Health and Human Services. Last October,.


Lieberman Details Troubles With Bush Budget Advises Budget Leaders On Homeland Security Spending Priorities

News Release: WASHINGTON - After close examination of the Bush Administration’s Fiscal Year 2004 budget, Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., has outlined several key areas of worrisome under funding, most conspicuously in the homeland security budget. And he proposed more realistic funding levels.


SENATE TODAY PASSES SEVEN ENERGY COMMITTEE BILLS

News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate today passed, by unanimous consent, seven Energy Committee bills. The Senate passed the same bills in the 107th Congress. The bills were filed earlier this year in substantially the same form and cleared by the committee on February 5. The seven bills are: S. 111 - A bill ...


Baucus Critical of Bush Rx Drug Plan

News Release: (Washington, D.C.) - Stating that Montana seniors deserve the same treatment asseniors in urban areas, today Montana Senator Max Baucus sharply criticized PresidentBush's plan to force seniors into private healthcare plans, in order to receive prescriptiondrug coverage.


Baucus Comments on Resignation of Inspector General Janet Rehnquist

News Release: Ms. Rehnquist's decision to resign was right under the circumstances. It iscritically important that we have a strong and effective Inspector General at theDepartment of Health and Human Services (HHS) and that the IG can be trusted by ournation's taxpayers to be fair, nonpartisan, and a tough force...


News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Attorney General John Ashcroft will testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. EST regarding the Justice Department's progress in the war on terrorism.


News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY MONDAY. MARCH 3, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.–Assistant Attorney General Michael Chertoff will hold a news conference TODAY, MONDAY, MARCH 3, 2003 at 1:15 p.m. regarding a criminal matter. He will be joined by Roscoe Howard, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia and Mike Rolince, Special Agent in Charge of the Counterterrorism Division for the Washington Field Office of the FBI.