News from November 2003
By Commerce News Now | Nov 12, 2003
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 12, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTON - Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Wednesday said the Administration has not properly certified over 500 research labs using dangerous biological agents, as called for in the law, nor conducted requisite background checks on 3,600 employees at these labs.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2003
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley andRanking Member Max Baucus today released a report citing serious problems encountered byU.S. taxpayers as a result of using paid income tax preparers and lack of enforcement by theInternal Revenue Service (IRS) in resolving these problems.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 12, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTON, Nov. 12--Officials from the Agricultural Research Service and Mexico's National Council for Science and Technology (CONACyT) signed an agreement here today expediting cooperative research to tackle agricultural problems affecting both the United States and Mexico. ARS is the chief scientific research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 12, 2003
News Release: Washington, D.C.-The Committee on Environment and Public Works approved today, by a bipartisan vote of 17 to 2, the reauthorization (S. 1072) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21). The bill, called the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003 (SAFETEA), will provide $255 billion to address the nation's surface transportation needs over the next 6 years.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 12, 2003
News Release: The hearing previously scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 13, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-366 has been cancelled. The committee will advise when the hearing is to be rescheduled.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 12, 2003
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has worked for months to try to reverse Mexico’s imposed or threatened trade barriers to U.S. agricultural products. He has urged Mexico to comply with its international trade obligations. Grassley made the following comment on Mexican President Vincente Fox’s step on high fructose corn syrup, a key product of Iowa andother corn-producing states.
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 11, 2003
News Release: WASHINGTON - Calling for an update in the federal government’s 40-year-old method of measuring poverty, Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., and Finance Subcommittee Chairman Rick Santorum, R-Pa., are recommending that assets, or the lack thereof, be taken into consideration...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2003
News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) -- U.S. Senator Max Baucus issued the following statement today uponthe President's signing of the Military Family Tax Relief Act...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2003
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over federal taxes, today made the following comment on President Bush’s signing of the bipartisan legislation offering tax relief for military men and women, including reservists. Grassley co-authored the bill; last week’s House passage of the Senate’s version of the bill - after more than a year of delays -cleared the legislation for the President’s consideration.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 11, 2003
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment in response to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s criticism of the committee’s pension bill.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2003
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Recoveries in suits and investigations of fraud against the United States for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2003, tallied a record $2.1 billion, the Justice Department announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 10, 2003
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 As part of our vigorous effort to defend the partial birth abortion ban, the Justice Department today requested that the court in the Southern District of New York set a date for a combined preliminary ...
By Labor Gazette | Nov 10, 2003
News Release: Site Now Includes Information on 48 State and 419 Federal Programs WASHINGTONThe U.S. Department of Labor, in conjunction with the Office of Management and Budget, today announced the launch of a new version of GovBenefits.gov, a Web site developed to serve citizens as the first government-wide resource ...
By State News Post | Nov 10, 2003
The US State Department published a one page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 10, 2003
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 10, 2003
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 10, 2003
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 10, 2003
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 10, 2003
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Nov. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
