News published on Federal Newswire in April 2004

News from April 2004


Grassley keeps pressure on for clean-up of fraud and waste in power wheelchair program

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that the Medicare officials need toact quickly to stop the scams and end the waste that riddle its power wheelchair program.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee today approved nine bills by unanimous consent in an 11:30 a.m. business meeting: S. 2071, S. 1097, S. 1582, S. 1687, S. 1778, S. 1791, S. Res. 321, H.R. 1521, and H.R. 3249. The bills are as follows: S. 1071 - A bill to authorize the ...


News Release: OXFORD, Miss., Apr. 28--Scientists from around the world will focus on one of the great threats to agricultural watersheds when the Third International Symposium on Gully Erosion begins here today.


Bacterial Proteins Combat Campylobacter

News Release: Proteins from harmless microorganisms can reduce Campylobacter and other pathogenic bacteria in poultry intestines, a team of Agricultural Research Service and Russian scientists has discovered.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -- According to a General Accounting Office (GAO) report released today during a Senate Governmental Affairs Committee hearing chaired by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), with better oversight, as much as $300 million could be saved annually through the purchase card program. “The American...


Senators Grassley and Baucus Continue Efforts to Shut Down Terrorist Financing Activities

News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We appreciate your letter of April 16 on the new Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) in the Department of Treasury. Also, your response to our letter on the Office of Foreign Assets Control’s (OFAC) role in enforcing economic sanctions was especially helpful. Operations...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Justice Department today announced the guilty pleas of two final defendants, both avowed white supremacists, previously indicted for participating in a June 2001 racially motivated assault at a Springfield, Missouri restaurant.


U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao Announces
		New Enforcement Task Force

News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La.—U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao today named a new enforcement task force within the Wage and Hour division of the Department of Labor to maximize protection of workers’ pay rights under new Overtime Security rules announced last week. The announcement followed a meeting Secretary Chao held with Department of Labor Wage and Hour regional managers and district directors.



The US State Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published an eight page rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page proposed rule on April 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.