News published on Federal Newswire in February 2004

News from February 2004


INHOFE SAYS, “SIXTY DAY EXTENSION IS A CALL TO ACTION”
Must work to finish six-year highway bill as soon as possible

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman of the Environment & Public Works Committee, called upon the House of Representatives to finish their work on S. 1072, the Safe Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA) following Senate passage today of a sixty-day extension of the current act.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Pointing to engine fires, faulty helicopters and deteriorating vessels that make it difficult for the Coast Guard to operate effectively, Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D-CT) today urged the Senate Budget Committee...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Friday won a hard-fought extension for the commission investigating the September 11th terrorist attacks. Lieberman and Senator John McCain, R-Ariz., authors of the original legislation that created the National Commission...


Grassley Seeks Fair Treatment of U.S. Corn, Soybeans in Morocco Trade Agreement

News Release: Dear Ambassador Zoellick: I am writing with regard to the tariff treatment of corn and soybeans in the proposed U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA). As negotiations of the proposed FTA continue this week, I urge you to pursue the immediate elimination of tariffs on U.S. exports to Morocco of corn,...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice is filing a civil antitrust lawsuit today in U.S. District Court in San Francisco to block Oracle Corp.’s attempt to acquire PeopleSoft Inc. The Department ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WHO:Assistant Attorney General R. Hewitt Pate WHAT:Pen & Pad (no cameras permitted) WHEN:TODAY, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 26, 2004, 4:00 P.M.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement agreement with the state of Nevada to resolve concerns of conditions of confinement at the Nevada Youth Training ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Roscoe C. Howard of the District of Columbia announced today that Narissa Smalls, a legal technician in FBI Headquarters, was sentenced to 12 months in prison today on charges stemming from her unlawful access of the FBI’s Automated Case Support (ACS) computer system.


The US Transportation Department published an eight page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a nine page rule on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on Feb. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.