News published on Federal Newswire in March 2004

News from March 2004


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Senators Continue Inquiry Into The Nature Conservancy

News Release: Dear Mr. McCormick: We appreciate the cooperation of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) with the FinanceCommittee’s independent review of TNC’s activities, transactions and practices. This letter is afollow-up regarding certain information the Finance Committee received from the first round ofquestions. Further,...


NIST Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Investigation Team Calls for Improvements

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I.- The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today called on the organizations that develop building and fire safety codes, standards and practices-and the state and local agencies that adopt them-to make specific changes to improve the fire safety of nightclubs as a result of the agency's investigation of the Feb. 20, 2003, fire at The Station nightclub in W. Warwick, R.I.


NIST Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Investigation Team Calls for Improvements

News Release: PROVIDENCE, R.I.- The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today called on the organizations that develop building and fire safety codes, standards and practices-and the state and local agencies that adopt them-to make specific changes to improve the fire safety of nightclubs as a result of the agency's investigation of the Feb. 20, 2003, fire at The Station nightclub in W. Warwick, R.I.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) and Senator Daniel Akaka (D-HI), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security, today urged the Budget Committee to include $300 million in the Fiscal Year 2005 budget...


Baucus Focuses on Sharpening America's Competitive Edge, Addresses "Offshoring"

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Max Baucus today spoke at the Brookings Institute toaddress the issue of "offshoring" - the practice of U.S. companies using resources or employeesoutside of the United States - and laid out a legislative agenda to ensure that America remainscompetitive and internationally connected.


News Release: Identifying the benefits of grazing dairy cows on pasture having diverse forage plant mixtures is the objective of a cooperative study by scientists with the Agricultural Research Service and Pennsylvania State University (PSU ).


Baucus Leads Debate on Manufacturing Tax Relief Bill

News Release: Wholly domestic manufacturers, U.S.-based multinational manufacturers, Foreign corporations manufacturing in the United States, S-corporations, Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, and Agricultural and horticultural cooperatives. Multinational Corporations (MNCs). § The JOBS bill includes a foreign domestic...


Grassley Praises President’s Signing of Social Security Anti-Fraud Bill

News Release: WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, todaypraised President Bush’s signing of bipartisan legislation to rein in several sources of fraud, waste,and abuse of Social Security programs. On Tuesday, the President signed into law the SocialSecurity Protection Act of 2004, which Grassley shepherded through the Senate.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice announced today that a federal judge in Nashville has issued an injunction order that permanently bars Daniel Gleason, a tax advisor and tax return preparer, from ...


News Release: MEDIA ADVISORY TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General John Ashcroft and United States Attorney David Kelley of the Southern District of New York will hold a press conference on a criminal matter TODAY, TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2004 AT 1:00 P.M. EST in the United States Attorney’s Office in Manhattan, NY.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environmental and Natural Resources Division, announced the conviction and sentencing in Tacoma, Washington of two individuals for violating the Marine Mammal Protection Act for shooting a sea lion while they were sport fishing for salmon.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 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, U.S. Attorney Alice Martin of the Northern District of Alabama, and Carmen S. Adams, Special Agent in Charge of ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced the signing and approval of an agreement reached with Harris County, Texas to protect the rights of Vietnamese-speaking voters. The memorandum of understanding and agreement details the county’s responsibilities in providing qualified minority-language voters full access to the voting process.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- The Department of Justice today announced the sentencing of a Florida man previously convicted on human trafficking-related charges. Ramiro Ramos was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to hold workers in involuntary servitude and harboring undocumented workers.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on March 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.