News published on Federal Newswire in March 2004

News from March 2004


Reclamation Names Law Enforcement Officials

News Release: Commissioner John Keys III has announced that the Bureau of Reclamation has hired a Chief of Law Enforcement and four Special Agents to serve as Regional Law Enforcement Officials.


News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Twenty-two Senators have joined Senate Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) in her efforts to restore funding for the State Homeland Security Grant program, which the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2005 budget proposed to cut by $1 billion. The FY ‘05 budget would...


Sen. Baucus to Unveil Offshoring Proposal at Brookings Institute

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Max Baucus, ranking member of the Senate FinanceCommittee, will speak at the Brookings Institute on Wednesday, March 3, 2004 to lay out hislegislative proposal addressing the issue of "offshoring" - the practice of U.S. companies usingresources or employees outside of the United States.


Monitoring Earth's Water Cycle From Space To Improve Weather Forecasting

News Release: Tom Jackson, a hydrologist with the Agricultural Research Service's Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory in Beltsville, Md., is the lead scientist for validation of the data to be collected by Hydros, a new satellite being developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). By 2010, Hydros should be orbiting the Earth daily and providing an unprecedented monitoring of the planet's water cycle.