News published on Federal Newswire in May 2004

By DOT News Wire | May 5, 2004

The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 5, 2004

The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | May 5, 2004

The US Interior Department published a two page rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By DOT News Wire | May 5, 2004

The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Homeland Newswire | May 5, 2004

News Release: WASHINGTON - Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Wednesday questioned whether the Environmental Protection Agency is pursuing enforcement action against nine Tennessee Valley Authority coal-fired power plants that have befouled the air and endangered public health.

By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2004

News Release: If you find yourself huffing and puffing at the gym, you might need to get more magnesium in your diet. Inadequate magnesium is associated with a need for increased oxygen during exercise, according to scientists with the Agricultural Research Service.

By USDA Newswire | May 5, 2004

News Release: WASHINGTON, May 5-Several Agricultural Research Service scientists are being honored in a ceremony in San Diego, Calif., today for their efforts to move federal technology and research out of the lab and into the marketplace. They are winners of the 2004 Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC ) Awards for Excellence in Technology Transfer.

By Commerce Newswire | May 5, 2004

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Max Baucus, Chairman and Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, today praised the actions of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in aggressively identifying and shutting down a large tax shelter operation, known as "Son of Boss.".

By DOE Newswire | May 5, 2004

News Release: High Gasoline Prices May 5, 2004 All these Senators that have come down here to rail against President Bush about high gasoline prices need to take a look in the mirror and blame themselves. I have been down here for months trying to get a comprehensive energy bill passed that will promote a policy of ...

By US DOT Newswire | May 5, 2004

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman of the Environment & Public Works Committee, made the following statement today regarding the need to bring the Safe Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act (SAFETEA) - also known as the highway bill - to a House/Senate conference committee as soon as possible...

By Commerce Newswire | May 4, 2004

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on contacting the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra regarding its purchase of rare instruments, including Stradivari violins, from Herbert R. Axelrod, a pet-care book publisher from the Jersey Shore.

By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2004

News Release: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Deputy Attorney General James Comey to speak on Patriot Act TODAY, TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2004 from 9:30 - 11:00 a.m. at the Heritage Foundation. Deputy Attorney General Comey will be one of ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2004

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice filed a civil injunction suit today in federal court in Ohio to stop Cincinnati resident Dana Ewell and his business, !SOLUTIONS! Group, from selling alleged tax ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2004

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- The United States Bankruptcy Court presiding over WorldCom, Inc.'s bankruptcy petitions has authorized the company to enter into a settlement with the United States, the Justice Department ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2004

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Assistant Attorney General Christopher A. Wray of the Criminal Division and Kenneth T. McCabe, Special Agent in Charge of the Pittsburgh Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2004

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 4, 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. Juan Ramos was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiring to hold workers in involuntary servitude and harboring undocumented workers.

By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2004

News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced the settlement of a lawsuit alleging discrimination based on familial status by the owners and managers of four apartment complexes in New Jersey: Lodi Court Apartments and Lodi Circle in Lodi, Wayne Kings Arms in Wayne and Hawthorne Gardens in Hawthorne.

By DOJ Newswire | May 4, 2004

News Release: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY TUESDAY, MAY 4, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Media registration for the G8 Ministerial Press Conference is being coordinated through the Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs. The press conference will be held on Tuesday, ...

By Labor Gazette | May 4, 2004

News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Wage and House Division Administrator Tammy McCutchen today told a Senate subcommittee that the Labor Department’s new overtime security rules will strengthen and guarantee overtime pay protection for 6.7 million additional workers.

By Labor Gazette | May 4, 2004

News Release: WASHINGTON—At a news conference today Chuck Canterbury, President of the nation’s largest police labor organization in America, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), and Ed Mullins, President of the Sergeants Benevolent Association of the New York City Police Department (SBA), the largest police sergeants ...