News published on Federal Newswire in September 2004

News from September 2004


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Sept. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Reclamation Commissioner Keys Announces Contract Award For Excavation Of The Outlet Works Tunnel For Ridges Basin Dam

News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner John Keys announced today that Reclamation has awarded a contract in the amount of $5.9 million to Weeminuche Construction Authority (WCA) for excavation of the outlet works tunnel at Ridges Basin Dam. Upon completion of the Animas-La Plata Project, located in southwestern Colorado, the outlet works tunnel will be used to release water from the Ridges Basin Dam back to the Animas River.


New Food Consumption Data Released

News Release: After several years of careful planning, new, integrated federal nationwide food consumption data were launched today on the World Wide Web for public use. The Agricultural Research Service food consumption survey (formerly CSFII), known as What We Eat in America, has been integrated with the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, known as NHANES.


Statement of U.S. Senator Max Baucus Regarding Passage of Middle Class Tax Cut Extensions

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) On Thursday evening, the House and the Senate passed the conference report, H.R. 1308, which will extend numerous individual tax cuts to millions of middle-income Americans set to expire in 2005. U.S. Senator Max Baucus, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, praised the tax cuts, but raised concerns about the nation’s rising deficit.


Low-income Families Benefit from Family Tax Bill

News Release: Statement Prepared for Floor Delivery on the Low-Income Families Benefit from Working Families Tax Relief Act of 2004 Thursday, Sept. 23, 2004.


Grassley Helps to Advance Family Tax Cuts, Alternative Energy Tax Incentives

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, todayurged Congress to give final approval to continued tax relief for millions of families and individualsand continued tax incentives for renewable energy production. Grassley played a critical role inadvancing the tax measures as chairman of a House-Senate conference committee overseeing theirapproval.


News Release: Washington, D.C. -Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today expressed support for the Department of Energy’s announced plan to negotiate the short-term loan of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to some Gulf Coast refineries whose supply of oil has been disrupted by Hurricane ...


News Release: Washington-The Senate Governmental Affairs Committee today gave unanimous approval to legislation by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) that represents the most sweeping reform of the intelligence community in more than fifty years. The Collins-Lieberman National Intelligence Reform...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 "The United States and enemy combatant Yaser Esam Hamdi and his counsel have signed an agreement that allows Hamdi to be released from United States custody and transferred to the Kingdom of Saudi ...


News Release: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV DAG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Deputy Attorney General James Comey and other federal officials will hold a press conference TODAY, SEPTEMBER 22, at 1:30 P.M. EDT, regarding a corporate fraud matter.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Deputy Attorney General James B. Comey, U.S. Attorney Roslynn R. Mauskopf of the Eastern District of New York, and FBI Director Robert Mueller announced today the unsealing of an ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with the Commonwealth of Kentucky resolving the Department's investigation of conditions at the Communities of Oakwood, a state-run residential institution serving almost 400 people with developmental disabilities.



The US Agriculture Department published a six page proposed rule on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page proposed rule on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Sept. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.