News published on Federal Newswire in September 2004

News from September 2004


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page proposed rule on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on Sept. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Scientists Tame 'Hip Hop' Atoms: Precision Placement May Help in Building Nanoscale Devices

News Release: In an effort to put more science into the largely trial and error building of nanostructures, physicists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated new methods for placing what are typically unruly individual atoms at precise locations on a crystal surface.


Lieberman Hails Vote Against Outsourcing DHS Immigration Jobs

News Release: WASHINGTON--Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Thursday applauded the Senate’s approval of an amendment to stop the privatization of 1,100 Immigration Information Officers at the Department of Homeland Security. The amendment to the 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations...


Grassley Urges Medicare Officials to Study Recommendations on Competitive Bidding

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today saidhe hopes Medicare officials will study new recommendations as they work to introduce competitivebidding for medical equipment such as power wheelchairs. Grassley had concerns about imposingcompetitive bidding for durable...


Postal, Public Health Officials Misunderstood Anthrax

News Release: WASHINGTON - Federal agencies need to err on the side of caution when considering how best to protect employees from potentially life-threatening attacks, the Government Accountability Office said in a new report released Thursday by Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.


News Release: The National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation recently released animal germplasm from its collection for the first time, to researchers with the University of Missouri-Columbia.


NIST Tests Provide Fire Resistance Data on World Trade Center Floor Systems

News Release: The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently reported that results from a series of four fire resistance tests conducted in August 2004 on composite concrete-steel trussed floor systems typical of those used in the World Trade Center (WTC) towers showed that...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced that a federal jury in Texas convicted former Crystal City Police Department Officer Jimmy Aguilar on federal civil rights charges for assaulting a man during the course of an arrest and then attempting to cover up his actions.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 “The Justice Department is reviewing Judge Kopf’s order, in which he declined to apply his injunction to cases where the unborn child is indisputably viable. In this case, as in the cases in New York ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 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, U.S. Attorney Kenneth L. Wainstein of the District of Columbia, and Michael J. Garcia, Homeland Security Assistant ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 PORTLAND, ME. - Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, and Paula D. Silsby, the U.S. Attorney for the District of ...


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on Sept. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.