News from April 2005
By USDA Wire | Apr 21, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Apr 21, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 21, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on April 21, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Susan Collins today emphasized the importance of eliminating fraud, waste, and abuse in federal programs and the oversight role of the Senate in achieving efficient and transparent government operations. Senator Collins is the Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: Portland, ME - Senator Susan Collins organized meetings today in Portland between Maine business owners and local officials and representatives from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Senator Collins requested the meetings with the regional director from CBP’s Boston Field Office and other CBP...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Senator Susan Collins, who authored the intelligence reform law that created the Director of National Intelligence, today addressed the US Senate in support of the President’s nominee for the position, Ambassador John Negroponte. Negroponte was later confirmed by the full Senate in a vote...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: Opening Statement of Sen. Chuck Grassley for the Nomination of Robert J. Portman to be United States Trade Representative Thursday, April 21, 2005.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: On Nov. 17, 2003, I wrote to you to enlist the assistance of the Department of Transportationin the Committee on Finance’s ongoing investigation of an abusive tax shelter that has come to beknown as LILOs - an abbreviation for “lease-in-lease-out" transactions, and SILOs - the...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: Chip-scale refrigerators capable of reaching temperatures as low as 100 milliKelvin have been used to cool bulk objects for the first time, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) report. The solid-state refrigerators have applications such as cooling cryogenic sensors in highly sensitive instruments for semiconductor defect analysis and astronomical research.
By DOE Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici congratulated Energy & Commerce Chairman Joe Barton for his leadership in steering his energy bill to bipartisan victory on the House floor. The House voted 249-183 for the Energy Policy Act of 2005. On the Senate side, committee ...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: Washington, DC - Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Tom Carper (D-DE) today stressed their commitment to getting comprehensive postal reform legislation approved by Congress and signed into law this year. Senators Collins and Carper have introduced legislation to reform and strengthen the United States...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Thursday submitted the following statement into the Congressional Record on his support for John Negroponte, confrimed to be the first Director of National Intelligence. Lieberman and HSGAC Chairman...
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Thursday applauded Senate approval of additional funding for border security. Lieberman co-sponsored an amendment to the Fiscal Year 2005 supplemental spending bill by Senator Robert Byrd, D-W.Va.,...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: Chairman Bob Goodlatte today chaired a hearing to review the implementation of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self Determination Act. In 2000, Congress passed the Secure Rural Schools Act which created new cooperative partnerships between citizens in forest counties and federal land managers...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 21, 2005
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found a way to entice male pink hibiscus mealybugs (PHMs) to congregate. That leaves the pesky insects--which attack more than 200 species of ornamental, vegetable and citrus crops--open to detection.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2005
News Release: IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 EPA (415) 947-4307 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced a settlement with Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. of Muncie, Indiana to resolve ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 EPA (312) 353-8254 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C.-The U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), and the State of Illinois today announced ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 20, 2005
News Release: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, DC - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will deliver remarks at the United States Attorneys Conference on THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2005 at 12:15 P.M. MST. A media availability will follow at 1:00 P.M. MST.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 20, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Apr 20, 2005
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on April 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
