News published on Federal Newswire in April 2005

News from April 2005


Prairie Towers Watch Carbon and Water Losses from Cornfields

News Release: A pair of 33-foot towers flanking a road that divides two of Doug Wulf's cornfields puzzles drivers south of Morris in western Minnesota. The towers hold instruments that monitor wind, carbon dioxide and water vapor year-round, 24 hours a day. The instruments have to be moved upwards as the corn grows each season, so they always stay about six feet above the corn tassels.


Goodlatte Congratulates Rob Portman Appointment

News Release: Chairman Bob Goodlatte today issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s confirmation of Rob Portman’s appointment as U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)...


Grassley, Baucus, Colleagues Urge Crackdown on China’s Intellectual Property Rights Violations

News Release: Dear President Bush: We are writing to express our serious concern with the lack of adequate and effective enforcementof China’s intellectual property rights (IPR) laws. We recognize that China has made progress sincejoining the World Trade Organization in 2001, particularly in adopting a wide range...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 LOS ANGELES, CA - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today joined Court TV anchor Vinnie Politan to discuss the importance of protecting intellectual property (IP) with over 120 Los Angeles-area high school ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The former president of an Indiana ready mixed concrete company has agreed to plead guilty, to serve eight months in prison, and to pay a $70,000 criminal fine for his role in a conspiracy to fix the price of ready mixed concrete sold in certain counties in Indiana, the Department of Justice announced.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON D.C.-Eileen J. O’Connor, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division; William J. Leone, U.S. Attorney for the District of Colorado; and Nancy Jardini, Chief, Internal ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 (202) 514-6933 WASHINGTON D.C.-Eileen J. O’Connor, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department’s Tax Division; Gregory G. Lockhart, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; and Nancy Jardini, Chief, Internal ...


News Release: Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on First Quarter GDP: "America's economy continues on a steady and sustainable path of expansion. Businesses continue to spend and invest and more Americans are working today than ever before. Our economy has kept a solid pace ...



The US Interior Department published a four page rule on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page rule on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on April 28, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.