News published on Federal Newswire in July 2005

News from July 2005


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page proposed rule on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on July 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: At 5:20 a.m. this morning, a 54" water main located within park boundaries at Cochran Shoals broke causing a 25' x 25' hole with up to 500,000 gallons of water released onto the park grounds. Cobb County - Marietta Water Authority has brought in heavy equipment to repair the water main break.


Baucus Commends Senate Panel’s Vote to Support IRS Funding for Balanced Service and Enforcement

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Max Baucus, the ranking member of the Senate FinanceCommittee, commended the Senate panel on Treasury Appropriations for approving InternalRevenue Service (IRS) funding that will let the IRS continue to provide taxpayers with acomplete array of taxpayer services as well...


Senators Collins and Lieberman Criticize TSA For Violating Privacy Laws While Testing Passenger Prescreening System

News Release: Dear Secretary Chertoff: Today, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its findings on the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Secure Flight Test Records privacy notices. We are writing to express our concerns over these findings and our continued interest in deployment of a...


Lieberman Disagrees With Decision On Air Traffic Specialists

News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Joe Lieberman registered his strong opposition Friday to Federal Aviation Administrator Marion Blakey’s decision to allow for the privatization of 2,500 air traffic specialists. Fifty Connecticut jobs and a regional hub in Stratford are at stake. The National Association of Air Traffic...


News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore announced today that it has received $1.8 million in federal funding this year to rehabilitate the historic Lifeboat Station railway system on Drakes Bay. The National Park Service proposes to begin rehabilitation this summer and complete the project in early 2006. The contract...


News Release: Washington, DC - Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) today criticized the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) for failing to meet basic Privacy Act requirements in carrying out testing of the Secure Flight program, which is an airline passenger prescreening system aimed at identifying known or suspected terrorists.


Jeffrey Confirmed by Senate as 13th NIST Director

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Senate today confirmed William Alan Jeffrey, a veteran manager of federal science and technology development, as the 13th director of the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).


Bacteria Propel Gains in Ammonia Removal

News Release: Using an innovative bacterial process, Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are paving the way for new, cost-efficient and large-scale methods of removing ammonia from livestock wastewater.


News Release: Georgia CWRP, under the leadership of Oldcastle, Inc., CH2M Hill, and ENSR, is working with the National Park Service on a Natural Systems Enhancement Project at the Johnson Ferry Unit of the Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area. The project’s goals are to rehabilitate the wetlands, streams...


Grassley, Baucus Comments on Revised Pension Bill Unveiled Today

News Release: Statements by the Leaders of the Senate Committee on Finance Pension Reform Chairman’s Mark Friday, July 22, 2005.


Virginia & Federal Authorities Disrupt Colombian Drug Supply to U.S.

News Release: JUL 22-- FAIRFAX - The estimated $3.1 million worth of duct-taped “bricks" of pure Colombian heroin and cocaine were destined for the United States when Virginia State Police and Drug Enforcement Administration Agency (DEA) agents intercepted the shipment at a South American airport. Further investigation led to the recent arrests of two Colombian men, one of whom has been a major South American drug trafficker for almost 20 years.