News published on Federal Newswire in March 2005

News from March 2005


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on March 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on March 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


COLLINS, LIEBERMAN URGE ACCELERATION OF COAST GUARD DEEPWATER MODERNIZATION PROGRAM

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Citing concerns about the safety and efficiency of Coast Guard ships and aircraft, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-Me.) and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D- Conn.) are renewing their call for an acceleration of the 22-year timetable...


Baucus Applauds Passage of Smith-Bingaman-Coleman-Baucus Amendment to Protect the Medicaid Program from Budget Cuts

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) U.S. Senator Max Baucus, Ranking Member of the Senate FinanceCommittee today applauded the passage of an amendment that protects the Medicaid programfrom budget cuts. The bipartisan amendment sponsored by Senators Smith, Bingaman,Coleman, and Baucus, struck the cuts proposed in the...


COLLINS, LIEBERMAN INTRODUCE AMENDMENT TO RESTORE $855 MILLION FOR HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING

News Release: Washington, DC - Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) have offered an amendment to the congressional budget resolution to restore $855 million in proposed budget cuts to vital first responder programs in the Department of Homeland Security, and for port security grant dollars, and...


News Release: Washington, DC - The Senate today approved an amendment offered by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) to provide $855 million to restore cuts to vital first responder programs in the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, and for port security grants. The...


SENATE APPROVES COLLINS-LIEBERMAN AMENDMENT TO RESTORE $855 MILLION IN HOMELAND SECURITY FUNDING; 63-37 VOTE

News Release: Washington, DC - The Senate today approved an amendment offered by Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) to provide $855 million to restore cuts to vital first responder programs in the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, and for port security grant dollars.


News Release: WASHINGTON-Citing concerns about the safety and efficiency of Coast Guard ships and aircraft, Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-Me.) and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) are renewing their call for an acceleration of the 22-year timetable for...


Grassley, Baucus on the Nomination of U.S. Trade Representative

News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, and Sen. Max Baucus, ranking member, today made the following statements on today’s announcement of the nomination of Rep. Rob Portman to be United States Trade Representative. The Finance Committee is responsible forinternational trade legislation in the Senate and whether to recommend the President’s nominationfor this position to the full Senate for confirmation.


News Release: FORT PIERCE, Fla., Mar. 17-A new U.S. Department of Agriculture mobile biocontainment laboratory that will allow scientists to work more safely with invasive species and other agricultural threats was unveiled here today at the U.S. Horticultural Research Laboratory (USHRL).


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The price of crude oil and gasoline both climbed to new records today, meanwhile the Dow dropped 1 percent, partially in reaction to rising oil prices. Crude prices for April delivery broke above $57 for the first time, reaching $57.50 on the New York Mercantile Exchange overnight. ...


Grassley, Baucus Affirm Intent on Repatriated Funds Tax Provision

News Release: Dear Mr. Solomon: On Nov. 19, 2004, we introduced H.R. 5395 and S. 3019, the Tax Technical Corrections Actof 2004. We introduced that bill to provide guidance for time-sensitive technical corrections, such as those affecting companies that plan to invest their foreign earnings in the United States...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 16, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - R. Hewitt Pate, Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Department’s Antitrust Division, issued the following statement today after the Department announced the closing of its money transfer ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 16, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OJP CONTACT: PETE PIERCE 202-307-0703 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice today announced that it will award a $100,000 grant to the National Center for State Courts to review court safety and security.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 USAO (313) 226-9100 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division and U.S. Attorney Stephen J. Murphy, III announced today that ...


Labor Department Offers Employers Database of Qualified College Students and Graduates Seeking Summer and Full-time Jobs

News Release: WASHINGTON—A free database that identifies 1,913 qualified college students and recent graduates with disabilities who seek summer and fulltime employment is available for the tenth year to public and private sector employers to help them meet their staffing needs.



The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.