News published on Federal Newswire in March 2005

News from March 2005


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


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


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


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


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


The US Interior Department published a three page rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on March 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Energy & Natural Resources Chairman Pete V. Domenici today affirmed his interest in including a clean and renewable portfolio standard in the bipartisan energy bill the committee will mark-up later this spring. The committee today held a hearing on RPS efforts among states and ...


Tracking Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms

News Release: Antibiotics have been used for years to fight bacterial infections, but some bacteria are developing resistance to these antimicrobial drugs. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Athens, Ga., are tracking antimicrobial resistance and seeking ways to minimize it.


Grassley Expresses Concern Over Physician-owned Specialty Hospitals

News Release: WASHINGTON - Physician-owned specialty hospitals raise troubling questions and deserve continued scrutiny from policymakers, Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, said today. Grassley’s comments came after he convened a hearing to examine a new government report showing that specialty hospitals don’t save Medicare money and take patients who are more profitable under Medicare than average.


SENATOR COLLINS URGES FUNDING FOR FIRST RESPONDERS

News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Susan Collins today urged the Senate Budget Committee to include funding to enhance states’ homeland security needs. The request calls for funding for the State Homeland Security Grant Program (SHSGP), the Law Enforcement Terrorism Prevention Program (LETPP), and a baseline level...


News Release: Washington, DC- U.S. Senators Jim Jeffords, I-Vt., and Barbara Boxer, D-Cal., today released a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report concluding that the EPA needs to establish more effective mechanisms to protect communities from exposure to toxic contamination. At the vast majority of hazardous ...


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee staff finalized 25 groups to present and discuss their proposed solutions to the challenge of developing and using coal in an environmentally-friendly manner to help meet the growing U.S. demand for electricity. This half-day bipartisan ...