News published on Federal Newswire in May 2005

News from May 2005


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on May 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN: INVESTIGATION REVEALS WASTE, MISMANAGEMENT & FRAUD IN FEMA’S DISASTER AID PROGRAM IN MIAMI-DADE

News Release: Washington, DC - Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) today held a hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to examine the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) response to the series of hurricanes that struck Florida last year. The Committee...


SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN: INVESTIGATION REVEALS WASTE, MISMANAGEMENT & FRAUD IN FEMA’S DISASTER AID PROGRAM IN MIAMI-DADE

News Release: Washington, DC - Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) today held a hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to examine the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) response to the series of hurricanes that struck Florida last year. The Committee...


Quantum Computing Results May Help in Code Breaking

News Release: A crucial step in a procedure that could enable future quantum computers to break today's most commonly used encryption codes has been demonstrated by physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).


Defender Potato Makes Fabulous Fries, Foils Late Blight

News Release: Those delicious, golden fries you've enjoyed recently may have come from a potato called Defender. This excellent potato is the offspring of two parent potatoes chosen in 1990 by prominent Agricultural Research Service (ARS) potato breeder Joseph J. Pavek, formerly at the ARS Small Grains and Potato Germplasm Research Laboratory in Aberdeen, Idaho, and now retired.


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman of the Environment & Public Works Committee held an oversight hearing today on Eco-terrorism specifically examining the Earth Liberation Front (ELF) and the Animal Liberation Front (ALF). ELF and ALF are special interest extremists that conduct acts of politically motivated violence to force segments of society, including the general public, to change attitudes about issues considered important to their causes.


Grassley Praises Decision to Give Employees More Time to Use Health Flexible Spending Accounts

News Release: Today the U.S. Treasury Department announced it will allow employees to have more timeto use the money set aside for health care expenses in their flexible spending accounts. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, has long urged this change. Under current rules,millions of employees sign up for the accounts each year to use pre-tax dollars for medical expenses.


News Release: IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that a federal court in Seattle has barred Jack Cohen of Tacoma, Washington from promoting several tax schemes that he sold on the Internet. In entering ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Judge Robert H. Bork will receive the John Sherman Award from the Antitrust Division for his lifetime contributions to the teaching and enforcement of antitrust law and the development of ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales signed a final rule implementing provisions of the Child Protection and Obscenity Enforcement Act, the Justice Department announced today. The rule requires producers of sexually explicit material to maintain records proving that performers in those depictions are not minors. It will be published in the Federal Register.


News Release: FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, DC - Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales will meet with the Honorable Anne McLellan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, and the Honorable Irwin ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY MAY 17, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division announced today that Alan M. Schwartz, a former consultant to Mattel, Inc., pleaded guilty to a single count of ...


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


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


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


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


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