News published on Federal Newswire in October 2005

News from October 2005


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Oct. 20, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Homeland Security Committee Holds Katrina Hearing, Receives Moving Testimony From FEMA Official Who Was In New Orleans During Storm

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-As part of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee’s investigation into the preparation for and response to Hurricane Katrina, Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman today held a hearing where they heard testimony from the first FEMA official in New...


News Release: OCT 20 -- Special Agent in Charge of DEA’s Washington Division, Shawn A. Johnson, announced the sentencing of Wyatt Wood, 42, of Washington, DC, by United States District Court Judge Thomas F. Hogan to 188 months imprisonment following his earlier guilty plea to federal drug trafficking charges.


Baucus Praises Thailand for Reopening Market to U.S. Beef

News Release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), ranking member of the SenateFinance Committee, today welcomed news that Thailand has lifted its ban on U.S. beef, effectiveimmediately. Thailand imposed a ban on U.S. beef after the discovery of a Canadian-born, BSEinfecteddairy cow in Washington state in December 2003.


Baucus Urges Commerce Department to Keep Duties on Subsidized Canadian Lumber

News Release: Dear Mr. Secretary: We are writing to express serious concern about recent decisions by North American FreeTrade Agreement (NAFTA) binational panels in the ongoing dispute over Canada’s subsidizedsoftwood lumber imports. Most recently, one such panel remanded to the Department ofCommerce its calculation...


Grand Junction Cocaine Ring Indicted

News Release: Grand Junction, Colorado- Jeffrey D. Sweetin, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Rocky Mountain Division, Bill Leone, United States Attorney for the District of Colorado, Jeffrey Copp, Special Agent in Charge of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Denver...



News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- The Senate has approved a measure coauthored by Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman that will help reduce waste and abuse in federal expenditures related to Hurricane Katrina. The Senators’ legislation repeals...


NIST Physicist Honored for Technological Innovation

News Release: NIST Fellow Jun Ye was honored Oct. 8 at the "Amazing Light: Visions for Discovery" symposium held to celebrate the 90th birthday of 1964 Nobel Laureate Charles Townes, co-inventor of the laser. Ye won first prize in the technological innovations category of the Young Scholars Competition, which honors promising and innovative physicists under the age of 40.


News Release: WASHINGTON- Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn), Thursday delivered the following statement at a committee hearing entitled, Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans: A Flooded City, A Chaotic Response...