News from February 2006
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, today encouraged President Bush to strengthen American economic and trade relationships with India during a trip there this week. Baucus visited China and India in January, focusing on those countries’...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2006
News Release: Carlsbad Caverns National Park, in partnership with the National Public Observatory’s “Stars in the Parks" program, will host an evening of stargazing on Saturday, March 18. The evening begins at 7 p.m. with a tour of the night sky with John Gilkison, president of the NPO. Afterward, a telescope will be available to view planets, nebulae, open clusters and galaxies. All activities will end at 9:30 p.m.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 28, 2006
News Release: Group living has its price. At least that's the case for the millions of Mormon crickets that trekked together across the grasslands of southern Idaho last summer.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 28, 2006
News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - "A new paved pull-out has been developed along the park road within Petrified Forest National Park," stated Superintendent Lee Baiza. This new pull-out showcases a section of the old Route 66 trace that passes through the park. From the vantage point that the pull-out offers, visitors...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 28, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee, tonight praised Senate approval of tax reconciliation legislation that protects 17 million additional American taxpayers from the alternative minimum tax (AMT) in 2006. The legislation also provides an...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 28, 2006
News Release: Feb. 28, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC - Sen. James M. Inhofe (R-Okla.), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, today expressed concerns with recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) calling for the consideration of safer technologies to improve security at chemical ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 27, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department announced today that it filed a lawsuit against Hale County, Texas, alleging violations of the rights of minority-language voters under two key provisions of the Voting Rights Act. The Department simultaneously filed a consent decree resolving the lawsuit against the county.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 27, 2006
News Release: I'm proud to be visiting Bahrain for the first time and at a moment when the Kingdom is offering such strong economic and political leadership in the Gulf region.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has announced an agreement with the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) that will result in payment of more than $6.5 million in back wages to almost 900 pilots, co-pilots and flight engineers. The employees worked on several USPS contracts and subcontracts to transport mail by air between January 1996 and August 2001. Wages paid were subject to requirements of the Service Contract Act (SCA).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 27, 2006
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 27, 2006
The US Energy Department published an eight page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 27, 2006
The US Energy Department published a four page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 27, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 27, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 27, 2006
The US State Department published a two page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Feb 27, 2006
The US State Department published a six page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 27, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 27, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 27, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 27, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.