News from February 2006
By Commerce News Now | Feb 7, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 7, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 7, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2006
News Release: AUBURN, A.L. - House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte today convened the second field hearing to review the 2002 Farm Bill. The hearing follows a field hearing held yesterday in Fayetteville, N.C. and is part of a series of hearings the Committee plans to conduct around the country. Fifteen...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, today welcomed press reports that a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement panel had declared the European Union’s six-year-old moratorium on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) illegal.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Pete Domenici, Jeff Bingaman, Jim Talent and Byron Dorgan plan to introduce legislation today instructing the Secretary of the Interior to develop an oil and gas leasing program for Lease Area 181 100 miles off the Florida Coast and West of the Military Mission Line. The senators will file the bill at approximately 5 p.m.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON, February 7, 2006-Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns today announced Patrick G. Hunt, a USDA soil scientist based in Florence, S.C., has been named the Agricultural Research Service Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of 2005 and also recognized the seven Area Senior Research Scientists of 2005.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2006
News Release: The public is invited to drop in at any of three open houses designed to provide information and collect comments about the General Management Plan/Wilderness Study/Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/WS/EIS) that the National Park Service (NPS) is initiating for Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2006
News Release: Who: National Parks Subcommittee When: Thursday, February 16 at 2:30 p.m. Where: SD-366 Why: To receive testimony on the following bills: S. 1870, a bill to clarify the authorities for the use of certain National Park Service properties within Golden Gate National Recreation Area and San Francisco ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2006
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over international trade, today made the following comment in reaction to media reports that a World Trade Organization panel determined that the European Union and six member states broke trade rules by applying a moratorium to the approval of genetically modified crops and foods. In 2003, Grassley urged the United States Trade Representative to bring such a case.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2006
News Release: All, The Lease Area 181 bill has been filed and is now available on our committee website at: http://energy.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=IssueItems.View&IssueItem_ID=34.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2006
News Release: Dear Dr. von Eschenbach: The United States Senate Committee on Finance (Committee) has exclusive jurisdiction over the Medicare and Medicaid programs, and, accordingly, a responsibility to the more than 80 million Americans who receive health care coverage under these programs. Each year Medicare and...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 6, 2006
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, with jurisdiction over taxes including tax-favored health coverage vehicles such as health savings accounts, and Medicare and Medicaid, today made the following comment on the President’s budget proposal.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AG (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Presidents Request Supports Increase for Departments Counterterrorism and Intelligence Efforts WASHINGTON, D.C. Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales today announced that the Presidents FY 2007 budget ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Market Allocation Agreement Prevented Entry of New Competitor WASHINGTON, D.C. The Department of Justice announced today that it will require a West Virginia hospital--Charleston Area Medical Center Inc. ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 6, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that President Bush's $6.1 billion budget request for the U.S. Department of Commerce maintains the Department's priorities of promoting job growth and U.S. competitiveness while also restraining discretionary Federal spending.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 6, 2006
News Release: BALTIMORE — A federal district court has ordered Self Pride Inc. of Baltimore, Md., and its president, executive director and chief executive officer to pay $372,664 in overtime back wages to 392 current and former employees following a trial before U.S. District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett. The court also ordered Self-Pride to pay $155,240 in liquidated damages.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 6, 2006
News Release: CHICAGO — Internet employment recruiter Careerbuilder.com, headquartered in Chicago, has paid $524,216 to 677 workers to resolve allegations of overtime pay violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) brought by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 6, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 6, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Feb. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
