News published on Federal Newswire in February 2006

News from February 2006


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a four page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page rule on Feb. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Superintendent Jim Northup announced a new Community Partner Program for the park.


Grassley Urges Red Cross to Improve Governance, Respond to Volunteers’ Concerns

News Release: Dear Ms. McElveen-Hunter: I am writing in response to your invitation to serve as the keynote speaker for your corporate governance summit, “Enhancing Board Effectiveness". Because Congress is not scheduled to be in session during that week, I will have to decline your invitation. I am encouraged that...


Grassley: Partisan Attackers Seem to Prefer Old Days With No Medicare Drug Benefit

News Release: Certain Democrats are stepping up their efforts to criticize the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, even though many of them proposed and even voted for legislation with many of the same elements as in the new law. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance,.


News Release: This is to advise you that the time of the Full Committee hearing on Status of Territories has been MOVED UP from 10:00 AM to 9:30 AM on the same day. This change is due to a vote which has been scheduled for 10:00 that morning.


News Release: Winter blues are already giving way to the hues of spring and summer at the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's National Agricultural Library (NAL ) in Beltsville, Md., with the March 1 opening of a significant exhibition of botanical illustration art titled Inspiration and Translation: Botanical and Horticultural Lithographs of Joseph Prestele and Sons.


Added Dietary Sugars Are Now Easily Identified

News Release: Dietary professionals and others interested in checking the amount of "added" sugars in foods can now tap a new data resource. Agricultural Research Service (ARS) nutritionists today launched an online table that lets users look up the added sugars, total sugars and carbohydrates in 2,041 common foods listed.


News Release: Let me begin by welcoming Saudi Arabia as a full member of the World Trade Organization. Let me also express our appreciation for the longstanding economic cooperation between Saudi Arabia and the United States.


Bridges Show Their Strength

News Release: All the bridges have been broken, the dust has settled, and the winners have emerged at the 39th Annual Colorado High School Bridge Building Contest. In all, 57 high school students from around the State of Colorado had their bridges tested in today's event.


News Release: Petrified Forest, AZ - Park Superintendent Lee Baiza announces that Petrified Forest National Park will be changing to longer spring hours on Sunday, March 5. The park will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 6:00 p.m. Mountain Standard Time daily.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal appeals court yesterday affirmed a lower court ruling revoking the U.S. citizenship of a Wisconsin man who, by his own admission, stood guard during a Nazi mass killing operation ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Company Agrees to Pay $1.043 Million Criminal Fine WASHINGTON, D.C. – Allied Freight Forwarding Inc. (Allied), headquartered in Westmont, Illinois, has agreed to plead guilty and pay a criminal fine of ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Longtime tax protestor Irwin Schiff was sentenced in federal district court in Las Vegas to total of 163 months in prison—151 months for tax fraud and an additional 12 months for contempt ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department today announced the availability of funds for its grant program funding public education efforts regarding immigration-related employment discrimination. The Office ...


News Release: Thank you, and good afternoon. I want to thank Dr. Richard Lytle, Dean of ACU's College of Business, for the invitation.


News Release: Goal of Visit: Promote Stronger U.S.-Middle East Commercial Relations RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today begins an eight-day visit to the Middle East to encourage economic reform and promote stronger commercial relationships between the United States and the Middle East. Gutierrez will travel to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt, February 24 to March 2.