News published on Federal Newswire in March 2006

News from March 2006


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a three page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on March 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


A Website Ripe with Data from ARS Tomato Studies

News Release: Landmark Agricultural Research Service (ARS) work on genes governing tomato ripening and nutritional content are the cornerstone of the Tomato Expression Database (TED), a Cornell University website funded by ARS and the National Science Foundation (NSF).


Media Advisory: Public Lands Subcommittee Hearing Scheduled

News Release: Who: Public Lands & Forests Subcommittee


Senators Call for TANF Cooperation with States

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and Senator John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), Ranking Member on the Senate Intelligence Committee, led a group of colleagues this week in calling on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to keep welfare...


Senate Refuses to Look at Impact of Foreign Debt Holdings on U.S. Economy, National Security

News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Senate today rejected an amendment by U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, requiring a study of American debt held by foreign countries. Baucus’s amendment would have been attached to legislation that raises the country’s debt ceiling...


Baucus Introduces Savings Competitiveness Act of 2006

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Democrat on the Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation to boost America’s economic competitiveness through personal and national savings. The Savings Competitiveness Act of 2006 will help more working Americans save for retirement...


Algorithm Advance Produces Quantum Calculation Record

News Release: Two theoreticians from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Indiana University (IU) have published the most accurate values yet for fundamental atomic properties of a molecule-values calculated from theory alone.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate today approved 51-49 an amendment offered by Sen. Domenici to the S. Con Res 83, the FY 07 Congressional Budget Resolution. The amendment creates a $450 million Energy Reserve Fund by taking $150 million annually from anticipated ANWR bonus bid receipts in Fiscal Years ‘09 through ‘11.


Kempthorne an excellent choice for DOI Secretary, Domenici says, citing western land experience

News Release: Washington, D.C. - Pete V. Domenici, Chairman of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee, today expressed strong support for President Bush’s nomination of Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne as the new Department of Interior Secretary, replacing Gale Norton, who is return to Colorado.


News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Senate today voted 51-49 in favor of S. Con Res. 83, the FY 2007 Congressional Budget Resolution. The resolution includes instructions to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee to draft legislation for programs under the committee’s jurisdiction that will offset $3 billion in federal outlays over the next 5 years.


Bald Eagles Lay First Egg in 50 Years on the Northern Channel Islands

News Release: SANTA CRUZ ISLAND, CA - Today, biologists announced that for the first time in more than 50 years, a pair of bald eagles has laid an egg in a nest on Santa Cruz Island off the coast of Southern California. The last known successful nesting of a bald eagle on the Northern Channel Islands was in 1949 on Anacapa Island.


"Frequency Comb" Spectroscopy Proves to be Powerful Chemical Analysis Tool

News Release: Boulder, Colo. -- Physicists at JILA have designed and demonstrated a highly sensitive new tool for real-time analysis of the quantity, structure, and dynamics of a variety of atoms and molecules simultaneously, even in miniscule gas samples. The technology could provide unprecedented capabilities in...