News from March 2006
By USDA Wire | Mar 3, 2006
The US Agriculture Department published a one page rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 3, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Mar 3, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Mar 3, 2006
The US Agriculture Department published a two page rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 3, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Mar 3, 2006
The US Justice Department published a three page rule on March 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold two full committee hearings and one business meeting next week.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today welcomed the decision of Malaysia to lift its ban on boneless beef from cattle less than 30 months old. Malaysia imposed its ban after the discovery of a dairy cow with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE, in Washington state in December 2003.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: Congress has given final approval Friday to legislation introduced by Senators Susan Collins, R-Me., and Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., that would provide relief for many victims of Hurricane Katrina. The Collins-Lieberman Katrina Emergency Assistance Act would extend disaster unemployment benefits, some of which are set to expire March 4. President Bush is expected to sign the bill immediately.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner John Keys today announced that the Request for Proposals for the Water 2025 Challenge Grant Program for Fiscal Year 2006 is now available online at www.grants.gov (keyword search: Water 2025). Proposals are being sought for cooperative projects from irrigation and water districts and western states.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: This past week, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group honored volunteers from Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Over 590 people donated 32,232 hours this past year in the three parks.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: This past week, the National Park Service Outer Banks Group honored its volunteers from Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site and Wright Brothers National Memorial. Within these three parks, over 590 people donated 32, 232 hours this past year.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: Ending months of discussion and delay on the Democratic side, today the Senate named conferees on the pension reform bill. They are nine Republicans: Sens. Grassley, Hatch, Lott,.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent the following letter to Senator Judd Gregg (R-N.H.), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee and Ranking Member Kent Conrad (D-N.D.), offering recommendations on the President's proposed Fiscal Year 2007 Budget as it relates to Homeland Security. Attached is the text of Senator Lieberman's letter.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: Scientists have known that immune cells are responsible for most of the inflammatory chemicals that are released within fat tissue--but they haven't known why. Now a study published by Agricultural Research Service-funded scientists shows that white blood cells, called macrophages, appear to rush to dead fat cells to mop them up, the same way they surround a splinter lodged in skin.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: On Thursday, March 2nd, park employees spotted three whooping cranes (Grus americana) within Chattahoochee River NRA. The Chattahoochee River has been used for millions of years as a major corridor for migrating birds. This sighting demonstrates just how vital it is to protect the river corridor. At...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: The Food and Drug Administration reported today that drug makers failed to undertake two of every three studies they agreed to do after their products were approved for sale by the agency. Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, made the following comment on these findings.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 3, 2006
News Release: Dear Secretary Chertoff: In yesterday’s briefing to our Committee on the Administration’s review of the purchase of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) by Dubai Ports World (DP World), we learned of critical intelligence gaps that were identified in an assessment by the U.S. Coast...
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MARCH 2, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. The Justice Department announced today that a federal court has barred Angelique Tinder of Houston, Texas, formerly of Rockford, Illinois, from preparing federal income tax returns for others. The permanent injunction, to which Tinder consented, was entered by Judge Philip G. Reinhard of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 2, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Civil Suit Says Pair Promoted Nationwide Home-Business Tax Scam and Targeted Members of Southern California Indian Tribe WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Justice Department asked a federal court in Nashville, Tennessee, ...
