News from May 2006
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2006
News Release: GREELEY, CO - Today Chairman Bob Goodlatte announced the launch of a web-based farm bill feedback form on the House Committee on Agriculture website. The announcement was made at a farm bill field hearing in Greeley, Colorado early this morning. The web-based form allows producers throughout the nation to provide the Committee with feedback about current farm policy as well as input about the future of farm policy.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2006
News Release: (Sullivan’s Island,SC) The National Park Service today announced that Bob Dodson has been selected as the new superintendent of Fort Sumter National Monument and Charles Pinckney National Historic Site. According to Southeast Regional Director Pat Hooks, Dodson will assume his new responsibilities onMay 28, 2006.
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2006
News Release: About 2/3 of the nesting piping plovers in North Carolina are found at Cape Lookout National Seashore. The area on the north end of South Core Banks has the greatest concentration of piping plover nests and is the single most important site for the survival of this bird in North Carolina.
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2006
News Release: GREELEY, CO - House Committee on Agriculture Chairman Bob Goodlatte and Ranking Minority Member Collin Peterson Monday, May 8, convened a field hearing in Greeley, Colorado to review the 2002 Farm Bill. Ten members of the Committee attended yesterday’s hearing and heard from two panels of witnesses about...
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2006
News Release: National Park Service summer programming at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore will start on Sunday, June 11, 2006. A wide variety of programs will be offered daily through Labor Day.
By Homeland Newswire | May 8, 2006
News Release: Senator Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) Monday pressed David Norquist, nominated to be Chief Financial Officer for the Department of Homeland Security, on his role in allowing Halliburton to redact passages from a Defense Department audit of a Halliburton subsidiary's Iraqi reconstruction contract. At Norquist's...
By Commerce Newswire | May 8, 2006
News Release: Dear xxxxx: We are sending this letter in connection with the April 4, 2006 hearing of the Senate Committee on Finance, “Filing Your Taxes: How Costly Is It?". Testimony at the hearing raised serious concerns about the accuracy and quality of returns produced by paid preparers at national tax preparation...
By Interior Newswire | May 8, 2006
News Release: National Park Service summer programming at Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Cape Hatteras National Seashore will start on Sunday, June 11, 2006. A wide variety of programs will be offered daily through Labor Day.
By USDA Newswire | May 8, 2006
News Release: A biodegradable metalworking fluid derived from soybean oil is earning high marks in trials by Alcoa, Inc., a global supplier of primary and fabricated aluminum products.
By DOE Newswire | May 8, 2006
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold three hearings and a business meeting this week.
By Commerce News Now | May 6, 2006
News Release: Thank you, Dr. Jones. Good morning!!! Let me be the first to congratulate you. This is YOUR day!! And we're all very proud of you.
By DOJ Newswire | May 5, 2006
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, MAY 5, 2006 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Assistant Attorney General Thomas O. Barnett Promotes Antitrust Convergence at ICN Conference WASHINGTON The Department of Justice announced today that at the conclusion of the International Competition Network ...
By Commerce News Now | May 5, 2006
News Release: Thank you, Congressman Akin, for that kind introduction. And thanks Dick Fleming, for inviting me to speak today. I am very honored to be here.
By Commerce News Now | May 5, 2006
News Release: Thank you, Rob (Topping, President & CEO, Westar) for that very kind introduction. I am honored to be here with so many distinguished community and state leaders. And I'm delighted to see key members from your team in Washington. I don't know what President Bush would do without them!! Acknowledge: Over ...
By Commerce News Now | May 5, 2006
News Release: GULFPORT, Miss.—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today released the following statement on the April Employment Report, which showed 138,000 jobs were created: "The solid gains in employment last month continue the positive economic growth we have enjoyed for the past few years. More than 5.2 million jobs have been created since August 2003, and about 2 million of those jobs have been created over the past 12 months alone.
By Commerce News Now | May 5, 2006
News Release: The U.S. Department of Commerce welcomes the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue's (TABD) 2006 recommendations towards a barrier-free trans-Atlantic marketplace. For more than a decade, the TABD has played an instrumental role in shaping the trans-Atlantic economic relationship into one of the largest and most important in the world. This year offers no exception and we remain committed to working with the TABD to strengthen this important partnership.
By DOT News Wire | May 5, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 5, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | May 5, 2006
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 5, 2006
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
