News published on Federal Newswire in May 2006

News from May 2006


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a five page proposed rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page correction on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a seven page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Committee Responds to Senator Clinton's Request that FEMA Be Returned to an Independent Agency

News Release: Senators Susan Collins, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman today sent a letter to Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton responding to her request that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) be returned to an independent...


News Release: Two of the newest additions to an ever-growing list of original ornamental plants produced by breeders with the U.S. National Arboretum (USNA), Washington, D.C., are lilac cultivars named "Old Glory" and "Declaration." They were recently released to the public by the arboretum, administered by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's chief scientific research agency.


Final Free File Numbers from IRS Show Sharp Decline

News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee, today commented on an IRS report showing a precipitous drop in the use of the “Free File" program by Americans filing their 2005 tax returns. Reports showing various filing season statistics are compiled...


Subcommittee Hears from Arizona Producers

News Release: COOLIDGE, AZ - Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management Chairman Jerry Moran convened a field hearing Monday evening in Coolidge, Arizona to review federal commodity programs. This was the Subcommittee’s second in a series of hearings to review various aspects of the 2002 Farm Bill...


Access Adjustments at Cape Point – Access Remains Open

News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced that on Monday, May 1st, 2006, the National Park Service opened an off-road vehicle (ORV) and pedestrian by-pass route along the ocean shoreline between Ramp 44 and Cape Point, and closed a 0.2 mile section of shoreline west/south of Cape Point for resources protection.


News Release: 2Harkers Island, North Carolina. Federal legislation, passed in 1998, protects the horses within Cape Lookout National Seashore and requires an annual report on the status of the herd. This report covers the spring 2005 to spring 2006 time period. The horses are cooperatively managed by the National Park Service and the Foundation for Shackleford Horses, Inc., pursuant to the legislation and a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 1999.


Hurricane Katrina Report and Recommendations Pass Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

News Release: The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today overwhelmingly passed Committee Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joe Lieberman’s Hurricane Katrina report and recommendations entitled Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared. This 737-page bipartisan report details specific...