News published on Federal Newswire in September 2006

News from September 2006


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Sept. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Ranking Member Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., Monday issued the following assessment of the nation’s homeland security since Sept. 11, 2001. “Sept. 11, 2001, is, as Franklin Roosevelt once said of Pearl Harbor, ‘a day that will live in infamy.’ Like...


News Release: National Park Service (NPS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) fire personnel will conduct a prescribed burn on up to 580 acres in the Horse Valley Meadow and Yellow John East areas of the Grand Canyon/Parashant National Monument. The burns could start as early as tomorrow, Sept. 12, 2006, and will...


Joint Quantum Institute Created by University of Maryland, NIST and NSA

News Release: COLLEGE PARK, Md. - Today, the University of Maryland (UM), the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the National Security Agency (NSA) announced the creation of a joint research institute designed to advance quantum physics research-deciphering the secrets of nature at the submicroscopic scale-and to exploit this knowledge to transform quantum technology from an exciting promise to practical reality.


News Release: Due to extreme conditions, all fires at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are banned effective Sept. 12, 2006. This means no open flames, including charcoal fires, will be allowed until further notice. Exceptions include: 1) self-contained propane stoves; and 2) portable propane campfire units that are UL (Underwriters Lab) approved and located 10 feet from vegetation and logs.


Baucus-Requested Review Of Health Savings Accounts Shows Trends, Says Government Accountability Office

News Release: Washington, DC - The Government Accountability Office has released a report requested by Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), on early experiences with health savings accounts (HSAs), tax-advantaged accounts first made available in 2004 which individuals can establish to pay for medical expenses. In the report,...


Updated Schedule for Hunting EIS

News Release: Superintendent George Price today announced the decision to extend the timeline for completing the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Cape Cod National Seashore hunting program. The impact of this decision will maintain the status quo hunting program of the past three years since the U.S. Court...


Senators Collins, Lieberman and Durbin Call for Long-Overdue Implementation Plan for the Information Sharing Environment

News Release: U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), Joseph Lieberman (D-CT), and Richard Durbin (D-IL) have called on John Negroponte, the Director of National Intelligence, to ensure that an information-sharing implementation plan that was required under the provisions of the intelligence reform bill of 2004, is submitted...


Opening Statement of U.S. Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Hearing on NAFTA at Year Twelve

News Release: Mr. Chairman, Thank you for holding this important hearing. Three years ago, the Finance Committee held a similar hearing looking specifically at U.S. agricultural trade with Mexico. At that time, the WTO Ministerial talks in Cancun had recently collapsed, leaving the future of the Doha Round in doubt.


News Release: A noxious, fast-spreading, exotic weed called tropical spiderwort has become very troublesome to farmers in the Southeast, particularly cotton farmers. But there may be a way for them to get ahead of the weed-by planting early.


Senator Collins Commemorates 5th Anniversary of September 11th Terrorist Attacks

News Release: Sen. Susan M. Collins September 11th Speech Sept. 11, 2006 Five years ago, our nation experienced one of its darkest days and finest hours. With shocking suddenness, an act of unparalleled cruelty transformed a late-summer morning of uncommon brilliance into one of unfathomable horror. On that awful...