News from February 2007
By Commerce News Now | Feb 5, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a three page rule on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 5, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a three page proposed rule on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 5, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 5, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 5, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 5, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 5, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 5, 2007
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Feb. 5, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Homeland Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement today on the Presidents FY 2008 Budget Request for homeland security programs.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: The President's FY 2008 budget request, released today, includes a total of $958.4 million for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. The President's request continues to demonstrate the Administration's commitment to eliminate the federal deficit by 2012.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said today that the President’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget takes positive steps toward America’s energy independence, but needs additional funding for children’s health care coverage and a truer assessment of deficit spending during...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The Bush Administration’s call for Congress to guarantee an additional $9 billion in private loans for alternative energy projects is a step in the right direction, Senator Pete Domenici said today. But a much bigger step would be necessary to make a real difference in energy supply or in the environment.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: Mr. President: I want to speak about two issues that have been much in the news recently: the tax gap and the minimum wage bill. We just had on the front page of the New York Times a discussion about the tax gap.

By USDA Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: A collaborative effort between U.S. and Brazilian scientists is setting the stage for significant international exchange of germplasm-the material plants and animals use to reproduce.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: Washington, D.C. - President George W. Bush's fiscal year (FY) 2008 budget proposal submitted today to Congress for the Commerce Department's Technology Administration (TA) is $642.3 million, of which $640.7 million is for the Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).

By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: Telephone reservation systems for Denali National Park and Preserve shuttle buses, bus tours and the four largest campgrounds will open for the season on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2007. Phone reservations can be made by calling (800) 622-7275, nationwide or (907) 272-7275, international or local, between 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Alaska time) daily. Phone reservations can be made up to the day before the travel date.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on President Bush’s Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal.

By DOE Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: Washington, D.C. -- Senator Pete Domenici today praised the strong commitment the Bush Administration shows to nuclear power and alternative energy in the President’s FY 2008 Budget Request. Domenici was also pleased with President Bush’s continued commitment to energy independence as shown by the renewed the proposal to develop the vast U.S. oil and gas reserves in the Arctic.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: Now that the snow has arrived, join a National Park Ranger on snowshoes and explore Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in all its winter splendor! Snowshoe walks are offered every Saturday during February. Meet at the Lakeshore Visitor Center in Empire at 1:00 p.m. If you don’t have your own, snowshoes will be provided free. (If there is no snow, rangers will still offer a guided winter hike.).

By State Newswire | Feb 5, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said the Administration is short-changing the United Nations in the budget proposal delivered to Congress today, which will ultimately harm national security.