News published on Federal Newswire in January 2007

News from January 2007


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Remarks of Chairman Tom Lantos at hearing, “The Baker-Hamilton Commission Report”

News Release: “The situation in Iraq is grave and deteriorating." This was the most ringing and often-quoted phrase from the report that the Iraq Study Group released six weeks ago.


Space-Age Tools Boost Food Safety, Quality

News Release: Portable inspection devices that detect food safety and quality problems are being developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists. Recent food safety outbreaks highlight the need for "space-age" ways to prevent such problems at every step in the food production process-from farm field to grocery store or restaurant.


News Release: Late last night, the U.S. Senate has passed major lobbying reform legislation, which Senator Collins voted in support of. The bill included a number of provisions that were included in the lobbying reform legislation authored last year by Senators Collins and Lieberman and that were approved in the Senate...


The Week Ahead (Jan. 22-26)

News Release: Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources


NIST ‘Standard Bullet’ Fights Gang Violence

News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a copper bullet designed to help end criminal sprees without once being fired. Crime laboratories can use NIST’s “Standard Bullet" to optimize the settings of computerized optical imaging instruments used to match markings on fired bullets from a suspected weapon.


Grassley Announces Finance Committee Republican Staff Changes

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today announced that Mark Prater will serve as Deputy Staff Director for the Republican staff of the Finance Committee. Prater also will retain his previous title of Chief Tax Counsel, which he has held for 13 years. Prater...


News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., said Friday the lobbying disclosure and ethics reform bill passed by the Senate would still send a powerful message to voters that Congress will change its relationship with lobbyists, but he expressed...


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a three page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.