News from February 2008
By Interior Newswire | Feb 4, 2008
News Release: The President's FY 2009 budget request, released today, includes a total of $919.3 million, offset by $48.3 million in funds from the Central Valley Project Restoration Fund Offset, for a net total of $871.0 million for the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation. The President's request will keep America on track for a budget surplus in 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following statement on President Bush’s budget for fiscal year 2009.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on President Bush’s $3.1 trillion FY2009 budget, released just this morning. The Senate Finance Committee has jurisdiction over U.S. tax policy, Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Social...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 4, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, released new data from the Congressional Budget Office reaffirming that the Federal Direct Loan Program costs less to taxpayers than the Federal Family Education Loan Program, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 4, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman ID-Conn., Monday rejected the Administration’s proposal to cut funding in half for state and local homeland security grants that support first responders and called for close scrutiny of spending on border security.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 4, 2008
News Release: The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) today posted a new issue of Healthy Animals at...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 4, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding President Bush's proposed 2009 budget for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 4, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Pete Domenici, ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and former chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, today issued the following statement regarding President Bush’s FY2009 budget request for the Department of Energy:
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 4, 2008
News Release: Washington, D.C.- President George W. Bush's fiscal year (FY) 2009 budget proposal submitted today to Congress for the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) includes $634 million for core research and facilities programs, a 22 percent increase (excluding congressionally directed grants) over the FY 2008 appropriations for these programs.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2008
News Release: Dedication of a life-sized, bronze peregrine falcon sculpture will be held February 15 starting at 5:00 PM at the Basin Visitor Center in Big Bend National Park. The visitor center is located in the Chisos Mountains which are in the center of the park.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 1, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 BROOKLYN, NY Benton J. Campbell, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Darryl W. Jackson, Assistant Secretary ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 1, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve will conduct two auctions of 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility (TAF) in February. It will offer $30 billion in an auction to be held on Monday, February 11 and $30 billion in an auction to be held on Monday, February 25.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 1, 2008
News Release: The president and Congress are working to deliver a speedy, broad and effective economic growth package. While the stimulus will help, we should remember that exports have already been helping our economy, and Indiana has been a part of that success. In 2006, America exported a record $1.4 trillion, and during the third quarter of last year, nearly 30 percent of our economic growth was the result of trade.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 1, 2008
News Release: TERRE HAUTE, IND.─U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez released the following statement on the January Employment Report which showed that the unemployment rate decreased to 4.9 percent: “We are not pleased to see the latest snapshot of the jobs picture which shows a down tick in employment. However, the unemployment rate did go down in January. Our economy needs a booster shot and that’s why we can’t delay the President’s bipartisan economic growth package.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 1, 2008
News Release: COLUMBUS, IND.—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today visited Indiana to discuss the importance of passing the President’s economic stimulus package, as well as pending free trade agreements to create jobs and boost our economy. Gutierrez toured the facilities of Clabber Girl Corporation and Cummins, Inc. to highlight how exports and international trade have benefited Indiana’s economy, companies and workers.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 1, 2008
News Release: Senior U.S., Russian Officials Sign Agreement On Uranium from Russia HERNDON, VA—U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez and Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) Director Sergey Kiriyenko signed a long-term suspension agreement governing trade in nuclear fuel. This Agreement will provide ...
By Labor Gazette | Feb 1, 2008
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOJ Gazette | Feb 1, 2008
The US Justice Department published a one page proposed rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 1, 2008
The US Interior Department published an eight page proposed rule on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Feb 1, 2008
The US Agriculture Department published a three page notice on Feb. 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
