News published on Federal Newswire in March 2008

News from March 2008


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on March 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Public Comments Invited for EA

News Release: Pinnacles National Monument announces the opening of the public scoping period for the park’s Bottomlands Restoration Environmental Assessment - March 20 to April 21, 2008.


News Release: National Park Service and Grand Portage Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa.


Report Identifies Three Key R&D Priorities for Future Manufacturing

News Release: A new report published today identifies and describes research and development priorities for the future of three critical, high-tech U.S. manufacturing areas - hydrogen energy technologies, nanomanufacturing, and intelligent and integrated manufacturing. The report, Manufacturing the Future: Federal...


National Park Service Re-Opens Gateway Arch Tram

News Release: National Park Service Re-opens Gateway Arch Tram.


LIEBERMAN, COLLINS HAIL SENATE RESTORATION OF FIRST RESPONDER FUNDING

News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins R-Me., Friday hailed the restoration of critical first responder funding in the Department of Homeland Security Fiscal Year 2009 Budget and cheered Senate acceptance of...


Baucus Applauds Senate’s Opposition to Undermining Medicaid, Shifting Additional Costs to States

News Release: Washington, DC - During consideration of the Budget Resolution last night, the Senate agreed to include a Sense of the Senate amendment offered by Senator Max Baucus (DMT), Chair of the Senate Finance Committee, that underscores the importance of Medicaid as America’s health care safety net. Specifically,...


Elderly Improve With Exercise, Too

News Release: The 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans strongly urge people to engage in regular physical activity and avoid sedentary pastimes. That's because previous research has provided evidence that physical activity and nutrition work together for better health. Agricultural Research Service (ARS)-funded scientists...


News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, made the following remarks regarding the EPA analysis released today on the Lieberman Warner Climate Security Act (S.2191).


Senate Confirms Shulman As IRS Commissioner

News Release: Washington, DC - Early this morning, the full U.S. Senate confirmed Douglas H. Shulman’s nomination to be Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), whose panel oversees the IRS and all U.S. tax policy, immediately committed to working...


News Release: The public is invited to celebrate Women’s History Month by attending a talk and book signing by professor and author Jill Norgren. This event will be held at the Women’s Rights National Historical Park visitor center, 136 Fall Street in Seneca Falls, starting at 2:00 pm on Saturday, March 29th.


Grassley Introduces Medicare Rural Health Access Improvement Act

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley has introduced legislation to improve Medicare policies and funding formulas to preserve and add access to high quality health care in rural communities in Iowa and other states.


A Sub-femtosecond Stop Watch for 'Photon Finish' Races

News Release: Using a system that can compare the travel times of two photons with sub-femtosecond precision, scientists at the Joint Quantum Institute (a partnership of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland) and Georgetown University have found a remarkably large...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THURSDAY, MARCH 13, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 “We are pleased with the Office of Inspector General’s (OIG) positive assessment of the many actions taken by the Justice Department and FBI to improve oversight of the use of National Security Letters (NSLs) since the first OIG review of NSLs was issued in March 2007.