U.S. Newswire back issues from March 2002:
Noise Free America Calls Bloomington, Ind. Noise 'R' Us
Mar 01, 2002 ... DAVIS, Calif., March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Bloomington, Ind., haswon this month's "Noisy Dozen" award from Noise Free America forsubjecting its citizens to a daily barrage of boom cars, deafeningexhaust systems, blaring store music, droning low-flying planes, andthumping campus bars and ...
First Amendment Center/U.S. Comedy Festival Survey: Nearly 4 In 10 Americans Favor Gov't Limit On Humor After Incidents Like WTC Attack
Mar 01, 2002 ... ASPEN, Colo., March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Nearly 40 percent ofAmericans favor the government stepping in to block comedy routinesthat make light of events such as the World Trade Center attacks,according to a new nationwide survey by the First Amendment Center.Results were released here ...
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment Helps Olympic Speed Skater to Compete Despite Injury
Mar 01, 2002 ... CHICAGO, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Olympic speed skater, ApoloAnton Ohno received osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) prior tolast week's 1,500 meter Short Track race in which he won the goldmedal. After Ohno suffered a gash on his leg requiring stitchesduring a collision in a ...
NCEI to Hold News Conference on Alternative Teacher Certification
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: What: Results of a 2002 survey of the 50 states regarding alternativeteachers certification for career changers and other non-traditionalcandidates to become teachers conducted by the National Center forEducation Information. Definition and ...
Former Naval Reserve Chief Tapped for Defense Post
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Reserve OfficersAssociation of the United States (ROA) strongly supports thepresident's nomination of ROA member and retired Navy rear admiralThomas F. Hall for the post of Assistant Secretary of Defense forReserve Affairs. Hall, who ...
More At Stake For Women In Retirement Reform; NCPA Study Shows Women More Likely to Retire in Poverty Due to Work, Investment Patterns
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Because women are morelikely to be alone in retirement, they are more likely to live inpoverty. That's why women, even more than men, need a retirementsystem consistent with the way they participate in the economy,according to a study to be ...
Secretary Thompson Hails 30th Anniversary of Older Americans Act Nutrition Program
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Calling it the one of themost successful community-based programs for seniors in America, HHSSecretary Tommy G. Thompson today renewed his commitment to the OlderAmericans Act (OAA) Nutrition Program and launched its 30thanniversary celebration ....
Progressives Fight Back On Welfare Policy With National Day Of Action March 5
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: -- Press Conference, Capitol Hill Rally, Congressional VisitsAimed At Making Poverty Reduction The Main Focus Of WelfareReauthorization Thousands of anti-poverty advocates from around the country willdescend on Washington on Tuesday March 5 for a National Day ...
Public Health Groups Urge FTC to Deny UST Request to Advertise Smokeless Tobacco Products as Safer than Cigarettes
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Thirty-nine public healthgroups have written to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to urgethat it deny a request by UST Inc., the nation's largest smokelesstobacco company, for an advisory opinion that would allow smokelesstobacco products to be ...
New Report Cites Worsening Abuses of Growing Contingent Workforce; Hear from Policy Experts, Exploited Workers at Briefing on Monday
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: A report to be released next week by the National Campaign forJobs and Income Support documents worsening trends in the abuse oftemporary workers, day laborers and other low-wage contingent workerswho toil in this growing and unregulated industry where most ...
Raising Awareness About Colow5,]x6 Cancer
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Congress has declared Marchas Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in an effort to educate thepublic about the risk factors of this deadly disease and the means ofprevention. Colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon and rectum) is the ...
American Diabetes Association Applauds CMS Final Rule on Frequency and Duration of Medical Nutrition Therapy Benefit
Mar 01, 2002 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today the Centers forMedicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued long-awaited regulationsregarding reimbursement for dietitians for the provision of medicalnutrition therapy (MNT) for people with diabetes. "The American Diabetes ...
Chicago Coalition for the Homeless: 'Say Yes To Poverty Reduction And No To Caseload Reduction'; Press Conference Monday
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: Join community organizations, state legislators and concernedChicago residents for a press conference on Monday, March 4, at 6:30a.m. at Kenwood United Church of Christ, 4600-08 South GreenwoodAvenue in Chicago, as we protest President Bush's proposed ...
Aspen Institute Internet Policy Project Report Assesses Next Generation Of Key Internet Issues
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Aspen Institute todayannounced that its Communications and Society Program (C&S) is Web-releasing a timely report concerning the difficult questionssurrounding a state's control over the relationships among itscitizens, citizens of other ...
Raising Awareness About Colorectal Cancer
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Congress has declared Marchas Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in an effort to educate thepublic about the risk factors of this deadly disease and the means ofprevention. Colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon and rectum) is the ...
Study Reveals Wide Gaps Among States in Child Poverty, Children's Well-Being; Economic Boom Failed to Help Most Poor Children
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: Children at Risk: State Trends 1990-2000, is the first analysis ofconditions affecting the nation's children based on new data from theU.S. Census Bureau. Published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation andthe Population Reference Bureau, the study provides a sweeping ...
HHS Names New Members To Presidential Advisory Council On HIV/AIDS
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- HHS Secretary Tommy G.Thompson today named former HHS Secretary Louis W. Sullivan, M.D.,and former U.S. Rep. Thomas Coburn, M.D., to serve as co-chairs ofthe Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. In addition to namingthe new council co-chairs, ...
MSHA's 'Focus on Safe Work' Promotes Mine Accident Prevention
Mar 01, 2002 ... ARLINGTON, Va., March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Department ofLabor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is conducting anintensive effort to reach coal miners, gold miners, quarry workersand other mining industry employees nationwide to personally provideinformation on mining ...
City Leaders Will Lay a Wreath at Pentagon on Six-Month Anniversary of September 11
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- To honor victims of theSeptember 11 crash victims, representatives from the nation's citieswill lay a wreath at the Pentagon on March 11, the six-monthanniversary of the September 11 attack. About 60 city leaders from the National League of ...
Mexican Maize Not Under Threat; Biologically Diverse Gene Flow Is Natural And Expected, Not "Contamination"
Mar 01, 2002 ... TUSKEGEE, Ala., March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The AgBioWorldFoundation announced today that nearly one hundred prominentscientists have signed a petition calling for greater scrutiny of areport claiming that genes from genetically modified corn have spreadinto corn landraces in southern ...
NAACP To Protest Confederate Battle Flag Being Flown On South Carolina Capitol Grounds
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: The NAACP plans a series of demonstrations to heighten awarenessof the NAACP's continued economic sanctions imposed against SouthCarolina to protest the Confederate battle flag being flown oncapitol grounds. Who: -- James Gallman, South Carolina State ...
Move Over, Mike Tyson: Plans to Lure Pro Baseball to Washington Would Send Taxpayers to Canvas, Says NTUF
Mar 01, 2002 ... ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As politicalcontroversy continues over whether Washington, D.C. should host MikeTyson's heavyweight bout, District and Northern Virginia officialsare eyeing another sporting venue for the area that is fraught withfar more dangerous fiscal ...
Student Posters To Compete For State Title In Third Annual Tar Wars Poster Contest
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: Artwork from 37 fourth and fifth grade students across Illinoispromoting a tobacco-free lifestyle will battle for the title ofIllinois Tar Wars Poster Contest winner. Family physicians andIllinois senators will select the Illinois representative for theNational ...
NCSJ Scores Anti-Semitic Party
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- NCSJ today condemned a newRussian political party that espouses anti-Semitism. At the February 23 organizing meeting of the People's PatrioticParty, party leader Igor Rodionov reportedly stated that Jews "mustreturn what they have looted in ...
Right-Wing Watch: Ann Coulter's Latest Bigoted Bile Directed At Norman Mineta
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following was releasedtoday by People for the American Way Foundation: Right-wing pundit Ann Coulter's most recent commentary (http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter.html) accuses U.S.Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta of being ...
Oil Industry Security or National Security? RFF Energy Scholar Offers Independent Analysis On Senate Debate Over ANWR Drilling
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- As the U.S. Senate beginsdebate on whether or not to drill for oil in the Arctic NationalWildlife Refuge, the independent environment and energy researchinstitute Resources for the Future (RFF) can offer expert andobjective analysis on the ...
Institute for Justice to Release Eminent Domain Report at National Press Club, March 4
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: Event: Press Conference Releases Report, "Government Theft: Top 10 Abusesof Eminent Domain, 1998-2002," and Launches Castle Coalition --Citizens Fighting Eminent Domain Abuse When: Monday, March 4 at 10 a.m. Where: National ...
Read Across America Celebrates Dr. Seuss' Birthday
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Representatives from theDistrict of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers, the WashingtonTeachers Union, Everybody Wins, the city council, and the D.C. publicschool system joined with the National Education Association in its5th year of ...
Labor Secretary To Address NCPA Women's Policy Conference
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao will speak to the NationalCenter for Policy Analysis Women's Agenda Conference at the NationalPress Club on March 4, 2002. WHAT: Labor Secretary Elaine Chao To Address National Center for PolicyAnalysis ...
ADL Says Billy Graham's Anti-Semitic Views On Nixon Tape Are 'Chilling And Frightening'
Mar 01, 2002 ... NEW YORK, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Anti-Defamation League(ADL) today called the anti-Semitic views the Rev. Billy Grahamshared with President Richard Nixon "chilling and frightening eventoday, 30 years after the statements were made." ADL was shocked tolearn from the just released ...
Senior Advisor To Nuclear Threat Reduction Campaign Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth Statement On Nuclear Threat, Shadow Government
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statementfrom Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurth, senior advisor to the NuclearThreat Reduction Campaign, on nuclear threat and the shadowgovernment: The news this morning that the Bush Administration has put inplace a "shadow ...
Scientists, Patient Advocates, and Political Leaders Oppose Research Ban
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: Senate leaders will join members of the Coalition for theAdvancement of Medical Research (CAMR), patient advocates, parentsand prominent scientists on March 5 at 1:45 p.m. to urge the Senatenot to pass legislation that would criminalize an important ...
ELC Vice Chairman Horne Appointed To Title I Rulemaking Committee
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: The U.S. Department of Education (ED) yesterday announced theappointment of Education Leaders Council (ELC) Vice Chairman JimHorne, Florida's Secretary of Education, as a member of thenegotiating committee that will help develop new rules related tostandards and ...
National Safety Council Seeks Congressional Support for the "Elder Fall Prevention Act of 2002"
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Safety Council(NSC) will send a delegation of officials to Capitol Hill on March 5to urge legislators to support the "Elder Fall Prevention Act of2002." The bill introduced on February 7 by Sen. Tim Hutchinson (R-AR) and Rep. Frank ...
CAGW Throws Stones at Fannie Mae's 'Glass Box'
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Citizens Against GovernmentWaste (CAGW) today joined a growing chorus of critics of the nation'stwo largest Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs), Fannie Mae andFreddie Mac. CAGW remains especially skeptical of Fannie MaePresident Franklin ...
C O R R E C T I O N
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: Editors: We are advised that US132 "Scientists, Patient Advocates, andPolitical Leaders Oppose Research ...
Calling for 'Hometown' Security, NLC Will Strongly Oppose Cuts in City Programs at News Conference, March 7
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: On March 7, the National League of Cities (NLC) will call for afederal budget that promotes "hometown" security in addition tohomeland security. NLC will release data collected from cities about homelandsecurity spending and the impact of the proposed cuts to ...
New Commonwealth Fund Survey on Quality of Health Care for Minority Americans to be Released March 6
Mar 01, 2002 ... News Advisory: The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by the year 2050 half of theU.S. population will be members of a minority group. Given this fact,it is critical to assess how well our health care system is servingour increasingly diverse population and where improvements ...
Brazilian Government Announces The Creation Of New Protected Areas In The Amazon Region
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following was releasedtoday by the Embassy of Brazil: -- More Than 50 Million Acres Of Public Lands In Brazil's AmazonRegion Will Be Targeted For Conservation The Brazilian Minister of ...
Fla. Chief Advocates for Integrity in Research Before House Subcommittee on Education Reform
Mar 01, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Jim Horne, FloridaSecretary of Education and Vice Chairman of the Education LeadersCouncil (ELC), told Members of the House Subcommittee on EducationReform that, "the focus of the No Child Left Behind Act on programsproven effective by ...
U.S.ENGLISH Statement: Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act a Victory for All Hawkeyes
Mar 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is astatement by U.S.ENGLISH Chairman and CEO Mauro E. Mujica: We hail the historic passage of official English legislation bythe Iowa House of Representatives earlier this week, and areastounded by the exaggerated and divisive ...
U.S.ENGLISH Calls Texas Democrat Gubernatorial Debate Political Pandering at Highest Level
Mar 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following is astatement by U.S.ENGLISH Chairman and CEO Mauro E. Mujica: As an immigrant from Chile, I must express outrage at thepolitical debate between Texas Democratic gubernatorial candidatesDan Morales and Tony Sanchez who appeared ...
Radio Address by the President to the Nation
Mar 02, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is today's radioaddress by President Bush: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This coming week, I will behighlighting measures to help America's public schools carry out theeducation reforms we enacted in Washington earlier this year ....
Cruelty Complaint Lodged in Rural Hall, N.C., Against Tractor Supply; 200 Young Chickens Reported Suffering
Mar 02, 2002 ... MACHIPONGO, Va., March 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- United PoultryConcerns received this call for help by e-mail from employees atClayton Heating, a mile away from the Tractor Supply store in RuralHall, N.C., ten miles north of Winston-Salem: "It made me so upset, I think someone ought to ...
Oregonian Raises New Questions About Portland Harbor Dredging; 3 Part Series Documents Flaws In Corps Of Engineers Economic Analysis
Mar 02, 2002 ... PORTLAND, Ore., March 2 /U.S. Newswire/ -- An independent reviewconducted and reported today by the Oregonian concludes that thegovernment's economic justifications for a controversial proposal todredge the Columbia River are deeply flawed. The Corps of Engineerswants to spend $196 ...
Preservation Groups Join Forces to Save Franklin Battlefield
Mar 03, 2002 ... News Advisory: The Civil War Preservation Trust (CWPT) will join forces with theSave the Franklin Battlefield (STFB) group at a news conference onTuesday, March 5, 2002. The purpose of the news conference is topromote battlefield preservation at Franklin and address ...
Blagojevich Proves Unpopular with Illinois Hunters, Sportsmen Says ISRA-PVF
Mar 04, 2002 ... BLOOMINGTON, Ill., March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The followingstatement was released today by the ISRA-Political Victory Fund (ISRA-PVF): The March 19th primary election was a hot topic at this weekend'sIllinois Deer & Turkey Classic. Held at the Bloomington InterstateCenter, the ...
New Security Plan For Kennedy Airport Will Leave Security In Hands Of Retired New York Area Law Enforcement Officers
Mar 04, 2002 ... NEW YORK, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- On Thursday, Feb. 28, at apress conference in New York, the Port Authority of New York and NewJersey announced that it had formally requested the federalDepartment of Transportation to designate John F. KennedyInternational Airport (JFK) as the site ...
National Council on Disability Releases Genetic Discrimination Legislation Paper
Mar 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Council onDisability (NCD) today released a position paper (http://www.ncd.gov/whatsnew.html) calling for federal legislation providing strongantidiscrimination protection to people with genetic predispositionsas well as those with ...
American Legion Monitors Agent Orange Benefits Review
Mar 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Based on a review of afaulty Australian study and similar studies conducted in Germany andNorway, the Department of Veterans Affairs recanted the relationshipbetween a rare childhood leukemia and Vietnam War veterans' exposureto Agent Orange. The ...
Reform Credited For Welfare Women Finding Work; NCPA Study Cites Reform, Not Booming Economy, for Change
Mar 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Single mothers inunprecedented numbers have left welfare and found work over the pastfive years due to welfare reform legislation in 1996, according to areport to be released later today by the National Center for PolicyAnalysis (NCPA) ....
U.S. Tax Laws Systematically Penalize Wives Who Work; NCPA Study Suggests Some Wives May Actually Lose Money
Mar 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Federal tax lawssystematically discriminate against two-earner couples. According toa study to be released Monday by the National Center for PolicyAnalysis (NCPA), more than half of two-earner households suffer amarriage penalty, but that's just the ...
Vice Admiral Richard Truly to Address National Press Club March 14
Mar 04, 2002 ... News Advisory: Event: National Press Club Newsmaker News Conference with Vice AdmiralRichard H. Truly, director of the National Renewable EnergyLaboratory When: 10 a.m. EST, Tuesday, March 14 Where: National Press Club National Press Building ...
ADL Urges President Mubarak to Condemn Media Anti-Semitism; New Report Documents Widespread Hatred in Egyptian Media
Mar 04, 2002 ... NEW YORK, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- To coincide with this week'svisit by President Hosni Mubarak to Washington, the Anti-DefamationLeague (ADL) today issued a report documenting the persistentwidespread anti-Semitic portrayals and incitement in the Egyptianmedia. The league called on ...
New Report Cites Worsening Abuses of Growing Contingent Workforce; Post 9/11 Economy Highlights Plight of Low-Wage Workers
Mar 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A new report by TheNational Campaign for Jobs and Income Support, "Permanent Struggle,Temporary Success: Contracting Out America," finds a worsening trendin the abuse of temporary workers, day laborers and other low-wagecontingent workers who toil ...
Daschle, Advocacy Groups to Comment on Administration Welfare Plan; Leaders to Offer Principles for TANF Reauthorization
Mar 04, 2002 ... News Advisory: Thousands of anti-poverty advocates from around the country willdescend on Washington on Tuesday March 5 for a National Day of Actionto make poverty reduction the main focus of welfare reauthorization. More than 100 grassroots and low-income leaders will kick of the ...
National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Launch Awareness Campaign
Mar 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The National Organizationon Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS) and the National Institute onAlcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) are launching a campaign toraise awareness on drinking during pregnancy, the leading known causeof preventable birth defects ...
Secretary Norton Begins 'Energetic Tour for Jobs and Security'
Mar 04, 2002 ... SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Interior SecretaryGale Norton kicks off the "Energetic Tour for Jobs and Security" withevents today with the South Bend, Ind., Chamber of Commerce and theCarpenter's Council of Greater St. Louis. Tomorrow Secretary Nortonwill meet with the ...
Rock Concert Safety Survey Finds 52 Crowd Safety Deaths at Pop Concerts, Festivals in 2001; Concert Bombing by Osma bin Laden Agents
Mar 04, 2002 ... CHICAGO, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- At least 52 people died atconcerts and festivals worldwide in 2001, according to the findingsof the tenth annual Rock Concert Safety Survey released by CrowdManagement Strategies, an international crowd safety consultingservice. The survey ...
Asylees Seeking Lawful Permanent Status Challenge Government Misadministration
Mar 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Immigrant advocates filed anational class action lawsuit in federal district court todaychallenging the Immigration and Naturalization Service'smisadministration of a law that qualifies persons granted asylum theright to live and work in the United ...
CAIR: Indian Government Must Do More to Halt Violence
Mar 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington-based Islamic advocacy group,today called on the Indian government to do more to halt communalviolence in that country's state of Gujarat. More than 540 people have been killed in ...
Brookings/Harvard Forum in Conjunction with the Foreign Press Center: Press Coverage and the War on Terrorism, March 6
Mar 04, 2002 ... News Advisory: A Brookings/Harvard Forum in conjunction with the Foreign PressCenter: Press Coverage and the War on Terrorism NATO SPLIT OVER IRAQ? FROM THE JOURNALISTS' PERSPECTIVE WHEN: Wednesday, March 6 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m ....
IRS Corrected $18 Billion In Small Business Tax Errors, GAO Says; Bond Urges Steps To Cut Costly Mistakes
Mar 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Troubled by a reported 1.7million tax errors made by small businesses and the Internal RevenueService (IRS), worth $18 billion, Senator Kit Bond today urged theIRS to analyze data on "abatements" or reductions in tax assessmentsand to help prevent ...
Government Bungling Denies Asylees Basic Rights, Immigrant Advocates Claim; Victims File Suit
Mar 04, 2002 ... WASHINGTON, March 4 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Immigrant advocates filed anational class action lawsuit in federal court in Minneapolis, Minn.today challenging the Immigration and Naturalization Service's (INS)misadministration of a law that provides persons granted asylum theright to live and ...
Scientists, Engineers, Business Leaders to Stress Need for More R&D Investments; Science-Engineering-Tech Congressional Visits March 5-6
Mar 04, 2002 ... News Advisory: WHO: More than 200 scientists, engineers and business leaders willbe in Washington, D.C. this week to convey to Congress that increasedand balanced federal investment in research and development isessential to U.S. global leadership. WHAT: Their visit is part ...