News published on Federal Newswire in December 2005

News from December 2005


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Dec. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


New Enhancements Upgrade NIST Mass Spectra Library

News Release: After three years of development, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a major upgrade of the widely used NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral Library.


Measurement and Standards Issues in Nanobiotechnology

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will co-host a workshop to discuss needed measurement technologies and standards in the rapidly evolving field of nanoscale biotechnology at Rice University (Houston, Texas) on Jan. 19, 2006.


Chairman Grassley seeks to keep access to therapy services for Medicare beneficiaries

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley today urged the administration to delay enforcing therapy caps that will harm stroke victims and other Medicare beneficiaries if the caps take effect as scheduled on Jan. 1, 2006, due to Senate Democrat leaders delaying final congressional action on a comprehensive deficit reduction bill.


Enjoy New Year's Eve a Second Longer!

News Release: You can toot your New Year's horn an extra second this year, say physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Along with the rest of the world's atomic timekeepers, NIST's time and frequency experts will insert a second (known as a leap second) into their time scale on Dec. 31 for the first time in seven years.


Grassley Urges Portman to Notify Congress of U.S.-Peru Free Trade Agreement

News Release: Dear Ambassador Portman: Congratulations on completing negotiations on a free trade agreement with Peru. This comprehensiveagreement will promote economic growth and prosperity in both the United States and Peru. I amespecially pleased with the broad market access commitments on agriculture, which will...


Chairman Grassley says review will continue into allegations of problems with human subject drug research

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley said today that the Finance Committee will continue its review of allegations about abusive practices in human subject research of pharmaceutical drugs.


Going Against the Grain: A New Take on Harvesting

News Release: A wheat-harvesting system that could save farmers money has been developed by an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientist.


Einstein Was Right (Again): Experiments Confirm that E= mc2

News Release: GAITHERSBURG--Albert Einstein was correct in his prediction that E=mc2, according to scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), and the Institute Laue Langevin, Genoble, France (ILL) who conducted the most precise direct test ever of what is perhaps the most famous formula in science.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV OPA (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 If the USA PATRIOT Act is allowed to expire, we will return to a pre-9/11 mode of information sharing where there are not clear rules governing investigators’ ability to share information with each ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. – American pharmaceutical manufacturer Eli Lilly and Company agreed to plead guilty and to pay $36 million in connection with its illegal promotion of its pharmaceutical drug Evista, ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Largest Ever Emission-Defect Reporting Settlement; Company to Extend Warranty, Implement Recall, and Pay $1 Million Civil Penalty WASHINGTON, D.C. – The United States has reached a settlement with ...


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV ENRD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Eighty-three Percent of Uncontrolled Ethanol Production Capacity Now Under Federal Consent Decrees WASHINGTON, D.C. – MGP Ingredients of Illinois, Inc. (MGP)—an ethanol producing company—has reached ...