News published on Federal Newswire in July 2005

News from July 2005


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a seven page rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on July 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Grassley, Baucus Express Concern Over Potential CNOOC-Unocal Deal

News Release: Dear Mr. President: We are writing to apprise you of our concerns with respect to the offer by a subsidiary of the ChinaNational Offshore Oil Corporation (“CNOOC") to purchase California-based Unocal Corporation.On April 4, 2005, California-based Chevron Corporation announced it had reached a mergeragreement...


Grassley Continues Work to Advance Adoption, Focusing on Special Needs Children

News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today saidhe will act on the findings of a new report to make sure federal programs work well to promote theadoption of special needs children.


New Test Leaves Fewer Places for Bad Bugs to Hide

News Release: Identifying harmful yeasts and bacteria is faster, easier and more sensitive than current detection methods, thanks to a new test by Agricultural Research Service scientists in Peoria, Ill.


SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN QUESTION INDUSTRY AND OTHER EXPERTS ON PRIORITIES FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO MAKE CHEMICAL FACILITIES MORE SECURE

News Release: Washington, DC - Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) today held a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to examine the appropriate role of the federal government in efforts to better protect the nation’s chemical facilities from terrorist attacks.


Predicting the Lifetime of Extreme UV Optics

News Release: Extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUVL) may be the next-generation patterning technique used to produce smaller and faster microchips with feature sizes of 32 nanometers and below. However, durable projection optics must be developed before this laboratory technique can become commercially viable. As...


JILA Study of RNA Dynamics May Help in Drug Design

News Release: Biophysicists have developed a method for studying, in real time, a nanoscale “docking and undocking" interaction between small pieces of ribonucleic acid (RNA), a technique that may be broadly useful in studying structural changes in RNA that affect its function. The research at JILA, a joint institute...


News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) today released a statement following the press conference by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff regarding the Department’s Second Stage Review. Secretary Chertoff briefed Senator Collins about the review during a private meeting...


Temperature Control Improves NIST X-ray Detector

News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed an improved experimental X-ray detector that could pave the way to a new generation of wide-range, high-resolution trace chemical analysis instruments. In a recently published technical paper*, the researchers described...


MEDIA ADVISORY: Full Committee Hearing on Climate Change Scheduled

News Release: Who: Full Committee When: Thursday, July 21at 10:00 a.m. Where: 216 Hart Senate Office Building Why: To receive testimony regarding the current state of climate change scientific research and the economics of strategies to manage climate change. Issues to be discussed include: the relationship between ...


SENATORS COLLINS & LIEBERMAN QUESTION INDUSTRY AND OTHER EXPERTS ON PRIORITIES FOR FEDERAL LEGISLATION TO MAKE CHEMICAL FACILITIES MORE SECURE

News Release: Washington, DC - Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) today held a hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to examine the appropriate role of the federal government in efforts to better protect the nation’s chemical facilities from terrorist attacks.


News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2008 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - General Services Administration (GSA) planner-estimator Donald Marzullo pleaded guilty to bribery in connection with the awarding of GSA contracts at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, ...


News Release: Good afternoon. I appreciate Senator Frist and Congressman Wamp’s invitation to join you here at this year’s Washington Summit.