News from June 2005
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2005
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the Seventh Annual Workshop on Brominated Flame Retardants (BFRs) in the Environment on June 13 and 14, 2005, at the NIST laboratories in Gaithersburg, Md. For years, BFRs have been added to consumer products ranging from carpets and cushions to computers and appliances because they can reduce flame sprawl and provide more time for people to escape.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2005
News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) economists have released risk assessment software that building owners and managers can use to identify and guard against terrorist threats to their facilities.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 2, 2005
News Release: Today, seven juvenile bald eagles will take their first trip to Santa Cruz Island as part of a five-year feasibility study to re-establish bald eagles on the Northern Channel Islands, following a 40-year absence related to exposures to chemical contaminants.
By USDA Newswire | Jun 2, 2005
News Release: A newly introduced class of insecticidal compounds developed by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and cooperators offers safe and effective alternatives to conventional chemical insecticides.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC-Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) are calling the Base Closing data made available by the Department of Defense “insufficient." Senator Collins, who chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and Ranking Member Senator Joseph Lieberman recently...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2005
News Release: Sensors that detect and count single photons, the smallest quantities of light, with 88 percent efficiency have been demonstrated by physicists at the National Institute of Standard and Technology (NIST). This record efficiency is an important step toward making reliable single photon detectors for use in practical quantum cryptography systems, the most secure method known for ensuring the privacy of a communications channel.
By Homeland Newswire | Jun 2, 2005
News Release: WASHINGTON - Connecticut’s Congressional delegation is strongly urging the Federal Aviation Administration to reconsider its announced plan to privatize the jobs of 2,500 air traffic specialists - over 50 of whom are employed in Connecticut. In a letter to FAA Administrator Marion C. Blakey, the state’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 2, 2005
News Release: The World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, showed the critical importance of fire resistant materials for structural steel. To accelerate technological advances in this area, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a meeting to evaluate industry interest...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 1, 2005
News Release: Livestock forage, use of sequestered carbon, and even ecosystem inhabitants such as lesser prairie chickens all stand to gain from ongoing studies at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Southern Plains Experimental Range (SPER) near Fort Supply, Okla.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 1, 2005
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, 2005 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A Puerto Rico federal grand jury today indicted a former executive of Tricon Restaurants International (Tricon), for conspiracy to commit mail fraud in connection with a kickback scheme used to defraud his employer, the Department of Justice announced.
By Labor Gazette | Jun 1, 2005
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By USDA Wire | Jun 1, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 1, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 1, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 1, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 1, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 1, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 1, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 1, 2005
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 1, 2005
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 1, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
