News from July 2006
By Commerce News Now | Jul 14, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 14, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 14, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 14, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jul 14, 2006
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By State News Post | Jul 14, 2006
The US State Department published a two page notice on July 14, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: Below is a witness list for the JJuly 17, 2006 full Committee field hearing in Staunton, Virginia.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: Dear Majority Leader Frist and Speaker Hastert...

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: BOULDER, COLO.-An experimental atomic clock based on a single mercury atom is now at least five times more precise than the national standard clock based on a "fountain" of cesium atoms, according to a paper by physicists at the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the July 14 issue of Physical Review Letters.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: Dear Senator Grassley: This responds to your letter of June 29, 2006, to the Attorney General concerning tax and other issues in connection with the Department's recent $615 million settlement with The Boeing Company. We are sending a similar response to the other signatories on your letter. Your letter...

By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: 3 in 1 Weekend: Bivouac, Base Ball, and a Movie at the Vancouver Barracks. July 22 & 23, 2006. The National Park Service at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site and the Vancouver National Historic Reserve are pleased to announce the following upcoming living history events. The events include the annual...

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, yesterday asked the following question on charity hospitals to Eric Solomon, the administration's nominee for deputy Treasury secretary for tax policy, at Solomon's nomination hearing yesterday. Solomon said he was committed to working on this issue. No transcript is available but you can watch the exchange via Realplayer on finance.senate.gov under “hearings.".

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, yesterday questioned Eric Solomon, currently nominated to be Assistant Treasury Secretary for Tax Policy, about serious problems with the redesign of the electronic fraud detection system (EFDS) at the Internal Revenue Service. These problems...

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley is asking governors nationwide to provide information about their states’ use of private contractors to develop initiatives that increase the federal Medicaid dollars collected by the states.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Superintendent Jim Northup has named Mr. Ed Lasich as the park’s “Honorary Official Photographer".

By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray announced the successful hatching of at least 4 piping plover chicks on Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Piping plovers are protected by the Endangered Species Act and are federally listed as a threatened species. Three chicks hatched recently at the south end of Ocracoke Island and at least two have hatched at Cape Point on Hatteras Island.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: Seneca Falls - Women’s Rights National Historical Park will be offering two special programs during the week of Convention Days.

By USDA Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: A new wash treatment developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists provides antibrowning as well as antimicrobial benefits to fresh-cut apples.

By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Max Baucus (D-Mont.) introduced legislation yesterday to empower United States trade agencies to work with federal, state and local officials, U.S. and foreign ports, private sector stakeholders and foreign governments to ensure safe and efficient...

By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2006
News Release: Senators Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) announced today that the Department of Homeland Security is awarding a contract of $1.1 billion for border and port security to three companies, including Canberra of Meriden. The contracts will cover the development of radiation detection devices...