News from August 2007

By DOL Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education,Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement today, strongly supportingthe recommendations by the President’s Cancer Panel for effective national action to reducethe danger of tobacco.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: A new process for adjusting the resistance of semiconductor devices by carpeting a small area of the device with tiny pits, like a yard dug up by demented terriers, may be the key to a new class of magnetic sensors, enabling new, ultra-dense data storage devices. The technique demonstrated by researchers...

By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: Stonewall, TX - Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park and Lyndon B. Johnson State Park and Historic Site invite the public to attend a program honoring former President Johnson on Monday, August 27 at approximately 10:30 a.m. in the Johnson family cemetery on the LBJ Ranch. For thirty-four years, the Johnson family has made arrangements for a commemorative program including a wreath laying, a vocalist and a guest speaker who knew President Johnson personally.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: Researchers from the American Dental Association Foundation (ADAF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new method for layering two kinds of biomaterials into one strong, yet porous unit that may lead to improved reconstruction or repair of bones.

By Commerce Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: While the new calibration service for phasor measurement units (PMUs) offered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) sounds like it would appeal to Star Trek fans, it's actually the operators of America's electrical power grid-and all of us who value uninterrupted current-who benefit.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore will be resurfacing the Cross Marin Trail with a slurry seal on Monday, August 20 and Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007. The trail will remain closed during that time so the new material can set. Slurry seals are for sealing aged and raveled pavements, filling minor cracks, restoring...

By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: Lowell Spindle City Corps Hosting. Youth Summit 2007. On Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007 the Lowell Spindle City Corps will host a gathering and celebration of approximately 150 members, team leaders, and families of youth environmental programs from throughout New England as well as Denver, Colorado. The...

By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: Karen E. Lewis of West Linn, Oregon will join us in the North Casdades Artist in Residence program from August 26 through September 23. She will be staying at the Newhalem Camptender and setting up presentations and workshops, as well as doing her art in the park.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 16, 2007
News Release: The ferries of Isle Royale National Park, Rangers I, II, and III, have been transporting supplies and people to the island since the park's beginning. From the 75 foot Ranger I to the current 165 foot Ranger III, the ferry now has the distinction of being the largest vessel owned and operated by the...
By Homeland Newswire | Aug 15, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., along with Senator Daniel Akaka, D-Hawaii, House Committee on Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie G. Thompson, D-Miss., and Congressman James Langevin, D-R.I., Wednesday called on the Department...

By Labor Gazette | Aug 15, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy will convene Blazing the Trail: a National Youth Development and Leadership Summit on August 16 and 17 in Washington, D.C., to develop strategies that will increase the quality and availability of the nation's youth leadership ...

By Labor Gazette | Aug 15, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.

By Labor Gazette | Aug 15, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 15, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a one page correction on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 15, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 15, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 15, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 15, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 15, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Aug 15, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Aug. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.