News published on Federal Newswire in August 2007

News from August 2007


The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a three page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Aug. 10, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


NIST Votes for U.S. Conditional Approval of Office Open XML Standard

News Release: Aug. 10, 2007--The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has voted for conditional approval of a proposed international standard for open documents. The candidate standard, ISO/IEC DIS 29500, Office Open XML File Formats, sometimes abbreviated as "Office Open XML" or OOXML, is being fast-tracked by ISO/IEC (the International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission).


News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park’s Education Specialist, Laura Law, will hold four free teacher workshops this August. Since student field trips are geared toward the Montana Content and Performance Standards, the workshops are grade level and content specific.


News Release: NEW ORLEANS, La., Aug. 10-The U.S. Department of Agriculture research facility known for developing wrinkle-free and flame-retardant cotton fabrics was officially rededicated here today, having recovered from damages it sustained two years ago during Hurricane Katrina. The Southern Regional Research Center (SRRC) is part of the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency.


Completion of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Hunting Program at Cape Cod National Seashore

News Release: Cape Cod National Seashore Superintendent George E. Price, Jr. has announced that a Final Environmental Impact Statement (Final EIS) has been completed for the National Seashore’s hunting program. The 1961 legislation establishing Cape Cod National Seashore (CCNS) allowed the National Park Service (NPS)...


News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Four summer interns at Wind Cave National Park are giving back to the park while exploring careers in conservation. Laura Wood, Tyler Scott, Matt Hornfeck and Matt Andrasi, interns with the Student Conservation Association (SCA), spent the summer maintaining the park’s thirty miles of hiking trails and thinning ponderosa pine trees encroaching on the prairie.


Teacher to Teacher Workshop at Lowell

News Release: Teachers Explore History, Science, and the Arts in Lowell.


KENNEDY ON MINE TRAGEDIES

News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the SenateHealth, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement onthe mine collapses in Utah and Indiana.