News from November 2007
By Commerce News Now | Nov 27, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 27, 2007
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 27, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 27, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 27, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Nov. 27, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: The Elizabeth Cady Stanton House, located at 32 Washington Street in Seneca Falls, will close for the winter on Sunday, December 9, 2007. Through that date tours of the house will be available daily. The house will reopen on March 1, 2008.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: On Saturday, December 8 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, the National Park Service invites the public to enjoy an old-fashioned Christmas Open House and to experience some of Maggie L. Walker's holiday customs. Decked out with many poinsettias and a tree in the parlor, as remembered by her grandchildren, the...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: On Nov. 20, President George W. Bush and Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez named five organizations as the recipients of the 2007 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for organizational performance excellence. This year the awardees included nonprofit organizations for the first time.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a mechanical fatigue process that eventually leads to cracks and breakdown in bulk silicon crystals-a phenomenon that's particularly interesting because it long has been thought not to exist. Their recently published* results have important implications for the design of new silicon-based micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) devices that have been proposed for a wide variety of uses.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: Nanowires grown at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have a mechanical "quality factor" at least 10 times higher than reported values for other nanoscale devices such as carbon nanotubes, and comparable to that of commercial quartz crystals. Because a high Q factor indicates a capacity for stable vibrations, the nanowires might be used as oscillators in nano-electromechanical systems for future nano-sensors and communications devices.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: This year’s Fall Film Series, Planet Earth, continues every Saturday at 7:00 p.m. through December 15 at Rocky Mountain National Park’s Beaver Meadows Visitor Center Auditorium.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: Ron Terry 435 772-0160. 07-40. Zion National Park Superintendent Jock Whitworth announces the completion of the Backcountry Management Plan and the signing of the Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) by the National Park Service Intermountain Regional Director. The Backcountry Management...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed and tested a laser-based ranging system to assess the performance of automobile collision warning systems. Researchers in industry and at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) will be able to use the NIST technology...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today was honored with the Distinguished Leadership Award for Maritime and Supply Chain Security during the U.S. Maritime Security Conference at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. The conference is the largest...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: Traditional wheats, grown by village farmers on the other side of the world, could hold genes that resist attack by stem rust. Killer races of that formidable fungal disease pose a threat to America's wheat, according to Agricultural Research Service (ARS) plant pathologist J. Michael Bonman.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 27, 2007
News Release: (Ninety Six, SC) - Over 230 people started a new holiday tradition by stepping back into history. Ninety Six National Historic Site hosted “A Backcountry Holiday" on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007. The past came to life as visitors walked into the historic late 18th century Black Swan Tavern, where costumed interpreters greeted them.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Cal Dive and Helix Agree to Pay $2 Million WASHINGTON Cal Dive International Inc. and its parent company Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. (collectively Cal Dive) have agreed to pay $2 million as part ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 26, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division Rena J. Comisac today announced that a former Gary Police Department officer was indicted in federal district court in Hammond, Ind., on charges that he assaulted an arrestee and falsified a police report.
By Labor Gazette | Nov 26, 2007
News Release: Archived News Release — Caution: Information may be out of date.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 26, 2007
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Nov. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
