News from October 2007
By DOT News Wire | Oct 25, 2007
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
The US Interior Department published a two page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 25, 2007
The US Justice Department published a three page notice on Oct. 25, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Weekly Up-date: Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are open under winter seasonal beach conditions for off-road vehicles (ORV) access as described below. Some areas may still experience closures where the beaches are too narrow and unsafe for ORV use. The Park operates and manages access under...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Superintendent Michael Murray announced today that Cape Hatteras National Seashore will comply with the North Carolina Division of Forest Resources' statewide ban on all open burning. All beach fires are temporarily banned from the beaches of the Seashore. Campground fires which are contained inside grills are permitted.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Sens. Chuck Grassley and Orrin Hatch issued the comments below about the outcome of the vote this afternoon in the House of Representatives on children’s health insurance legislation.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is preparing to conduct four controlled burns this fall in Porter and Lake Counties. The planned burns are: Miller Woods Unit 7, Mnoke Prairie, Burns Ditch, and Derby Ditch. Three of the controlled burns are located on National Lakeshore property and the fourth is on...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: "In case of fire use the stairs, not the elevator"-appears on signs posted in elevator lobbies throughout the United States. In the aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001, however, experts are starting to reconsider tall building evacuation strategies. Earlier this year, the National Institute of Standards and...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel introduced landmark legislation today to reduce taxes on working families and reform tax laws to eliminate loopholes and narrowly-targeted benefits. Chairman Rangel’s legislation, the Tax Reduction and Reform Act of 2007, would provide...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Wanted: Bacterium that can eat sugar or sludge; must be team player or electrochemically active; ability to survive without oxygen, a plus. Thus might read the bacterial "job description" posted by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and Washington University (WU ) scientists, who are collaborating on ways to make microbial fuel cells more efficient and practical.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on the tax reform proposal from Rep. Charles Rangel, chairman of the House Committee on Ways and Means.
By State Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Tom Lantos of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs issued the following statement today in response to the Administration’s announcement of tightened sanctions against Iran...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Today, the House Committee on Agriculture heard about drought, flood, fire and other weather-related disaster conditions that are affecting agriculture producers in many parts of the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: A recently completed licensing agreement for two novel National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) technologies may help bring affordable graphic reading systems for the blind and visually impaired to market. The two systems bring electronic images to life in the same way that Braille makes words readable.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray is pleased to announce the Outer Banks Group and National Park Service staff, will host two job fairs for 2008 summer temporary seasonal positions. The first one will be held in Manteo at the College of the Albemarle Roanoke Island Campus ("old Middle School") on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The second job fair will be held in Buxton at the Fessenden Center on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2007 from noon to 4:00 pm.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: In the growing catalog of nanoscale technologies, nanowires-tiny rows of conductor or semiconductor atoms-have attracted a great deal of interest for their potential to build unique atomic-scale electronics. But before you can buy some at your local Nano Depot, manufacturers will need efficient, reliable...
By US DOT Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Contact... Marc Morano 202-224-5762 marc_morano@epw.senate.gov Matt Dempsey 202-224-9797 matthew_dempsey@epw.senate.gov SENATOR INHOFE OPENING STATMENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY, AND WATER QUALITY OVERSIGHT HEARING ON EFFECTIVENESS OF FEDERAL DRUNK DRIVING PROGRAMS ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2007
News Release: Widely recognized as the engine that drives the U.S. economy, information technology enables the vast majority of organizations to carry out their missions and business operations more efficiently and effectively. Along with their power and usefulness, however, information systems face serious man-made...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 24, 2007
News Release: Petrified Forest National Park Changes to Winter Hours.
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 24, 2007
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007 WWW.USDOJ.GOV U.S. Terrorist Screening Center Paul Bresson 202-324-3691 TSC Leads Federal Inter-Agency Cooperation Enhancing Existing Roles and Responsibilities to Address Redress Cases The U.S. Terrorist Screening Center (TSC), the U.S. Governments ...
