News from December 2008
By Fed News Journal | Dec 23, 2008
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Dec 23, 2008
The US Federal Reserve System published a three page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 23, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
The US Interior Department published a one page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 23, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 23, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 23, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Dec 23, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Dec 23, 2008
The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on Dec. 23, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: (Ninety Six, SC) - National Park Service Chief Ranger/ Historian Eric Williams will retire Jan. 3, 2009 from the Ninety Six National Historic Site. Since his arrival in 1981 he has witnessed many positive changes including the addition of park buildings, trails, acreage and the volunteer program.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: The Baldrige Criteria for Performance Excellence-described by one industry CEO as "probably the single most influential document in the modern history of American business"-serves both as the standard for selecting the annual recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award and the road map...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: Winter Road Closure Allows for Recreational Opportunities in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: A new field tool developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists applies poultry litter to fields in shallow bands, reducing runoff of excess nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: Electronic technologies could be deployed immediately and reliably to augment slower postal mail for distributing ballots to U.S. citizens living abroad, but using telephone, e-mail, and the Web to transmit completed ballots still faces significant, unresolved issues, according a new report* released today by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-Electronic technologies could be deployed immediately and reliably to augment slower postal mail for distributing ballots to U.S. citizens living abroad, but using telephone, e-mail, and the Web to transmit completed ballots still faces significant, unresolved issues, according a new report* released today.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: The creation of the first high-density gas of ultracold molecules by scientists at JILA, a joint institute of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been selected as one of the "top ten" physics news stories of the year by the American Institute of Physics (AIP) along with a related experiment at the University of Innsbruck.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: In the comics, the Phantom is a masked crimefighter who protected the innocent from pirates, hijackers and other evildoers. While not as dashing or exciting as its costumed namesake, this electromagnetic phantom-a carbon and polymer mixture that simulates the human body-is being readied by the National...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a method to measure the toughness-the resistance to fracture-of the thin insulating films that play a critical role in high-performance integrated circuits. The new technique could help improve the reliability and manufacturability of ICs and, better yet, it's one that state-of-the-art microelectronics manufacturers can use with equipment they already own.
By State Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: Van Nuys, CA - House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA) released the following statement about the signing into law today of his bipartisan legislation to help end the scourge of trafficking in persons worldwide...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 23, 2008
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is interested in detailed pitches for critical national and societal needs that could be the basis for new competitions for research funding under its Technology Innovation Program (TIP).
