News from December 2008
By DOE Gazette | Dec 11, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 11, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 11, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 11, 2008
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 11, 2008
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 11, 2008
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 11, 2008
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Dec 11, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Dec. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ. - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin is proud to announce that on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2008, the exhibits in the Geology Museum at Yavapai Point, on the South Rim of the park, were awarded top honors in the interior exhibit category of the National Association for Interpretation’s (NAI’s) Interpretive Media Awards Competition.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chairman Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), Finance Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and HELP Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) today applauded final passage in the Senate...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Democratic Caucus today approved the addition of five Democratic members to the Ways and Means Committee for the 111th Congress. When the House convenes in January 2009, the Committee will welcome Representatives Danny Davis (D-IL), Bob Etheridge (D-NC), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), Brian Higgins (D-NY), and John Yarmuth (D-KY). The ratio of majority and minority members on the panel will also shift to 26 and 15 respectively for the new Congress.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: In a new study, aged laboratory animals that ate a diet rich in the berry and grape compound pterostilbene performed better than those in a group that did not eat the enriched diet, scientists with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) have reported. Pterostilbene reversed measurable negative effects of aging on brain function and behavioral performance.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation today that would temporarily suspend an excise tax which is assessed on seniors who fail to take a required minimum distribution (RMD) from their retirement accounts including IRAs, 401(k)s, and 403(b)s. The bill would waive the penalty on RMD for 2009, thereby allowing seniors to recoup some of the losses they have experienced as the stock market plummeted.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins R-Me., said Thursday they would draft legislation to tighten oversight of high containment laboratories around the country that could handle deadly biological pathogens.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: Due to heavy rain and wind on the island of Oahu, the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center and Museum are closed for the day. Weather permitting, tours will resume Friday, December 12. Visitor center hours are 7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. The first tour to the memorial begins at 7:45 a.m. and the last tour begins at 3:00 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: The ninth season of Biscayne National Park's popular Family Fun Fest series kicks off Sunday, Jan. 11, 2009 at the park's Dante Fascell Visitor Center. The event is free and takes place from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. on the second Sunday of every month from January through May.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following statement on President-elect Obama’s selection of Tom Daschle to serve as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Director of the new White House Office of Health Reform and Dr. Jeanne Lambrew to serve as Deputy Director of the White House Office of Health Reform...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Winter driving conditions, poor visibility, and high speeds are creating hazardous driving conditions at Wind Cave National Park. Adding to the deadly mix is the chance of encountering two-thousand pound bison lying or walking along the roadway.
By US DOT Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding more midnight environmental regulations by the Bush administration. These latest last minute regulations undermine protections under the Endangered Species Act.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 11, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on President-Elect Barack Obama’s formal nomination of former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to serve as the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of theWhite House Office of Health Reform. Baucus said he looks forward to working with Daschle and Jeanne Lambrew, who will serve as Deputy Director of that office.
