News from February 2008
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: The same chemicals that keep food from sticking to our frying pans and stains from setting in our carpets are damaging the livers and impairing the immune systems of loggerhead turtles-an environmental health impact that also may signal a danger for humans.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: Exhale on a cold winter day and you will see the water vapor coming out of your mouth. Light up your breath with a Nobel-Prize-related tool, and you could potentially detect trace amounts of over 1,000 compounds, some of which provide early warning signs of disease. In a new paper,* a team led by Jun...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: Dear Acting Director Hager: At the end of each Administration, there are always concerns that political appointees may improperly convert to career positions. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) recently provided a briefing to Committee staff on the process of converting Executive Branch employees...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials announce that the environmental review process has been completed for the proposed construction and maintenance staging and stockpiling site. The Finding of No Significant Impact, the decision document, was signed by National Park Service Intermountain...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has delivered a three-year plan for its programs to Congress, as required by the America COMPETES Act passed in August 2007. The plan provides a broad vision for NIST programs during Fiscal Years 2009-2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: Today, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented on Fidel Castro’s resignation as Cuba’s President. Baucus has been a longtime advocate of reforming U.S. economic policies toward Cuba and reexamining the decades-old restrictions on trade and travel.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: On Wednesdays in March, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore will once again offer "Fireside Chats," a series of public interpretive programs about the natural and cultural resources of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
By State Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC -- In response to this morning’s announcement that Cuban leader Fidel Castro has decided to retire, Rep. Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Acting Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has produced a DVD of a presentation that Nobel laureate William Phillips, a physicist at NIST, gave about the science of cold temperatures to approximately 800 students, parents and teachers at Parkland Magnet Middle School for Aerospace Technology...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: A new chair and vice chair have been elected to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), the agency's primary private-sector policy advisory group.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: Douglas Montgomery and Stephen Quinn, two computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have been named to this year's "Federal 100" by the trade publication Federal Computer Week (FCW). According to the publication, the list consists of "100 people recognized for their contributions to the federal information technology market in the past year."
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2008
News Release: A super-sensitive mini-sensor developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) can detect nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) in tiny samples of fluids flowing through a novel microchip. The prototype chip device, developed in a collaboration between NIST and the University of California, may have wide application as a sensitive chemical analyzer, for example in rapid screening to find new drugs.
By State Newswire | Feb 18, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC -- In response to the U.S. Goverment's officially recognizing Kosova's newly independent status today, Acting Chairman Howard Berman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued the following statement...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CIV (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The Puerto Rico Department of Education (PRDE) has paid over $19 million to settle allegations that the PRDE falsely certified its eligibility to receive federal funds under the Migrant Education Program, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON The Justice Department announced today that it filed a lawsuit against Bolivar County, Miss., alleging violations of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi, in Oxford. The Department simultaneously filed a consent decree resolving the lawsuit against the county.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 15, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON A federal jury in Phoenix returned guilty verdicts on numerous counts charging Paul Richard Butts, 38, of Apache Junction, Ariz., with the distribution and possession of child pornography, Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona Diane J. Humetewa announced today.
By Commerce News Now | Feb 15, 2008
News Release: $40 Coupons to be Mailed Out Starting Next Week, 9,700 Retailers Ready to Accept Coupons B-Roll Footage Available on Friday, February 15—See Information Below WASHINGTON—Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez announced today that Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), ...
By Commerce News Now | Feb 15, 2008
News Release: Florida is America's gateway to the Western Hemisphere, and Greater Miami has reaped the rewards of increased global engagement. Trade has energized the region's economy and created a flood of new opportunities that have grown Florida's exports.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 15, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 15, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 15, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
