News from January 2008
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: Given that FDA failed to identify a public health basis for why this lengthy proposal was necessary at this point in time, the letter’s authors ask FDA to answer questions justifying the expenditure of the agency’s limited resources on this effort.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: The annual review and comment period for the Superintendent’s compendium is now underway, with comments required to be received by Feb. 19, 2008.
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association’s introduction of the “Pathway to Covering America: Ensuring Quality, Value, and Access," a plan to...
By DOL Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Today, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement in response to the United States House of Representatives failing to override President Bush’s veto of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. "American...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: The Argonne National Laboratory of the Department of Energy (DoE) announced on Jan. 17, 2008, that a team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been awarded 750,000 central processing unit (CPU) hours on the IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer at the Argonne Leadership...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: Quantum dots-tiny, intense, tunable sources of colorful light-are illuminating new opportunities in biomedical research, cryptography and other fields. But these semiconductor nanocrystals also have a secret problem, a kind of nervous tic. They mysteriously tend to "blink" on and off like Christmas tree lights, which can reduce their usefulness.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today made the following remarks regarding the Committee's ongoing investigation of EPA's denial of California's request for a waiver to regulate global warming pollution from motor vehicles...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: Blood coursing through vessels, lubricated cartilage sliding against joints, ink jets splashing on paper-living and nonliving things abound with fluids meeting solids. However important these liquid/solid boundaries may be, conventional methods cannot measure basic mechanical properties of these interfaces...
By Interior Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: Symposium designed to address user capacity issues in national parks and other public lands, including implications for Yosemite National Park's future park planning efforts.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 23, 2008
News Release: Air-source heat pumps typically deliver 1 1/2 to three times more heating energy to a home than the electric energy they consume. This is possible because heat pumps move heat rather than convert it from a fuel (as combustion heating systems do). National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers are working to improve the performance of these energy superstars even further by providing engineers with computer-based tools for optimizing heat exchanger designs.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a settlement in the first lawsuit ever filed by the Department alleging discrimination against Asian-American victims based upon ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 MIAMI A federal Judge in the Southern District of Florida has sentenced Jose Padilla, Adham Amin Hassoun, and Kifah Wael Jayyousi on charges of conspiracy to murder, kidnap and maim individuals in a ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 22, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE TUESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON - A federal judge has ruled that the at-large system of election used by the Village of Port Chester, N.Y, to elect its trustees violates the Voting Rights Act because it discriminates against ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 22, 2008
News Release: The Federal Open Market Committee has decided to lower its target for the federal funds rate 75 basis points to 3-1/2 percent.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 22, 2008
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday approved actions by the Boards of Directors of the Federal Reserve Banks of Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Richmond, Dallas, and San Francisco, decreasing the discount rate at the Banks from 4-3/4 percent to 4 percent, effective immediately.
By Commerce News Now | Jan 22, 2008
News Release: “I was honored to meet with Ms. Morejón, a woman who has devoted her life to freeing her husband, one of the true heroes of the Cuban opposition to the Castro tyranny,” Secretary Gutierrez said. “It is appalling that in this day and age, after we recently honored one of our own champions of human dignity, ...
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 22, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
