News from November 2008
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week released its final report on the Sept. 11, 2001, collapse of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City. The final report is strengthened by clarifications and supplemental text suggested by organizations and...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and President Bush today announced that three organizations are the recipients of the 2008 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are tracking how the dissemination of the parasite Trichinella spiralis throughout Europe, North Africa and the Americas was facilitated by human travel and the transportation of animals.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a rescue robot exercise in Texas last week in which about three dozen robots were tested by developers and first responders in order to develop a standard suite of performance tests to help evaluate candidate mechanical rescuers. This exercise...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: The National Park Service invites you to celebrate the holidays at Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site, in Historic Jackson Ward, on Saturday, December 6, 2008 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. Begin your visit at the park’s visitor center, located at 600 North 2nd Street. Enjoy holiday selections performed...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed the nomination of Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Peter Orszag to lead the Office ofManagement and Budget in the incoming Obama Administration. As head of the CBO,Orszag...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez joined President George W. Bush in announcing the 2008 recipients of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for organizational innovation and performance excellence.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore invites the public to witness the release of a Bald Eagle into the wild on Saturday, Nov. 29, at 3:00 p.m. from the parking lot of the Visitor Center (on M-72) in Empire. Rebecca Lessard, Executive Director of Wings of Wonder, a non-profit raptor rehabilitation facility, chose this site to celebrate her last Eagle release of 2008. Bring a camera, as there will be many opportunities for great pictures!.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is soliciting input from the public on the proposed update of the Fire Management Plan for Craters of the Moon Monument and Preserve (CRMO). The NPS is required to have an approved fire management plan for each unit in the National Park System that supports burnable vegetation.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: NIST physicist David Wineland will receive the inaugural Herbert Walther Award in recognition of his "seminal contributions to quantum information physics and metrology, and the development of trapped ion techniques for applications to basic quantum phenomena, plasma physics and optical clocks." The...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: The National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) has just published a new strategic plan to guide the activities of the four federal agencies that participate in the program for the next five years. NEHRP's goal is to reduce earthquake losses through better understanding of earthquake generation...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 25, 2008
News Release: A new testing procedure just published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) represents the final step in a decade-long effort led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to unite the United States with the rest of the world in evaluating the performance of coordinate measuring machines (CMMs).
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Nov. 24, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV TAX (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Walnut Creek, Calif., Firm Allegedly Helped Customers Avoid Tax on More Than $25 Million Through Insurance and IRA Scheme WASHINGTON - A San Francisco federal judge has ordered Edwin Lichtig III and his ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Nov. 24, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A Maryland resident, who previously worked as an attorney in the District of Columbia, was sentenced today for one count of receiving child pornography, Acting Assistant Attorney General Matthew Friedrich of the Criminal Division announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Nov. 24, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV NSD (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 DALLAS — Following approximately six weeks of testimony and seven days of deliberation, a federal jury in Dallas returned guilty verdicts this afternoon convicting the Holy Land Foundation of Relief and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Nov. 24, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Proposal Could Result in Greater Competition for Large Commercial Insurance Policies WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice announced today that it will not challenge a proposal by the Ivy Capital Group, ...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 24, 2008
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, Nov. 24, 2008 WWW.USDOJ.GOV CRM (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON – A Florida physician was sentenced today to 405 months in prison for receipt and possession of child pornography, announced Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Matthew ...
By Fed Newswire | Nov 24, 2008
News Release: On Nov. 24, 2008, the Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 13-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. This is a forward auction designed to provide term funding over year-end--awarded loans will settle on Dec. 23, 2008.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 24, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Nov 24, 2008
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Nov. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
