News from September 2008
By Commerce News Now | Sep 3, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 3, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 3, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 3, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 3, 2008
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 3, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: The Biometric Consortium Conference 2008, to be held in Tampa, Fla., Sept. 23-25, will focus on biometric technologies for homeland security, identity management, border crossing, electronic commerce and other applications. It will include two and a half days of presentations, seminars and panel discussions...
By State Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Related Coverage. On September 9 the Foreign Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on U.S.-Russia relations in the aftermath of the Georgia crisis. Permalink...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Just as test pilots push planes to explore their limits, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are probing the newest microscope technology to further improve measurement accuracy at the nanoscale. Better nanoscale measurements are critical for setting standards and improving production in the semiconductor and nanomanufacturing industries.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: In accordance with the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (REA), we are requesting comments from the public regarding proposed entrance fee increases for Fort Union National Monument and Pecos National Historical Park. Such fee increases are being considered nationwide as a way to bring similar-sized...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today the release of the National Park Service publication, The Creation and Establishment of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina. In 1937, Congress authorized the creation and establishment of Cape Hatteras National Seashore - America’s first national...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: The fall of the 47-story World Trade Center building 7 (WTC 7) in New York City late in the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, was primarily due to fires, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced on August 21 following an extensive, three-year scientific and technical building and...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Harkers Island, NC - Superintendent Russel J. Wilson announced that the Cape Lookout National Seashore staff has implemented its emergency weather evacuation plan due to the approach of Tropical Storm Hanna.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: From Sept. 22-25, 2008, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a conference and accompanying workshops demonstrating the use of open standards to automate computer security tasks. The 4th annual 2008 Security Automation Conference and Workshop will take place at the NIST...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Seoul National University (SNU) have learned how to tweak a new class of polymer-based semiconductors to better control the location and alignment of the components of the blend. Their recent results-how to move the top to the bottom-could enable the design of practical, large-scale manufacturing techniques for a wide range of printable, flexible electronic displays and other devices.*
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Panel 1. “College Costs and Prices: Issues for Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act", Rebecca Skinner and Blake Naughton, Congressional Research Service, Oct. 30, 2007. “The Growing Imbalance: Recent Trends in U.S. Postsecondary Education Finance", Delta Project on Postsecondary Education...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: All programs are at 7:00 p.m. and are free and open to the public.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Imagine being on the prairie at night under a blanket of stars, hearing the whistling of the wind and the howl of the coyote. Now imagine that it’s back in the mid 1800’s! Fort Union National Monument, a unit of the National Park Service, announces its annual “Candlelight Tour" on August 23rd. The program...
By Homeland Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senator Norm Coleman, Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI), recently sent a letter to Mr. Kerry N. Weems, Acting Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), expressing his alarm and serious concerns over purported inaccurate...
By USDA Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Rolling hay, rye and other cover crops could be the fastest way for some farmers to prepare their fields for planting. That's thanks to rolling machines--developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists--that can quickly flatten mature, high-biomass cover crops such as rye.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 3, 2008
News Release: Fire danger at Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) lands in Marin County is rated as "Extreme" again today, Wednesday, September 3.
