News published on Federal Newswire in April 2009

News from April 2009


The US State Department published a nine page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US State Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Labor Department published a one page notice on April 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


News Release: Homestead Florida: Close-up photography of South Florida’s unique and beautiful trees will be on view at Everglades National Park’s Ernest Coe Visitor Center through April 30, 2009.


News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have uncovered genetic evidence about the evolutionary path that transformed Salmonella enteritidis from an innocuous bacterium into a virulent pathogen.


Quantum Computers Will Require Complex Software to Manage Errors

News Release: Highlighting another challenge to the development of quantum computers, theorists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have shown* that a type of software operation, proposed as a solution to fundamental problems with the computers' hardware, will not function as some designers had hoped.


X Marks the Spot: Ions Coldly Go Through NIST Trap Junction

News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a new ion trap that enables ions to go through an intersection while keeping their cool. Ten million times cooler than in prior similar trips, in fact. The demonstration, described in a forthcoming paper in Physical...


NIST Launches YouTube Channel

News Release: As part of a U.S. government-wide effort to expand the amount of information available to the public about its programs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a channel on the video social networking site YouTube.


NIST Issues Open and Transparent Methods for Testing Electronic Voting Systems

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has opened for public comment detailed new methods for testing future electronic voting systems' compliance with voluntary federal standards. Touch screens, optical scanners and other kinds of electronic voting systems now appear at polls across the nation.


National Park Service Partners with Boys and Girls Club to Teach Kids about Nature in Essex County

News Release: Salem Maritime National Historic Site, Saugus Iron Works National Historic Site, and the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Salem have been the recipients of a prestigious First Bloom program grant from the National Park Foundation. Through this grant, National Park Rangers and the staff of the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Salem have been working with fifteen children to explore nature and the native plants of New England.


Lighthouse Lecture 2009

News Release: (Sullivan's Island, SC) - The National Park Service invites the public to a special lecture by the architect of the Sullivan's Island Lighthouse, Jack Graham, at 2:00 pm on Sunday, April 26, 2009. The program takes place on the grounds of the US Coast Guard Historic District at 1815 I'On Avenue near...


World's First Nanofluidic Device with Complex 3-D Surfaces Built

News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Cornell University have capitalized on a process for manufacturing integrated circuits at the nanometer (billionth of a meter) level to engineer the first-ever nanoscale fluidic device with complex three-dimensional surfaces.