News from December 2009
By DOE Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E) announced today the creation of the ARPA-E Fellows Program at an event with Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s students. ARPA-E Director, Dr. Arun Majumdar, made the announcement during a presentation...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: The Superintendent of Denali National Park and Preserve has determined that there is adequate snow cover for the use of snowmobiles for traditional activities in areas of the 1980 park additions that are south of the crest of the Alaska Range, except for the park lands between the Bull River and Windy Creek at the north end of Broad Pass near the town of Cantwell. These areas do not have adequate snow cover.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Grassley has asked 33 medical groups for information about the financial backing they get from the pharmaceutical, medical device and insurance industries.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued the following statement in response to President Barack Obama’s remarks today on job creation and economic growth...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: Presentations to be held at Rodanthe and Ocracoke.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: The House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing today on the Common Core State Standards Initiative being developed by the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA) and the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). While there is bipartisan support for voluntary, rigorous ...
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have shown that increasing roast color intensity steadily ramps up the antioxidant capacities of peanuts, peanut flour and peanut skins.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore announces the completion of the Lake Michigan Overlooks Environmental Assessment with the signing of the “Finding of No Significant Impact" (FONSI) on Nov. 2, 2009. The FONSI identifies the selected alternative and serves as the decision-making document for the project.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Tuesday in reaction to the Administration’s announcement of its Open Government Directive, which establishes requirements and deadlines for agencies to take specific steps to improve the “transparency, participation, and collaboration" of their work through greater use of the internet.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is introducing legislation today to make permanent a number of education-related tax relief initiatives he’s spearheaded, which have delivered an estimated $257 million in savings to Iowans so far.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement in response to the Transportation Security Administration’s posting of its Standard Operating Procedure Manual on the Internet...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md.-The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has presented 64 local staff members with the Departmental Bronze Medal and other NIST awards in ceremonies to be held today at NIST's Gaithersburg, Md. campus. In recognition of their awards, each of the...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Susan Collins, R-Me., today announced that various entities in Maine are eligible to apply for more than $11.5 million in grant awards for Fiscal Year 2010 under programs administered by the Department of Homeland Security.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.¬ - U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, today blasted the Transportation Security Agency (TSA), which has been charged with protecting America’s airports since the terror attacks of 9/11, for committing a “significant breach of security" by inadvertently posting its complete, 93-page airport screening manual on the World Wide Web.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: Following a hearing last week in the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee on the bankruptcy of the Delphi Corporation, Reps. John Kline (R-MN), Tom Price (R-GA), Chris Lee (R-NY), and Michael Turner (R-OH) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner requesting information on the ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and senior Finance member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) responded today to a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommending Congress move to restructure the research tax credit...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement today regarding President Obama’s plan to divert TARP dollars to fund programs that are supposed to create the jobs the stimulus isn’t...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: On Saturday, Dec. 19, 2009 Fort Moultrie will present Soldiers Through Time, a living history event from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Park rangers and reenactors will portray soldiers of the major time periods of Fort Moultrie's history from the Revolutionary War through World War II.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., December 8, 2009 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after joining members of the American Energy Solution Group in a press conference to oppose the President’s job-killing energy policies and express concerns () with his upcoming trip to the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2009
News Release: On Sunday, December 6, 2009 around 10:30 a.m. National Park Service Rangers in the Hatteras District of Cape Hatteras National Seashore received a call from Dare County Communication Center advising of a non-injury plane crash at Billy Mitchell Airstrip, a state-maintained day use airstrip located within...
