News from February 2009
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a five page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Feb 24, 2009
The US Energy Department published a one page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 24, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Feb. 24, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: Superintendent Mary Beth Wester is pleased to announce the details of an upcoming program in honor of African-American History Month. On Saturday, February 28th, 2009 at 2:00pm, join a park ranger to learn about the fascinating life of Robert Abbott, who was one of the foremost Civil Rights leaders of the early 20th century.

By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin has announced that an Environmental Assessment/Assessment of Effect (EA) for the Exotic Plant Management Plan is now available for public review and comment.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: First responders could boost their radio communications quickly at a disaster site by setting out just four extra transmitters in a random arrangement to significantly increase the signal power at the receiver, according to theoretical analyses, simulations and proof-of-concept experiments performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: Whiskeytown National Recreation Area has on display a series of photographic images from Whiskeytown’s unique cemetery. Photographer Harvey Spector has produced a sensitive collection of images which both honors the deceased and gives the viewer an intimate connection to those individuals. Entitled “Saints, Angels, Scoundrels, and Heroes", the exhibition can be seen now through March 15th at Whiskeytown Visitor Center.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Feb. 24, 2009 - Congressional Democrats have inserted a dangerous rider (Sec. 429) into the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill that would allow the Department of Interior to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Section 429 allows the Interior Department to withdraw two Endangered Species Act rules (one on Section 7 consultation and another on polar bears) within 60 days of enactment.

By Commerce Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: For centuries, people have preserved fruit by mixing it with sugar, making thick jams that last for months without spoiling. Now scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered* a fundamental property of mixture behavior that might help extend the life of many things including vaccines, food and library books-and save money while doing it.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 24, 2009
News Release: Plants that are mainstays of horticulture also carry lots of risk, a new Agricultural Research Service (ARS) study has found. Naturalization rates of non-native horticultural plants increase the longer a plant is grown and sold.