News from February 2009
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS) is adding an entirely new dimension to the visitor experience and ongoing research at the USS Arizona Memorial by capturing the submerged battleship in stereoscopic three-dimensional high definition (3D HD).
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: Minutes after a two-story townhouse caught fire on Feb. 5, engines and crews raced to the townhouse to extinguish the fire and search for victims. No one was injured, however, because this was one of many fire experiments performed this winter by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with the Federal Highways Administration (FHWA), is proposing to reconstruct a 5-mile section of Bear Lake Road in Rocky Mountain National Park. This is Phase 2 of the project and would complete the reconstruction of the entire road. Phase 1 reconstruction...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public comment its first major update of Special Publication 800-53, the catalog of security controls and technical guidelines that information technology professionals use to select appropriate safeguards and countermeasures for...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina -- Superintendent Russ Wilson invites the public to join Cape LookoutNational Seashore in observance of Black History Month.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a new certified reference material that can be an important quality assurance tool for measuring the amounts of vitamins, carotenoids, and trace elements in dietary supplements. The new Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3280 for multivitamin/multimineral tablets was created in collaboration with the Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: The largest cycling event in America, the 2009 Amgen Tour of California is a Tour de France-style cycling road race that challenges the world’s top professional cycling teams to compete along a demanding, recently expanded, 750-mile course from Sacramento to Escondido from February 14-22, 2009. For the...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: In an unusual intersection of materials science and anthropology, researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and The George Washington University (GWU) have applied materials-science-based mathematical models to help shed light on the dietary habits of some of mankind's...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 10, 2009
News Release: Responding to media reports that parental options in education are coming under fire by some in the education establishment, the House education committee’s top Republican has called on U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to ensure parental options are protected and expanded, particularly for students ...
By Fed Newswire | Feb 9, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below. Terminations of enforcement actions are listed on the Federal Reserve's public website, www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/enforcement/, as they occur.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 9, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and between FirstCity Bancorp, Inc., Stockbridge, Georgia, a registered bank holding company, the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and the Banking Commissioner of the State of Georgia.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 9, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the issuance of a consent Order of Assessment of a Civil Money Penalty against Genoa Banking Company, Genoa, Ohio, a state member bank. Genoa Banking Company, without admitting to any allegations, consented to the issuance of the Order in connection with its alleged violations of the Board’s regulations implementing the National Flood Insurance Act.
By Fed Newswire | Feb 9, 2009
News Release: On February 9, 2009, the Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Additional information regarding the auction is listed below; the auction will be conducted as specified in this announcement, Regulation A, and the terms and conditions of the Term Auction Facility (www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/taf.htm).
By Labor Gazette | Feb 9, 2009
News Release: Washington – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will host its first of a series of free webcasts on February 19 from noon to 2 p.m. EST to help employers and service providers prepare for changes in the requirements of the 2009 Form 5500 reports and a preview of the new electronic filing Web site.
By Labor Gazette | Feb 9, 2009
News Release: Atlanta – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Hoyla Insurance Group of Kennesaw, Georgia, and Michael Hoyla to recover employee contributions commingled with company funds and distribute assets remaining in the company’s abandoned 401(k) plan.
By State News Post | Feb 9, 2009
The US State Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 9, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Feb 9, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Feb. 9, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
