News from July 2009
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: To explore the structure and dynamics of novel materials, the more than two dozen scientific instruments at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) all depend on one thing: a steady supply of neutrons from the center's research reactor. On July 9 NCNR scientists and the scientific community learned they will be able to depend on their neutron source for at least another two decades.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after joining former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, president of the Institute of Energy Research Tom Pyle, and other Members of Congress in a press conference to highlight the one-year anniversary of President Bush lifting the presidential moratorium on offshore drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: A recently released New York City Police Department (NYPD) report designed "to aid the New York City building community by providing information on how to prevent and mitigate the effects of a terrorist attack on a building" states that many of its guidelines incorporate recommendations and best practices...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Chairmen of the three Committees with jurisdiction over health policy in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced comprehensive health care reform legislation today that will reduce out-of-control costs, encourage competition among insurance plans to improve choices for patients, and expand access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Earlier in the year, the National Park Service received funding for 800 projects totaling $750 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Of that, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area received $736,000 to fund four projects. The park staff has been working hard to ensure timely contracting and completion of these projects. As of July 7, 2009, the status of the four projects is as follows.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN), the top Republican on the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee, today called on congressional Democrats to pull back from their arbitrary deadlines for voting on an overhaul of our nation’s health care system and give Members of Congress adequate time to fully assess the consequences of newly introduced legislation on jobs, small businesses, and the quality of health care in America.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Glacier National Park officials are investigating a possible drowning at Swiftcurrent Lake on the park’s east side. Rangers were notified about 3:30 Tuesday morning, July 14 that two males had been canoeing on Swiftcurrent Lake. The canoe reportedly tipped over at about 3 am. Both males reportedly attempted to swim to shore, but only one person made it safely to shore. The other person is missing, and possibly drowned.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Richmond National Battlefield Park offers the third of its five Wednesday evening Capital History at Sunset programs for 2009. The series continues on July 15 and runs through July 29. All programs are free, and begin at 7:00 pm.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Glacier National Park officials are investigating a drowning at Swiftcurrent Lake on the park’s east side. Rangers were notified about 3:30 Tuesday morning, July 14 that two males had been canoeing on Swiftcurrent Lake. The canoe reportedly tipped over at about 3 am. Both males reportedly attempted to swim to shore, but only one person made it safely to shore. That person was the reporting party.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Despite evidence that Medicaid beneficiaries have poorer health than other Americans and have difficulty getting the care they need because many doctors do not accept Medicaid patients, Democrats on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee today rejected an effort to provide Medicaid patients with new options for quality health insurance.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Responding to concerns about the quality and accuracy of methods used by testing laboratories to measure levels of vitamin D in the body, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health's Office of Dietary Supplements, have...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Tuesday released the following statements on the indictments of Salah Osman Ahmed and Abdifatah Yusuf Issee by a federal grand jury in Minneapolis...
By State Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today issued this statement regarding proposed unconditional peace talks between Israeli and Palestinian authorities...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Ever wonder what is going on at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, what is planned for the future, or what you can do to help the park? The next two chances to talk to the park superintendent are August 6, 2009 at 7:00p.m. at the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore Visitor Center at the intersection of State...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 14, 2009
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have overcome a hurdle in quantum computer development, having devised* a viable way to manipulate a single "bit" in a quantum processor without disturbing the information stored in its neighbors. The approach, which makes novel use of polarized light to create "effective" magnetic fields, could bring the long-sought computers a step closer to reality.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 13, 2009
News Release: The second of three "fee-free" weekends announced by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar as a way of encouraging Americans seeking affordable vacations to visit their national parks is quickly approaching. On Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments will join national park units across the country in waiving entrance fees for all park visitors.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 13, 2009
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today visited the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Frank Drew in Portsmouth, Va., to discuss maritime security and view a demonstration by a Maritime Security Response Team (MSRT)—a Coast Guard counterterrorism unit with advanced interdiction capabilities.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 13, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON — An employee of a Sewell, N.J., sub-contractor that provided temporary electrical services was sentenced today to serve 20 months in jail for his role in a kickback and fraud scheme at an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-designated Superfund site in New Jersey, the Department of Justice announced. The sub-contractor was also ordered to pay $154,597 in restitution to the EPA, jointly and severally with his co-conspirators.
