News from June 2009
By DOT News Wire | Jun 16, 2009
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 16, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 16, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 16, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on June 16, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced that it is establishing a financial assistance program to help selected institutions develop and implement a NIST measurement science and engineering fellowship program. The new fellowship program is funded under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: This Saturday and Sunday, June 20 & 21, the Sandy Hook Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area will be participating in the nationwide Fee Free Weekend at America’s National Parks. Although Sandy Hook has no entrance fee, a beach parking fee of $10 per car is charged between Memorial Day and Labor...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: A wildfire rages across southern California wildlands towards residential communities, endangering residents and firefighters and sending property up in smoke. This is an increasingly common story, occurring several times a summer. To better understand these Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires and how...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: Bureau of Reclamation Security, Safety and Law Enforcement Director David Achterberg has named Brian Cornell as Special Agent for Reclamation's Great Plains Region.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: Rome, NY - This July, rediscover Fort Stanwix National Monument, and Oriskany Battlefield and Steuben Memorial State Historic Sites. Whether you are interested in exploring military, civilian or American Indian history, listening to summer evening concerts, or simply walking the grounds and having a...
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: BOSTON, MA - Senators Edward M. Kennedy and John F. Kerry announced today that fifteen biomedical research and research training institutions in Massachusetts will receive twenty-five grants from the National Institute of Health totaling $4,263,924, made under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
By DOL Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC- Senior Democrats on the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a press conference today to discuss The Affordable Health Choices Act and the urgent need for health reform that reduces costs, protects choice and guarantees quality, affordable health care for all Americans. Nurses, medical students, and individuals with firsthand experience joined them in support of reforming our broken health care system.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: Biophysicists long for an ideal material-something more structured and less sticky than a standard glass surface-to anchor and position individual biomolecules. Gold is an alluring possibility, with its simple chemistry and the ease with which it can be patterned. Unfortunately, gold also tends to be...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) today, in a letter to White House Counsel Gregory Craig, asked that the White House produce all e-mail and other communications with the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California regarding the dismissal of AmeriCorps Inspector General (IG) Gerald Walpin.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement tonight after the Democrat Majority decided to shut down the open amendment process following debate on the first Republican Amendment...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the final version of an updated publication to help organizations and employees secure their computer systems for telecommuters.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: Better predictions of how many valuable materials behave under stress could be on the way from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists have recently found evidence* of an important similarity between the behavior of polycrystalline materials-such as metals and ceramics-and glasses.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: Last month, several health care groups met with the President at the White House and pledged to save $2 trillion in health care costs. Today the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a document saying that many of the industry proposals cannot be scored because they do not affect government programs,...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: A new National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) assay using a "glow or no glow" technique may soon help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) defend the nation against a spectrum of biological weapons that could be used in a terrorist attack. One very dangerous toxin on the list is ricin, a protein derived from castor beans that is lethal in doses as small as 500 micrograms-about the size of a grain of salt.
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Chairman John F. Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee released the following statements after the markup of the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act, also known as the Kerry-Lugar Bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission to respond to his request for information about what steps the SEC is taking to address the issues raised in a recent Inspector General report about the personal securities transactions of three SEC enforcement officials.
