News from May 2009
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - The Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership, one of seven regional partnerships created by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance carbon capture and storage technologies, has completed a preliminary geologic characterization and sequestration field test at FirstEnergy's...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - The House Committee on Foreign Affairs today approved bipartisan legislation creating a new, more positive framework for U.S.-Pakistan relations.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: Chip manufacturers beware: There's a newfound flaw in our understanding of transistor noise, a phenomenon affecting the electronic on-off switch that makes computer circuits possible. According to the engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) who discovered the problem, it will soon stand in the way of creating more efficient, lower-powered devices like cell phones and pacemakers unless we solve it.
By Interior Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: Redwood National and State Parks staff has noted that the spring bloom of lupine in the park’s Bald Hills is one of the best in years. This year’s display rivals the bloom in 2007, which was described by some as the best on fifty years.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: On May 18, 2009, U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced significant progress that will help expedite development of a nationwide "smart" electric power grid.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) recently announced that it has recognized the first eight laboratories approved to test the interoperability of emergency communications equipment under the Project 25 Conformity Assessment Program (P25...
By State Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - The House Foreign Affairs Committee today approved comprehensive legislation to shore up U.S. foreign policy efforts, the Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 (H.R. 2410).
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received Congressional approval on its spending plan for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. NIST will use its funds to invest in construction projects, grants, scientific equipment and research fellowships.
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C. - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), along with 15 other Democratic and Republican Senators, today introduced a bill easing U.S. trade and travel restrictions to Cuba. The bill, which was co-sponsored by Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Senator...
By DOL Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan made his first official appearance before the House Education and Labor Committee today, outlining the Obama Administration’s education agenda. Republicans on the panel welcomed Duncan and highlighted opportunities for bipartisan education reform. At the same time, ...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: A working definition for cloud computing-a new computer technique with potential for achieving significant cost savings and information technology agility-has been released by a team of computer security experts at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Since the federal government...
By DOE Newswire | May 20, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is establishing a testing program to assure that the U.S. government purchases new computers and networking products that work properly on the next-generation Internet traffic system while meeting standards for federal government use. Addressing...
By Commerce Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) commented today on the Patients’ Choice Act of 2009, a health care reform bill introduced by Senators Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) and Richard Burr (R-NC). Baucus is one of the Senate’s leading advocates of health reform. He held more...
By USDA Newswire | May 20, 2009
News Release: With their sweet, refreshing juices and succulent interior, watermelons are a favorite summertime treat, especially around July 4th. But now this Independence Day favorite could become even more of a patriotic commodity.
By DOL Newswire | May 19, 2009
News Release: Today, the Senate begins the final steps toward passage of legislation that should have been enacted years ago - authority for the FDA to regulate tobacco products, the most lethal of all consumer products.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2009
News Release: The Department has entered into a consent decree with Wagner Industrial Electric Inc. that, if approved by the court, will resolve the Department’s complaint the company failed to properly reemploy Indiana Army National Guard Reservist Kevin Stenger in violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA).
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON—Georgia-Pacific, a manufacturing company headquartered in Atlanta, has agreed to perform remedial work at an estimated cost of nearly $13 million to contain two former disposal areas within the Kalamazoo River Superfund site in Allegan and Kalamazoo Counties, Mich., the Justice Department and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | May 19, 2009
News Release: The Department has filed suit against the town of Garner, N.C., and the town’s board of adjustment alleging that they violated the Fair Housing Act when they refused to allow up to eight men recovering from drug and alcohol addictions to live together as a reasonable accommodation for their disabilities.
By Fed Newswire | May 19, 2009
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the execution of a Written Agreement by and among Barnes Bancorporation, a registered bank holding company, and Barnes Banking Company, a state chartered member bank, both of Kaysville, Utah, and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
