News from November 2009
By Commerce News Now | Nov 17, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Nov 17, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Nov 17, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Nov 17, 2009
The US Justice Department published a five page proposed rule on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 17, 2009
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Nov 17, 2009
The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Fed News Journal | Nov 17, 2009
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on Nov. 17, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI), Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) on censorship of EPA employees...
By Homeland Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON-Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Tuesday heard testimony from federal officials that poor communication on their part led to mistaken expectations about availability of the H1N1 vaccine this fall.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Saturday, December 5; 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Vancouver, WA - Today, Superintendent Tracy Fortmann announced that annual visitation to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site surpassed one million for the first time in the site’s history.
By State Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Washington, D.C.--- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) and Ranking Member Dick Lugar (R-IN), along with Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Senator Bob Corker (R-TN),Senator James Risch (R-ID)and SenatorBen Cardin (D-MD), released the statements below following today's business meeting where the Committee ordered reported by a roll call vote, S.1524, the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act of 2009.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: To exploit the quantum world to the fullest, a key commodity is entanglement--the spooky, distance-defying link that can form between objects such as atoms even when they are completely shielded from one another. Now, physicists at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaborative organization of the...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Like other users of microfluidic systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Javier Atencia was faced with an annoying engineering problem: how to simply, reliably and most of all, tightly, connect his tiny devices to the external pumps and reservoirs delivering liquids...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released the following statement regarding the release of a report by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP) entitled, “Factors Affecting Efforts to Limit Payments to AIG Counterparties...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: The goal of an integrated, miniaturized laboratory analysis system, also known as a "lab-on-a-chip," is simple: sample in, answer out. However, researchers wanting to use these microfluidic devices to analyze complex solutions containing particulates or other contaminating materials often find that the...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Washington D.C. - U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP Committee) Chairman Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Ranking Member Mike Enzi (R-WY), along with other Senate leaders, today said strengthening public faith in the safety of food is crucial to public health and reaffirmed their commitment to enact bipartisan, comprehensive legislation that will improve the quality of all food in the United States and better protect consumers and their families.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able to run any program allowed by quantum mechanics-the rules governing the submicroscopic world-using two quantum bits (qubits) of information. The processor could be a module in a future quantum computer, which theoretically could solve some important problems that are intractable today.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have found that using alternative types of fertilizers can cut back on greenhouse gas emissions, at least in one part of the country. They are currently examining whether the alternatives offer similar benefits nationwide.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Today, the House Agriculture Committee held a hearing to review discussion draft language that would create a systemic financial risk regulator and oversee financial firms considered “too big to fail." The Committee called the hearing to review the Financial Stability Improvement Act discussion draft because of provisions that fall under the Agriculture Committee’s jurisdiction.
