News from November 2009
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: On Nov. 5, 2009, the U.S. Senate confirmed Dr. Patrick D. Gallagher by unanimous consent as the 14th director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Gallagher has worked at NIST since 1993 as a scientist, laboratory director and deputy director. Since September, 2008, he has carried out the functions of director. President Obama nominated Gallagher, 46, to his new post on Sept. 10, 2009.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Point Reyes National Seashore will provide enhanced law enforcement, support maintenance operations and provide natural resources protection within Tomales Bay and Samuel P. Taylor State Parks, announced today by National Park Service (NPS) Superintendent Don Neubacher.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Yosemite National Park is extending the public scoping period for the Merced Wild and Scenic River Comprehensive Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (MRP/EIS). The Notice of Intent to prepare the EIS was originally published in the Federal Register on June 30, 2009 (with a 60 day public...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Time Magazine has named research on the "quantum teleportation" of information from one atom to another in its "50 Best Inventions of 2009" feature. The research was performed at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaborative venture between the University of Maryland and the National Institute of...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Ron Ross, senior computer scientist and information security researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been named a Distinguished Fellow of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), the association's highest tribute, for his leadership in the development of influential information security documents.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 17, 2009 - This week, the House will consider H.R. 2781, a bill to designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon as components of the Wild and Scenic River Systems. As with all wild and scenic rivers, this designation could prevent full recreation use and economic development...
By DOE Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
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By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is asking for public comment on four white papers that outline potential areas for research funding grants under the Institute's Technology Innovation Program (TIP). The papers outline national needs for new and improved technologies in the areas...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) Letter to Recovery Act Transparency and Accountability Board Earl Devaney: “Are you able to certify personally that the number of jobs reported as “created/saved" on www.recovery.gov is accurate and auditable? If you are unable...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Albert Wavering III has been named to the College of Fellows of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME). Wavering is acting deputy director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory. He is responsible for the laboratory's operations and assists...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, S.D. - Twenty-three bison from Wind Cave National Park will soon be roaming the prairie of their new home in northern Mexico. The bison arrived at the El Uno Ecological Reserve, a 46,000 acre reserve managed by The Nature Conservancy - Mexico, in the northern Janos Valley in...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, a bipartisan group of seven Senate Committee Chairs and Ranking Members sent a letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell urging leadership to file cloture to move forward on a 6-month extension of the surface transportation bill to spur job creation and an economic recovery.
By DOL Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Citing concerns that the role of scientific evidence may be diminished in vital workplace safety decisions, Rep. John Kline (R-MN) today urged Democratic leaders in the U.S. Senate to hold a public hearing on the nomination of Professor David Michaels to serve as Assistant Secretary for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration before advancing him to a vote by the full Senate for the post.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: A revised draft publication on computer security guidance issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is focused on transforming the episodic information system certification and accreditation processes at federal agencies by reinforcing and specifying procedures for continuous...
By US DOT Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), Ranking Member of the EPW Committee, have introduced S. 2778, The Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2009, bipartisan legislation to reauthorize the Economic Development Administration (EDA), which provides development grants to communities with high levels of economic distress.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 17, 2009
News Release: A new workshop report from the National Research Council (NRC) identifies five key activities to advance the competitiveness and effectiveness of the nation's construction industry that employs millions of workers and affects home prices, consumer goods and the national economy.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) sent letters today to White House Counsel Gregory B. Craig, Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) Daniel Koffsky, General Counsel for the Federal Housing Finance...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. -. Click to enlarge. Background: 1. Yesterday, during a town hall in Shanghai, President Obama said that the United States and China should be held to different standards for reducing their emissions since China (the world’shighest CO2 emitter) has “much more poverty": “There's going...
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: The United States has joined a whistleblower suit against Public Warehousing Company (PWC), The Sultan Center Food Products Company (TSC), and PWC’s chief executive officer, Tarek Abbul Aziz Sultan Al-Essa, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 16, 2009
News Release: Wayne Nelson Corliss, 60, of Union City, N.J., was sentenced to 235 months in prison today in Newark, N.J., on three charges of traveling in foreign commerce with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and a single count each of producing and possessing child pornography.
