News from October 2009
By DOE Gazette | Oct 6, 2009
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 6, 2009
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Oct 6, 2009
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Oct. 6, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will hold three one-hour "webinars" to brief the diverse Smart Grid community on its progress toward establishing a panel to coordinate the continuing development of interoperability and cyber security standards for a modern electric power system.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: A fabric-covered, steel frame practice facility owned by the National Football League's Dallas Cowboys collapsed under wind loads significantly less than those it should have resisted under applicable design standards, according to a report released today for public comment by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: Congressman John Tanner (D-TN), Chairman of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Social Security, today praised the Social Security Administration (SSA) for the success of its efforts to reduce the unprecedented backlog in disability appeals hearings. Over the course of fiscal year (FY) 2009, the number...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument’s webcam is now available for viewing. Images from the webcam can be viewed at www.nps.gov/flfo/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm. The webcam will take a snapshot every 60 seconds, and is viewable 24 hours a day.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: Tony Haymet, director of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, has been chosen to serve on the primary policy advisory body of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). NIST deputy director Patrick D. Gallagher appointed Haymet to NIST's Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT). Dr. Haymet's three-year term runs through Aug. 31, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: After seven years on the Gaithersburg, Md., campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), more than 200 pieces of structural steel recovered from the World Trade Center towers have been returned to their owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Examination of the steel...
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, three Chairmen - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Congressman George Miller (D-CA), Chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced landmark legislation that restores vital civil rights protections for older workers in the face of the Supreme Court’s decision in Gross v. FBL Financial.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: Lowell, MA - On Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 the final video productions of six current and former Lowell High School students were screened to an audience of 70 viewers during the Lowell’s Young Producers' Forum held at the Lowell National Historical Park Visitor Center, Lowell, MA. The students, under...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: To subdue the steaming heat of hurricanes or to thaw out during a blizzard, gasoline-powered, portable generators are a lifeline during weather emergencies when homes are cut off without electricity. But these generators emit poisonous carbon monoxide-a single generator can produce a hundred times more...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, and all nine of his fellow committee Republicans today urged the committee chairman to ensure participation by the Congressional Budget Office director and the chief of staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation when the committee is asked to consider any changes or vote on a major health care reform bill.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: Government agencies and other organizations planning to use WiMAX -- Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access -- networks can get technical advice on improving the security of their systems from a draft computer security guide prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a free, online collection of data on the properties of gas hydrates, naturally occurring crystalline materials that are a potential energy resource and also may affect the Earth's climate.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: Any child can tell you that a magnet has a "north" and a "south" pole, and that if you break it into two pieces, you invariably get two smaller magnets with two poles of their own. But scientists have spent the better part of the last eight decades trying to find, in essence, a magnet with only one pole. A team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has found one.*
By DOL Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: Region 1 News Release: 09-1192-BOS/BOS 2009-330
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) issued the following statement today in response to comments made by ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis at the National Press Club where she accused Republicans of ACORN McCarthyism...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: Dear Dr. Wright: I am writing in response to your letter dated Sept. 30, 2009. When I met with a large group of representatives from several Christian organizations on May 15, 2008, I made clear that my door was always open for questions and dialogue on all topics of concern to members of that group,...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 6, 2009
News Release: Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Texas are staying up late to search for beneficial insects that feed on crops pest eggs at night.
