News from April 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Dear Madam and Sirs: Last week, most of your companies announced plans to implement ahead of schedule the provision in the health reform law allowing individuals up to age 26 to obtain coverage through their parents' health insurance. This step will help many bridge the gap between graduation and the...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray reminds park visitor that beginning May 1, 2010 all Seashore beaches are closed to off-road vehicles (ORVs) between the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. in accordance with the court ordered consent decree. Enforcement of the restriction will begin at midnight on April 30, 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Superintendent Walter J Chavez announced the annual spring park clean up activity to be held on Saturday, May 15 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The cleanup will take place on the north beach of Castillo San Cristobal, which features the historic Garita del Diablo and community of La Perla. Maintaining this seashore contributes to caring for our environment as well as safeguarding our historical resources.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, questioned Goldman Sachs executives regarding questionable business practices that critics have said helped lead to the collapse of the U.S. housing market.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Doctors may soon be able to diagnose lung cancer more effectively thanks to research performed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists have found ways both to increase the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) scans and to lessen the amount of time necessary to perceive telltale changes in lung tissue.*
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., Tuesday expressed disappointment the Administration failed to comply with their subpoenas for information and witnesses related to the Committee’s independent investigation into the Fort Hood terrorist attack.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed the first "dimmer switch" for a superconducting circuit linking a quantum bit (qubit) and a quantum bus-promising technologies for storing and transporting information in future quantum computers. The NIST switch is a new type of control device that can "tune" interactions between these components and potentially could speed up the development of a practical quantum computer.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has joined a Commerce-Department-wide Internet Policy Task Force to identify leading issues in the United States affecting the private sector's ability to realize the potential for economic growth and job creation through the Internet. The tasf force was announced last week by Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The recruitment period is over. The competitors have been selected. Let the games begin!
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will issue the results of a multi-institutional landmark national study on the effects of firefighter staffing levels and crew arrival times on residential firefighting operations in a news briefing on April 28, 2010.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: 2010 Lyceum Series “Wilderness: Of What Avail Are Forty Freedoms Without A Blank Spot On The Map?".
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - The Arizona Department of Transportation will open Highway 67 to the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday, May 15 by 7:00 a.m.; and Grand Canyon Lodge North Rim, a Forever Resorts property, and Grand Canyon Trail Rides will commence their 2010 seasonal operations.
By State Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C.---For the first time since 2005, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today passed bipartisan legislation approving an overall budget and policy framework for the U.S. State Department, Peace Corps, and Broadcasting Board of Governors. Under the leadership of Senate Foreign Relations ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Using neutron beams and atomic-force microscopes, a team of university researchers working with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may have resolved a 10-year-old question about an exotic class of "artificial muscles"-how do they work? Their results* could influence the design of future specialized robotic tools.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: During these tough economic times the National Park Service (NPS) will waive entrance fees on the following days: April 17-25 (National Park Week), June 5-6 (National Trails Day), August 14-15, 2009. The National Park Service wants to reinforce that national parks are places for everyone to have fun...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting a public meeting on May 20, 2010 at the NIST site in Gaithersburg, Md., to review a compliance testing program and upcoming revisions to the standards profile for USGv6, the United States government implementation of the new Internet protocol, IPv6. The USGv6 Program provides a technical infrastructure to assist federal agencies in the acquisition of IPv6 technologies.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: North Cascades National Park is recruiting for six youth age 16-18 for this summer’s Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) in Marblemount, Washington from June 21 through August 13. The program is non-residential; therefore, enrollees are responsible for their own housing and daily transportation to and from...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Using a pair of exotic techniques including a molecular-scale version of ice fishing, a team of researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed methods to measure accurately the length of "nanopores," the miniscule channels found in cell membranes. The...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The National Park Service, Natchez Trace Parkway, would like to announce a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) with regard to the crossing of a five-lane major thoroughfare arterial extending and connecting Coley Road from McCullough Boulevard to Highway 78 and Barnes Crossing Road from North Gloster Street to the same location on Highway 78. The project will include a grade-separated crossing near milepost 265, just south of the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Social Security Subcommittee Chairman Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), issued the following statementtoday at a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Disability Claims Backlogs...
