News from April 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Pop a bubble while washing the dishes and you're likely to release a few drops of water trapped when the soapy sphere formed. A few years ago, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) pioneered a method* using a microscopic fluidic (microfluidic) device that exploits the...
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 Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: LAS VEGAS - Lake Mead National Recreation Area will be celebrating Junior.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: Two new compact oakleaf hydrangea cultivars ideal for small gardens have been released by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: This Commission has an important job. We need to control deficits and debt.
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: NOTE: The report by the Chief Actuary for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which was requested by House and Senate Republicans in March, projected health care spending will increase by $311 billion over the next 10 years and 14 million Americans will lose their current employer-provided ...
By Interior Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The body of a second man was found in Zion National Park at approximately 1:40 p.m. on Monday, April 26, 2010. Searchers found the body in the North Fork of the Virgin River near the Big Bend Shuttle Stop in Zion Canyon. The first body was discovered earlier in the day in the river near the Gateway to...
By DOL Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: "The topic of today’s hearing couldn’t be more timely, or more important. In the wake of the West Virginia coal mining disaster that killed 29 miners; the refinery explosion in Anacortes, Washington where seven workers died; the disaster that killed six people at a Connecticut natural gas power plant; ...
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) will hold their annual meeting in St. Paul, Minn., from July 11-15, 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Earlier today Chairman Levin and Health Subcommittee Chairman Stark joined leading colleagues from the House Committees on Energy and Commerce and Education and Labor calling upon health insurance companies to immediately end the practice of rescission - terminating an individual’s coverage once he or she becomes sick - except in cases of fraud or material misrepresentation.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 27, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Income Security and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Jim McDermott (D-WA), delivered the following statement today at a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Social Security on the Social Security Administration’s (SSA’s) Disability Claims Backlogs.
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today delivered remarks to domestic and international aviation leaders about the Department’s ongoing efforts to bolster global aviation security at a luncheon hosted by the Aero Club of Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: As part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing initiative to confront intellectual property (IP) crimes, Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary G. Grindler announced today the appointment of 15 new Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) positions and 20 FBI Special Agents to be dedicated to combating domestic and international IP crimes.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced today an agreement with Shannon County, S.D., to ensure compliance with provisions of the Voting Rights Act that require the county to provide election materials and information in Lakota to Lakota-speaking American Indian voters, and to ensure compliance with certain provisions of the Help America Vote Act.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today additional details regarding the public workshop that will be held on May 21 at Alabama A&M University in Normal, Ala., to explore competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry. The focus of the workshop will be consolidation and contracting practices of the poultry sector. The first joint public workshop was held last month in Ankeny, Iowa.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: A federal court has permanently barred David Santiago and his business, Santiago Investment & Consulting Inc., both based in Miami, from preparing federal tax returns for others, the Justice Department announced today. The court in Miami found that Santiago and his company had falsely claimed the first-time ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: The Department of Justice announced today that it will not challenge a proposal by the Hospital Value Initiative (HVI) to establish an information exchange program that will provide data on the relative costs and resource efficiency of more than 300 hospitals in California. The department said the proposed ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: A former executive of an Iowa ready-mix concrete company has agreed to plead guilty and serve 19 months in jail for participating in three separate conspiracies to fix prices and rig bids for the sales of ready-mix concrete, the Department of Justice announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: An Indian national was sentenced today to 81 months in prison on conspiracy and aggravated identity theft charges arising from an international fraud scheme to "hack" into online brokerage accounts in the United States and use those accounts to manipulate stock prices, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Deborah Gilg of the District of Nebraska.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 26, 2010
News Release: Dr. Toe Myint was sentenced today in Detroit to 72 months in prison for participating in a conspiracy to defraud the Medicare program, announced the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS). A patient recruiter was also sentenced today in Detroit to 40 months in prison for his role in the conspiracy.
