News published on Federal Newswire in August 2010

News from August 2010


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a one page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Agriculture Department published a four page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a two page rule on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a four page rule on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Founders Day Event

News Release: Pipestone National Monument Celebrates Founder's Day.


VIDEO RELEASE: Dangers on the U.S. Border

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 18, 2010 - Republicans on the House Natural Resources Committee released a new web video today highlighting the crime, violence and environmental damage taking place on federal lands along the U.S. border. Environmental regulations, enforced by the Department of the Interior...


USDA Research Agency Awards $12.4 Million Contract Under American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to Repair Historic Laboratory Building in Maryland

News Release: A construction contract for $12.4 million, funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, has been signed to provide critical deferred maintenance to equip an historic laboratory building to do cutting-edge research at the U.S. Department of Agriculture 's Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Beltsville, Md.


Baucus Calls for Trade Case Against Canada

News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today called on United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk to initiate consultations with Canada to end unfair practices that are harming the U.S. lumber industry.


DOE Selects Projects to Advance Technologies for the Co-Production of Power and Hydrogen, Fuels or Chemicals from Coal-Biomass Feedstocks

News Release: Washington, DC - Eight projects that will focus on gasification of coal/biomass to produce synthetic gas (syngas) have been selected for further development by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The total value of the projects is approximately $8.2 million, with $6.4 million of DOE funding and $1.8 million of non-Federal cost sharing.


News Release: Reducing the runoff from plant nutrients that can eventually wash into the Chesapeake Bay could someday be as easy as checking the weather forecast, thanks in part to work by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.


Public Invited to Open House on NPS-Owned Lake McDonald Structures

News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - In an effort to gather input and comments on alternatives for the management of cabins and other structures owned by the National Park Service (NPS) around the shores of Lake McDonald, an open house will be held on Wednesday, August 25 at the West Glacier Community Building from...


NIST Technology Called Upon to Clean Up Chernobyl Disaster Site

News Release: A modified version of the RoboCrane®, a unique floating platform developed by manufacturing research engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), will be helping cleanup operations fly into action over the destroyed reactor number four at the former Chernobyl nuclear power...


News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa, today in a letter to National Security Advisor Jim Jones, asked the Administration to respond to questions and provide information about efforts to prevent the Internet publication of leaked national security documents. Issa’s query comes in advance of the anticipated publication of classified Department of Defense documents obtained by the organization WikiLeaks.


News Release: WASHINGTON – A New York corporation, whose principal place of business is Newnan, Ga., was sentenced to pay a $3.3 million criminal fine for conspiring to allocate customers in the food service equipment hardware market, including walk-in refrigeration equipment, the Department of Justice announced today.