News from December 2010
By DOE Gazette | Dec 8, 2010
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Dec 8, 2010
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Dec. 8, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: The National Park Service is seeking public comment on its environmental assessment for the proposed implementation of the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Exotic Plant Management Plan. The goal of the plan is to protect and maintain native plant communities by preventing and removing non-native plants.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Once ignited, a dry Fraser fir, one of the most popular Christmas tree choices, bursts into flames in less than 7 seconds, and it will be consumed by fire in slightly more than a minute. But if a well-watered Fraser fir briefly ignites, the flame soon dies. This experiment, videotaped by researchers...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: The discoveries of superconductivity, the quantum Hall effect and the fractional quantum Hall effect were all the result of measurements made at increasingly lower temperatures. Now, pushing the regime of the very cold into the very small, a research team from the National Institute of Standards and...
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Dear Secretary Napolitano: As the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (the Committee) I am writing to provide comments on the initial plan noticed in the Oct. 1, 2010, Federal Register to address small business concerns in the private sector preparedness...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: 107th Anniversary Event Scheduled at Wright Brothers National Memorial.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Infrared spectroscopy can quickly spot beneficial fungi on roots in soil, according to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) soil scientist Francisco Calderon.
By DOL Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Rep. John Kline (R-MN) was selected today to serve as Chairman of the U.S. House Education and Labor Committee in the 112th Congress. Kline, who was first elected to Congress in 2002 and is currently the committee's Senior Republican Member, issued the following statement...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Joining tens of thousands of volunteers from across the country, Yosemite National Park is participating in the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) to be held on Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010.* This is the 79th year that Yosemite is participating in the CBC and the park has contributed over 90,000 observations to this fun and important conservation event.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., Wednesday released the following statement with regard to a Government Accountability Office report on U.S. efforts to secure the northern and southern borders that fall on federally owned or administrated lands.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., December 8, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the Republican Conference selected him to serve as Chairman of the Natural Resources Committee in the 112th Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today applauded Senate passage of legislation extending through 2011 a fix to the Medicare physician payment...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: When you spot laborers pouring concrete for a new building or bridge, it may not occur to you that they are working with a substance so complex that it requires the world's most powerful computers to understand its behavior. But the Department of Energy (DOE) has just awarded* a team of computer scientists, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: For accomplishments ranging from determining the causes of failures in ballistic-resistant body armor to innovations in technology transfer strategies to organization-wide improvements in safety, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently honored 139 scientific, technical, and administrative employees at its 38th annual awards ceremony.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: ENERGY STAR, a program of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Energy (DOE) to promote energy efficiency, has recognized the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST's) National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) as an accrediting body. This recognition enables NVLAP to accredit independent labs as having the technical capability necessary to test products to determine whether they meet ENERGY STAR requirements.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - The House Republican Conference today selected Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) to serve as the next Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Issa first came to the Committee in 2005, served as the Subcommittee Chairman of Energy and Resources from 2005-2006, and has been the panel’s Ranking Member since 2008.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: In May of this year, Yosemite National Park initiated an extensive project to repair and repave approximately 25 miles of road within Yosemite National Park. The scope of the project includes work on the Wawona Road from the South Entrance (Highway 41 coming from Fresno) to Yosemite Valley. The majority of the work has concluded for this year and the project will be completed in spring 2011.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation posted the Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 Rural Water Supply Program Funding Opportunity Announcement today. The grant announcement is available on www.grants.gov using funding opportunity number R11SF80307.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 8, 2010
News Release: New survey released on county household energy use & global warming opinion.
