News from February 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: The Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) issued today the second draft of its Smart Grid Cyber Security Strategy and Requirements, which now identifies more than 120 interfaces that will link diverse devices, systems and organizations engaged in two-way flows of electricity and information and classifies these connections according to the level of damage that could result from a security breach.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley is following up on the response he received from the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget with questions about what the response left unanswered. Grassley asked about new information related to the lack of reporting requirements for recipients...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel (D-NY) issued following opening remarks during today’s hearing with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on President Obama’s budget outline for Fiscal Year 2011...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa today praised the decision by a Penn State University panel to recommend moving beyond an internal inquiry into allegations of improper professional conduct by climategate scientist Michael Mann and move into the...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Pinnacles National Monument - Pinnacles is pleased to announce that the park is accepting applications for the spring 2010 Artist Residency. The residency period is from April 5 to 18, 2010, with lodging provided on the east side of the park. Applications must be postmarked by Feb. 19, 2010 to be eligible for this spring residency.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson, D-Minn., issued the following statement on Renewable Fuel Standard regulations announced by the Obama Administration today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: All Southern Portions of 1980 Park Additions to Denali National Park and Preserve Open to Snowmobiling for Traditional Activities.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) convened a hearing today with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to examine health care proposals in President Obama’s fiscal year 2011 budget. Baucus reaffirmed his commitment to passing a comprehensive health care reform bill and focused the discussion on reform’s potential to create jobs, provide assistance to small businesses and strengthen our economic recovery.
By State Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today introduced a bipartisan congressional resolution condemning anti-gay legislation now making its way through the parliament in Uganda.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley is asking the Treasury Secretary to disclose information about the timing of bonus contracts for executives at American International Group (AIG), in response to comments by the administration’s Special Master for Compensation that the contracts are binding because they were entered into before the federal government bailout in 2008.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Washington, D.C. - President Barack Obama today announced a series of steps his Administration is taking as part of its comprehensive strategy to enhance American energy independence while building a foundation for a new clean energy economy, and its promise of new industries and millions of jobs.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Many favorite breakfast cereals, candies, beers, and other foods and beverages owe much of their smooth, delicious flavor to malt. Malting barleys-the source of that malt-are the focus of studies at the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) malting barley laboratory in Madison, Wis., part of the agency's Cereal Crops Research Unit.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Fire managers from Rocky Mountain National Park plan to take advantage of winter weather conditions to burn piles of slash from several forest thinning projects. Exclusion of fire for the past century has resulted in unnatural forest conditions in some areas, with significant accumulations of forest fuels and an increased risk of a wildfire.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: (Keystone, SD) Spearfish Middle School sixth graders participated in a field study at Mount Rushmore National Memorial in January in order to gather scientific data and learn from agency experts about the pine beetle infestation that is killing trees and increasing the risk of fire in the memorial and surrounding areas.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Dear Ambassador Kirk: We are writing to express our appreciation for your efforts to obtain eligibility for American-made autos to Japan’s Environmental Friendly Vehicles (“eco-cars") program, and to encourage your continued vigorous engagement with Japan in order to secure greater access for U.S. auto...
By DOL Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis and congressional Democrats today continued to defend the Obama Administration’s job-killing agenda despite double-digit unemployment and widespread economic uncertainty. Secretary Solis’ testimony, delivered during her first ever appearance before the House Education and ...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C.-- U.S. Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, has released this statement following reports that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the Christmas Day bomber, is now giving the Federal Bureau of Investigation additional information.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. And thank you Secretary Sebelius for being here today to discuss the President’s proposal for the 2011 budget. I think we can all agree that these are extraordinary times. Our nation is beginning a slow recovery from one of the worst economic downturns in history. Now, maybe...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Zion National Park received a record number of visitors in 2009. Recorded visitation was 2,735,401, representing a 1.7 percent increase over 2008, the previous record year.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 3, 2010
News Release: Outer Banks Group Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that Oregon Inlet, Frisco, and Ocracoke Campgrounds will open to the public on Friday, April 2, 2010. Oregon Inlet and Frisco Campgrounds will remain open through Columbus Day, Oct. 11, 2010. Ocracoke Island Campground, on a reservation...
