News published on Federal Newswire in January 2010

News from January 2010


The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a three page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Jan. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.


Venezuelan Government’s Media Censorship Damages Venezuela’s Standing and Hurts Its People, Berman Says

News Release: Washington, DC - In response to the Venezuelan government’s removal from the airwaves of independent Venezuelan television station RCTV and several other broadcasters, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA), today issued the following comment...


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 9-11 Commission told the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Tuesday that strong support from the President is needed to ensure that the Director of National Intelligence can force the integration of the intelligence community as intended by 2004 legislation authored by Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me.


Engineered Metamaterials Enable Remarkably Small Antennas

News Release: In an advance that might interest Q-Branch, the gadget makers for James Bond, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and partners from industry and academia have designed and tested experimental antennas that are highly efficient and yet a fraction of the size of standard antenna systems...


BLOGRIGE: Baldrige Program Blog Now Seeking Contributors!

News Release: BLOGRIGE--the new official blog of the Baldrige National Quality Program--is now available online. The blog is designed as a place where readers with a passion for organizational innovation, improvement and performance excellence can share ideas, discuss lessons learned and relate best practices. The...


While Administration Talks Spending Freeze, Congress Prepares to Create New $50 Million Park in the Caribbean

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Jan. 26, 2010 - On Wednesday, President Obama is expected to propose athree-year spending freeze during his State of the Union Address. As one senior administration official explained: "You can't afford to do everything that you might have always wanted to do…you have to take steps to control spending.".


Oversight Republicans Release Report on AIG Backdoor Bailout and Fed Cover Up

News Release: WASHINGTON D.C. - Today, Oversight and Government Reform Committee Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) released a report detailing the role of the Federal Reserve in the AIG Counterparty payments where billions of taxpayer dollars were used to pay Wall Street Banks in what has been termed a “backdoor bailout."


Know Your Park USGS Coastal Erosion Study on the Outer Banks of North Carolina

News Release: Wondering what the equipment and activity on the beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches are all about? The National Park Service Outer Banks Group Know Your Park citizen science program series continues with a presentation by Dr. John Warner and Dr. Rob Thieler, scientists with the U.S. Geological...


News Release: Grand Canyon, AZ - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin today announced that the park will begin accepting applications for a commercial use authorization (CUA) for bicycle rental operations on Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim.


Ken Burn's The National Parks: America's Best Idea Series

News Release: Harkers Island, NC -- The popular Ken Burns’ The National Parks: America’s Best Idea series begins its encore PBS broadcast with the first episode airing on Jan. 27, 2010. It will then appear on consecutive Wednesdays through March 3.


Baucus Floor Statement Regarding Conrad-Gregg Deficit Reduction Commission

News Release: 202-224-4515. Mr. President, the journalist Brooks Atkinson once said: “The perfect bureaucrat. is the [person] who manages to make no decisions and escape all responsibility." . Mr. President, the Senators from North Dakota and New Hampshire have come up with the perfect process to transform all Senators...


News Release: WASHINGTON - The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 9-11 Commission told the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Tuesday that strong support from the President is needed to ensure that the Director of National Intelligence can force the integration of the intelligence community as intended by 2004 legislation authored by Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me.


Manufacturing Competition Challenges University Teams to Stack a Better Pallet

News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking university teams to participate in a May 2010 Virtual Manufacturing Automation Competition to simulate an industrial robot performing a common but complex shop floor task-stacking odd-lot boxes on a shipping pallet. NIST, the engineering...


House Passes Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act

News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed, S. 2949, legislation to provide crucial assistance to American survivors of the earthquake in Haiti. Following such events abroad, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) uses the Repatriation program to reimburse States for the costs necessary to provide temporary assistance for returning Americans including medical care, a flight home, and food assistance.


News Release: Washington -Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the allocation of $234.5 million to 70 U.S. trade organizations to help promote American food and agricultural products overseas.