News from January 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2010
News Release: Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Indiana University (IU) have determined* the most accurate values ever for a fundamental property of the element lithium using a novel approach that may permit scientists to do the same for other atoms in the periodic table.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2010
News Release: Garfield County Hosts Multi-Agency Emergency Services Training.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 12, 2010
News Release: Saturday, Jan. 16, 7:00 p.m. - Rocky Mountain Research Fellows Present Two Part Program.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2010
News Release: Three science magazines have selected quantum computing research by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as top stories of 2009. All the research was performed by physicist David Wineland's group at NIST's campus in Boulder, Colo. The group, which previously demonstrated many components needed for quantum computing with electrically charged atoms (ions), combined them to make new experimental advances described in three major papers published in 2009.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - In a response to a request made by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Darrell Issa (R-CA) to the Office of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) for all “communications referring or relating" to the decision to pay AIG’s...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2010
News Release: A research team at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has quantified the interaction of gold nanoparticles with important proteins found in human blood, an approach that should be useful in the development of nanoparticle-based medical therapies and for better understanding the physical origin of the toxicity of certain nanoparticles.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2010
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) last week awarded $34.12 million in grants for 27 research projects in measurement science and engineering. The one-time grants, ranging from $408,996 to $1.5 million, will fund projects lasting up to three years projects at higher-education, commercial, and nonprofit organizations in 18 states.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 12, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Chuck Grassley today asked the Secretary of Health and Human Services to require that individuals under contract with the department disclose that financial relationship before testifying to Congress and to provide a list of those who have been contracted within the last year to assist the administration with health care reform legislation.
By US DOT Newswire | Jan 12, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - All of the Members of the Democratic Caucus on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have joined together to oppose a proposal by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) to overturn the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) global warming endangerment finding.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2010
News Release: A Florida man has been sentenced to 90 months in prison for making e-mail and telephone threats, including threats intended to cause a candidate for statewide office in Florida to drop out of an election, as well as hacking into e-mail accounts of individuals and companies, and using stolen identity ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2010
News Release: U.S. Army Major Charles E. Sublett, 46, of Huntsville, Ala., was arrested today on charges of bulk cash smuggling and making false statements to a federal agency.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2010
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder today announced sweeping reforms intended to improve public safety on tribal land. The new directive is part of a larger Justice Department initiative to create better communication and coordination to fight crime and promote justice in Indian Country.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department today filed a brief as a friend of the court in Sacred Heart Rehabilitation Center Inc. v. Richmond Township and Richmond Township Planning Commission, a civil rights case regarding the expansion of an addictive disorders treatment facility in Macomb County, Mich. ...
By Fed Newswire | Jan 11, 2010
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the issuance of a Prompt Corrective Action Directive with the consent of Barnes Banking Company, Kaysville, Utah, a state chartered member bank.
By Fed Newswire | Jan 11, 2010
News Release: On Jan. 11, 2010, the Federal Reserve will offer $75 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility. Additional information regarding the auction is listed below; the auction will be conducted as specified in this announcement, Regulation A, and the terms and conditions of the Term Auction Facility (www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/taf.htm).
By Labor Gazette | Jan 11, 2010
News Release: Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania – The U.S. Department of Labor has sued Dalton Mechanical Services Inc. and its president and co-owner, Scott Slocum, for failing to deposit employee contributions into the company’s employee benefit plan in violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
By DOT News Wire | Jan 11, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 11, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 11, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jan 11, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Jan. 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
