News from March 2010
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2010
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2010
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2010
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2010
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2010
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Labor Gazette | Mar 30, 2010
The US Labor Department published a one page notice on March 30, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: The Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the agency's primary private-sector advisory group, has sent its 2009 annual report to Congress.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: "How accurate is a radio-controlled clock?" National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researcher Michael Lombardi asks and answers the question in a featured article of this month's Horological Journal, published by The British Horological Institute, Limited.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: The Zion Canyon Transportation (Shuttle) System will resume operation on Thursday, April 1, 2010. This will mark the 11th season of operation for the popular shuttle system in Zion National Park and in Springdale, Utah. Parks Transportation, Inc., a subsidiary of McDonald Transit of Fort Worth, Texas, operates the shuttle service.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Gas hydrate, a potentially immense energy resource, occurs at high saturations within reservoir-quality sands in the Gulf of Mexico, according to reports released by the Office of Fossil Energy's (FE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: A closer look at a promising nanotube coating that might one day improve solar cells has turned up a few unexpected wrinkles, according to new research* conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and North Dakota State University (NDSU)-research that also may help scientists iron out a solution.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: DENVER, COLO. - The Bureau of Reclamation, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, has awarded a $2,545,952 contract under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to Basepoint Design Corporation of Aurora, Colo., and $166,872 to Aero-Metric of Fort Collins, Colo.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: LOWELL, MA - A lush garden cemetery. A dam built for the Middlesex Manufacturing Company. A gothic Catholic church. A lone smokestack. These are among the many relics of the past visible along the Concord River as it flows through Lowell. An attentive eye will also notice various natural features, like...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built and tested a device for trapping electrically charged atoms (ions) that potentially could process dozens of ions at once with the most versatile control of any trap demonstrated to date. The novel design is a first attempt...
By DOL Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, released the following statement today after President Obama signed into law a landmark package of student lending reforms.
By DOE Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By USDA Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: A unique collection of St. John's wort (Hypericum) curated by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists in Ames, Iowa, is providing university collaborators with genetically diverse, well-documented sources of this herb to use in studies examining its medicinal potential.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: There will be a temporary suspension of scheduled boat tours to the USS Arizona Memorial April 5-14, 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is co-hosting a conference to explore the current health information technology security landscape and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule. The conference on "Safeguarding Health Information: Building...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 30, 2010
News Release: Experimenting on a university dormitory that was scheduled to be torn down, fire researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated that the correct combination of automatic fire sprinkler systems, smoke alarms and closed doors provided enough time and safe conditions for residents to escape safely and for firefighters to perform their job without undue hazard.
