News from March 2010
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: Dear Ambassador Fujisaki: We are writing with regard to certain long-standing barriers imposed by Japan to imports of U.S. goods and services. Japan continues to place restrictions on imports of U.S. beef due to alleged concerns about bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) that are scientifically unwarranted.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: Senator Chuck Grassley today issued the following comment about the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program filing criminal charges against an individual for attempting to steal from the TARP.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to review the National Taxpayer Advocate’s 2009 Report released on January 6, 2010. In her report, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina E. Olson highlights the most serious problems facing taxpayers and indicates that certain Internal Revenue Service (IRS) operations are harmful to taxpayers and tax administration.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: [Salem, Mass.] Salem Maritime National Historic Site is working to repair damage done to Derby Wharf by the severe storms that pummeled Massachusetts on February 25 and March 13-15. “We are committed to maintaining this important historic feature of Salem’s National Park," said Salem Maritime Superintendent...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: LOWELL, MA -Lowell National Historical Park is excited to announce the winners and finalists of the first annual Lowell Photography Contest. Contest participants from eight states and three foreign countries submitted 466 photographs documenting Lowell’s visual character. Participants ranging in age...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Baldrige National Quality Program (BNQP) has announced that four state quality programs will receive funding for the development of Baldrige-based and performance excellence curricula targeted at education or manufacturing organizations. The awards, totaling $160,000, advance one of the BNQP's strategic priorities-supporting the Baldrige-based state and local quality programs.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - On Monday, March 22, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) researcher Lisa McKeon will discuss the various types of photography used in climate change research as well as the far-reaching impacts of the USGS Repeat Photography Project at Glacier National Park. This lunchtime seminar will be held at the park’s Community Building in West Glacier from noon to 12:45 p.m.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: Homestead, Florida: Night owls, join park rangers and special guests for two nights of family-fun nocturnal encounters in Everglades National Park. Find out about ranger careers and embark on a ranger guided night-hike! Nocturnal Encounters in the Everglades will begin at 7:00 p.m in the Ernest Coe Visitor Center.
By State Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Howard L. Berman (D-CA), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement today on recent events in U.S.-Israeli relations...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 16, 2010 - On Saturday, March 13, 2010, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar briefly toured Arizona’s southern border. While he can now check the visit off his to-do list, Secretary Salazar has yet to address how the implementation of environmental regulations by Department of Interior land managers are impeding border security efforts and contributing to drug and human trafficking, violent crimes, environmental damage and national security risks.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON --- Senator Chuck Grassley has asked leaders among pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, to describe their efforts to enhance the transparency of financial benefits they receive from drug makers. Grassley also has asked the PBMs for their views on recommendations from the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission that PBMs be subject to a national disclosure requirement.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: A new chair and vice chair have been elected to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Visiting Committee on Advanced Technology (VCAT), the agency's primary private-sector policy advisory group.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: Homestead, Florida: Everglades National Park, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District, is actively pursuing implementation of the Modified Water Deliveries Project. Authorized in 1989 as part of the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion...
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: Harkers Island, North Carolina. Superintendent Russel J. Wilson is pleased to announce that a contractor has been selected to perform the safety and historic preservation modifications to the Cape Lookout Lighthouse that are needed to allow for public climbing access to the tower. Completion of the work is anticipated sometime this summer.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: Experts on digital preservation are gathering at a workshop at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in Gaithersburg, Md., from March 29 to 31 to develop a standards roadmap on preserving the vast and growing amount of digital data over the long term.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: Graphene-carbon formed into sheets a single atom thick-now appears to be a promising base material for capturing hydrogen, according to recent research* at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Pennsylvania. The findings suggest stacks of graphene layers could potentially store hydrogen safely for use in fuel cells and other applications.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: New Musco LED Basin lighting.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander M. Levin (D-MI) introduced H.R. 4851 the Continuing Extension Act of 2010. The legislation extends critical unemployment and health care benefits, ensures that Medicare beneficiaries can continue seeing their doctors and extends other programs set to expire at the end of March.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Steve Martin today announced the availability of an Environmental Assessment (EA) for Mule Operations and Stock Use in Grand Canyon National Park. The EA will be available for public review and comment for a period of 45 days, beginning March 16, 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 16, 2010
News Release: Jeffrey Dragovich, a research structural engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been deployed to Chile as a member of a large multidisciplinary team of experts documenting the effects of the Feb. 27, 2010, earthquake in that country. The Chilean quake measured 8.8 on the Richter scale, equivalent to a force of 16 million kilotons of TNT, making it one of the most powerful earthquakes of the last 100 years.
