News from May 2010
By DOE Gazette | May 11, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 11, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 11, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 11, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 11, 2010
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 11, 2010
The US Energy Department published a three page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 11, 2010
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | May 11, 2010
The US Energy Department published a five page rule on May 11, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- After a decade of preparation, the U.S. Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released the Digital Library of Mathematical Functions (DLMF) and its printed companion, the NIST Handbook of Mathematical Functions, the much-anticipated successors...

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the final draft of Special Publication 800-53A, Revision 1, Guide for Assessing Security Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations, and is seeking public comments. The publication provides guidelines for developing security...

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 11, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings released the following statement regarding the 2010 Annual Energy Outlook Report by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) that, at Ranking Member Hastings’ request, included an increased focus on the “The Importance of Shale Gas and other Low Permeability Natural Gas Reservoirs".
By State Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today commended Israel and the PLO on proceeding with proximity talks.
By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., May 11, 2010 - House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement regarding Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s proposal to divide the Minerals Management Service (MMS) into two separate agencies.

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: Ian Spielman, a physicist at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI), a collaboration of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland at College Park, has been selected by the Maryland Academy of Sciences as the Outstanding Young Scientist for 2010. The award will be presented at a ceremony that will be held on May 20, 2010, at the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore.
By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: Aztec Ruins National Monument is set to begin construction on two construction projects to improve the visitor facilities at the park. The interpretive walking trail and visitor center doors are slated to be rehabilitated, with funding provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: Two researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have been nominated for prestigious Service to America medals. The finalists are contenders for two of the eight awards, including Federal Employee of the Year, that will be presented on Sept. 15, 2010, at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.

By Interior Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: The cross in the national World War I memorial at Sunrise Rock along Cima Road within Mojave National Preserve was reported missing on Monday morning by staff of the National Park Service who went to the site to replace the wooden cover that had been removed from the cross sometime earlier.

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: A landmark study coordinated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is the first to put numbers to the effect of changing the size of fire-fighting crews responding to residential fires. Performed by a broad coalition in the scientific, firefighting and public-safety communities, ...
By State Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Chairman Howard L. Berman (D-CA) of the House Foreign Affairs Committee today responded to the Administration’s proposal for a nuclear agreement between the United States and Russia.

By Commerce Newswire | May 11, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today continued the committee’s examination of a potential tax on financial institutions proposed to recoup tax dollars spent to aid economic recovery during the financial crisis. Baucus questioned expert witnesses as to which institutions should pay a potential bank tax and how such a tax should be structured.