News from October 2010
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Oct 26, 2010
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 26, 2010
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 26, 2010
The US Justice Department published a two page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Gazette | Oct 26, 2010
The US Justice Department published a one page notice on Oct. 26, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
News Release: Lowell, MA -Students from the C W Morey Elementary School came by Lowell National Historical Park for a trolley tour and to share a song on Monday, October 18.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
Release: Washington, DC, Oct. 26, 2010 - Audrey Rowe, Deputy Administrator of USDA's Food and Nutrition Service, today presented Kelly-Miller Middle School with silver-level honors in USDA's HealthierUS School Challenge - the first silver award achieved by a school in the District of Columbia. Kelly-Miller is the first middle school in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area to receive a HealthierUS School Award.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
News Release: Extending its 26-year tradition of innovative quantum voltage standards, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have begun shipping a new 10-volt standard to users around the world. The programmable system measures both direct current (DC) and alternating current (AC) voltages.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
News Release: Sen. Chuck Grassley, ranking member of the Committee on Finance, today made the following comment on a report released from the Government Accountability Office, “Tax Debt Collection: IRS Could Improve Future Studies by Establishing Appropriate Guidance." The report is available here.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
News Release: WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley is expressing concern over whether the National Cancer Institute unfairly disciplined its ethics director for trying to make sure agency travel complies with federal law and procedures, including those set by the institute’s parent agency, the National Institutes of Health. The travel at issue is sponsored by non-government sources, such as corporations and other private entities.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) physical scientist Henri Lezec and Federico Capasso of Harvard have received the Julius Springer Prize for Applied Physics 2010 for their "pioneering achievements in nanoscale physics and applications." The Springer prize recognizes researchers who have made an outstanding and innovative contribution to the fields of applied physics and has been awarded annually since 1998.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) called for new tools to help the Internal Revenue Service fight complex tax evasion schemes today following the release of a GAO report he requested to assess the effectiveness of the IRS’s traditional enforcement programs in identifying...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
News Release: Great Smoky Mountains Superintendent Dale A. Ditmanson has announced that when the park’s Cataloochee Campground reopens for the season next March 11 campers will be required to have made advance reservations through Recreation.gov. Historically, the popular, but remote, 27-site campground has operated...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
News Release: They've played soccer, run dashes and deftly inserted pegs into holes-all within a world that can fit inside a single grain of rice. Now, it's time for microrobots-mechanical workhorses whose dimensions are measured in micrometers (millionths of a meter)-to show off their abilities in a friendly competition of miniature maneuvering and manufacturing skills.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
News Release: Taking the first steps of what would be a major historical advance in the science of measurement, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is participating in a worldwide effort to recommend major revisions to the International System of Units (SI), the modern metric system that is the...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 26, 2010
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced that Allied Seed LLC, a seed company operating out of Nampa, Idaho, has paid $2,925 to settle alleged violations of the Federal Seed Act. The company settled the case in agreement with AMS officials. The company neither admitted nor denied the charges brought against them.
