News from August 2011
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: As the beginning of dam removal grows closer, Olympic National Park is expanding its online resources for people to learn about and keep current on Elwha River Restoration.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: BOULDER, Colo. - Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have for the first time linked the quantum properties of two separated ions (electrically charged atoms) by manipulating them with microwaves instead of the usual laser beams, suggesting it may be possible to replace an exotic room-sized quantum computing "laser park" with miniaturized, commercial microwave technology similar to that used in smart phones.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: New York, NY - A living piece of the United States' maritime history will be open for visitation at Slip 1 of North Cove Marina in Manhattan on Saturday, Aug. 13. The public is invited to step aboard the National Park Service's (NPS) only fully operable tall ship, the Friendship of Salem, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: DENVER, CO. - Kevin R. Merrill, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Luis Velez, Chief, Pueblo Police Department, and Bill Thiebaut, District Attorney, Colorado’s Tenth Judicial District, announced today the successful completion of a major heroin investigation with the arrest of 24...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: USA TODAY OPINION. Our view: Gun lobby aids Mexican gangs. Martin Johnson had a nice little business going in 2008 and 2009. He'd leave home in California and buy dozens of guns in Arizona, where the gun laws are much looser, using an Arizona driver's license to pretend that he still lived there. Back...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: Yosemite National Park announces the opening of public scoping for the White Wolf Lodge and Duplex Cabins Rehabilitation Environmental Assessment (EA). The scoping period will begin Aug. 15, 2011 through September 4, 2011. Comments will be used to assist the park in assessing feasible project alternatives that meet the purpose and need of the plan, including a no action alternative, and analyzing the environmental effects of each alternative.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: Americans will soon be celebrating National Public Lands Day (NPLD) for the 13th consecutive year. Join us on Sept. 24, 2011, at the Meadowood Special Recreation Management Area’s Mustang Trailhead, 10702 Harley Road, Lorton, Virginia, 22079, from 9:00 am until noon. There will be a variety of activities for all ages to enjoy.
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON)-House Oversight and Government Reform Committee leaders continued pressing the Obama Administration to explain how it granted more than 1,400 waivers exempting groups from President Obama’s health care law. They also questioned how more than 20 percent of the waivers issued in April went to the home district of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: On Saturday, Aug. 13, Fort Stanwix National Monument and the Oneida Indian Nation First Allies Project will present "Futile Thunder" at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the fort's west lawn.This 1-hour artillery program will feature the British use of cannons during the siege of Fort Stanwix in 1777.Throughout...
By Commerce Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: Gaithersburg, Md. - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced nearly $2.7 million in Phase 1 and Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards to 18 U.S. small businesses.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - The U.S. Department of Energy today released a report - 2011 U.S. Billion-Ton Update: Biomass Supply for a Bioenergy and Bioproducts Industry - detailing U.S. biomass feedstock potential nationwide. The report examines the nation’s capacity to produce a billion dry tons of biomass...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: On Sunday, Aug. 14, Steuben Memorial State Historic Site will focus on the significance of the Baron's role in transforming the Continental Army into a working community. Steuben's training at Valley Forge brought the Continental Army together as one, both on and off the battlefield, and was key to...
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: National Park Invites Families to Junior Ranger Day.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: BOSTON, MA - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Boston Field Division and United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz announced two civil settlement agreements with a Middleton doctor by which he will pay the government $50,000 in civil penalties and will forfeit $150,000 in connection with multiple violations of the Controlled Substances Act.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The role of fossil fuels in a sustainable energy future will be one of the topics under discussion when experts from around the world meet at the 28th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Sept. 12-15, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.
By DOJ Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - A 498-count indictment was unsealed today charging 53 defendants, including a Montgomery County physician and a Northeast Philadelphia pharmacist, in a multi-million dollar drug conspiracy involving phony prescriptions, phony patients, and an alleged drug trafficking organization.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: KEYSTONE, SD - Beginning Sunday Aug. 14, 2011, the Evening Lighting Ceremony at Mount Rushmore National Memorial will transition to an earlier start time of 8:00 pm. The last evening lighting ceremony of the season will be held Sept. 30, 2011.
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than $175 million over the next three to five years to accelerate the development and deployment of advanced vehicle technologies. The funding will support 40 projects across 15 states and will help improve the fuel efficiency of...
By DOE Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Chairman Mary Bono Mack (R-CA) sent a letter to McAfee, Inc. today seeking more information about the company’s alarming new report entitled “Revealed: Operation Shady RAT." The report summarizes McAfee’s findings regarding a widespread global hacking campaign taking place over the past five years.
By Interior Newswire | Aug 10, 2011
News Release: For the third summer in a row, the National Park Service (NPS) Outer Banks Group has hired a group of local youth under the NPS Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program. The crew has performed a variety of “hands on" field work for eight weeks this summer, including parking lot re-striping and vegetation...
