News from December 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: In fire experiments conducted in uniformly furnished, but vacant Chicago-area townhouses, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers uncovered temperature and heat-flow conditions that can seriously damage facepiece lenses on standard firefighter breathing equipment, a potential contributing factor for first-responder fatalities and injuries.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) remind us that proper care of a cut Christmas tree is important to retaining high moisture content in the tree's needles to prevent accidental ignition and rapid flame spread.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: The world's largest submillimeter camera-based on superconducting technology designed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-is now ready to scan the universe, including faint and faraway parts never seen before.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: On Nov. 18, 2011, President Obama signed into law the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-55), which provides FY 2012 funding for a number of government agencies, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: The Drug Enforcement Administration has been working collaboratively with the Mexican government to fight money laundering for years. As part of that collaboration, DEA works with Mexican authorities to gather and use information about these criminal organizations to counter the threats they pose to...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., December 6, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after IHS released a study confirming the importance of shale natural gas to job creation, the American economy and energy security.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, and Senator Pat Roberts, the Committee’s Ranking Member, issued the below statement following a unanimous voice vote of the full Committee on Dec. 6, 2011 in support of subpoenaing ...
By State Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: Washington D.C.- Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released the following statement in response to President Obama’s memorandum on International Initiatives to Advance the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons, which directs all federal agencies engaged abroad to promote and protect the human rights of LGBT communities...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: Ramina Badal was One of Three Hikers Witnessed Plunging Over Vernal Fall on July 19, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting proposals for the next round of funding in its long-running Precision Measurement Grant Program (PMGP). The program provides support for experiments to make novel, high-precision measurements of important physical properties or fundamental constants of nature.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The Interior Department today announced five new violations against BP for their role in the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The five new violations could charge BP a maximum of $15 million in additional fines to the $21 million that could be charged to the company from violations issued in October of 2011.
By USDA Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today said Congress must complete a Farm Bill next year before the current Farm Bill expires. Stabenow said passing a new Farm Bill is necessary to provide certainty for farmers and small businesses. Her comments came during an address at the Farm Journal Forum in Washington.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 6, 2011
News Release: EL PASO, TX -- - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Joseph M. Arabit, Acting Special Agent in Charge Dennis Ulrich, Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Homeland Security Investigations in El Paso and United States Attorney Robert Pitman announced that a federal magistrate has ordered...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today asked oil company Halliburton and the Interior Department for answers about allegations by BP that Halliburton destroyed and withheld evidence related to the 2010 oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. BP alleged in court documents Monday that Halliburton destroyed evidence related to the cementing procedure conducted by Halliburton on BP's blown-out well that unsuccessfully sealed in the well prior to the accident.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2011
News Release: FRESNO, CA - Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge Anthony D. Williams and United States Attorney Benjamin B. Wagner announced today that Eduardo Vargas-Cortes, 25, an undocumented alien from Mexico, pleaded guilty to possessing crystal methamphetamine with intent to distribute it.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 5, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today visited Abu Dhabi where she met with her international counterparts and delivered remarks to law enforcement officials at the Gulf States Global Police Symposium, underscoring the importance of international policing and security partnerships.
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Two New Jersey men were charged in an indictment unsealed on Dec. 1, 2011, in the Eastern District of New York for their alleged roles in a conspiracy to import and traffic in counterfeit perfume, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Loretta E. Lynch of the Eastern District of New York.
By Fed Newswire | Dec 5, 2011
News Release: The Federal Reserve Board on Monday announced the designation of the chairs and deputy chairs of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks for 2012.
By Labor Gazette | Dec 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON — Nancy J. Leppink, deputy administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division, and Ellen Golombek, executive director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, signed a memorandum of understanding Dec. 5 regarding the improper classification of employees as independent ...
By Labor Gazette | Dec 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration today announced two proposed rules under the Affordable Care Act to protect businesses and workers whose health benefits are provided through a multiple employer welfare arrangement. MEWAs frequently have been used ...
