News from February 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: BOULDER, Colo.-Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have for the first time coaxed two atoms in separate locations to take turns jiggling back and forth while swapping the smallest measurable units of energy. By directly linking the motions of two physically separated atoms, the technique has the potential to simplify information processing in future quantum computers and simulations.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: Lowell Women's Week 2011. "Women Strength: Achievement Power Vision". Sunday Feb. 27, 2011 thru Saturday March 19, 2011. Women's Stories. In conjunction with Lowell Women's Week 2011, Lowell National Historical Park hosts a series of events exploring ways that women past and present have told their...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The DEA and U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets (OFAC) today announced the designation of Colombian national Jorge Milton Cifuentes (a.k.a. Elkin de Jesus Lopez Salazar) and more than 70 individuals and entities in Cifuentes Villa’s drug trafficking and money laundering organization as Specially Designated Narcotics (SDNTs). This action came as a result of DEA investigations.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: The Longfellow National Historic Site in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a new name: Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site. This name change reflects the fact that the house, which was home to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) and his family, had earlier served as the home and headquarters for General George Washington from July 1775 to April 1776.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: Multiple recurring landslides and dangerously narrowing sections of Coastal Drive within Redwood National and State Parks have resulted in the need to implement a permanent, seasonal closure of a section of the road to protect visitor safety. Only the 3.3-mile section between the Carruther's Cove trailhead...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today reiterated concerns about efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize boiler and incinerator rules despite the agency’s own acknowledgement...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today reiterated concerns about efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize boiler and incinerator rules despite the agency’s own acknowledgement...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Relaunching an inquiry spearheaded by Republicans in the previous Congress but largely ignored by federal officials, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today called on the Food and Drug Administration to release documents related to its response to the unsolved case of...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Relaunching an inquiry spearheaded by Republicans in the previous Congress but largely ignored by federal officials, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today called on the Food and Drug Administration to release documents related to its response to the unsolved case of...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: Memorial Day. Monday, May 30, 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Join National Park Service Rangers for a day-long program of Memorial Day observances. Events include wreath-layings, flag demonstration involving veterans at noon, observance of the National Moment of Silence (3:00 p.m. in the Star Fort), historic Memorial...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: There will be a short ceremony at Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area to celebrate the completion of the West Bandy Creek Bike Trail extension on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern) at the West Entrance Trailhead just off Leatherwood Ford Road (Highway 297). This trail improvement project was done in partnership with the Big South Fork Mountain Biking Club.
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: Statement of Chairman Boxer Joint Senate EPW and House T&I Committee Hearing Entitled... "Improving and Reforming our Nation's Surface Transportation Programs to Support Job Creation and the Economy" Feb. 23, 2011 (Remarks as prepared for delivery) I want to offer a warm welcome to Congressman John ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) and Energy and Power Subcommittee Chairman Ed Whitfield (R-KY) today reiterated concerns about efforts by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize boiler and incinerator rules despite the agency’s own acknowledgement...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting nominations of middle school science teachers from eligible U.S. public school districts or accredited private educational institutions to participate in the NIST Summer Institute for Middle School Science Teachers. The NIST Summer Institute provides hands-on activities, lectures, tours and visits with scientists and engineers in NIST laboratories.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: BEAUMONT, TX - A federal investigation into a wide-spread cocaine distribution ring has resulted in the arrest and indictment of 15 individuals in the Eastern District of Texas announced Drug Enforcement Administration’s Houston Division Acting Special Agent in Charge Thomas Hinojosa and United States Attorney John M. Bales today.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service and the South Carolina Poetry Initiative are pleased to announce that South Carolina Poet Laureate Marjory Wentworth will be Poet-In- Residence at Fort Moultrie beginning in March. Ms. Wentworth will conduct community based readings and workshops on location at the fort this...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Relaunching an inquiry spearheaded by Republicans in the previous Congress but largely ignored by federal officials, members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee today called on the Food and Drug Administration to release documents related to its response to the unsolved case of...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander M. Levin (D-MI) and Health Subcommittee Ranking Member Pete Stark (D-CA), today responded to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler of the District of Columbia, who upheld the health reform law.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 23, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, February 24th, House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member John Conyers, Jr. (D-Mich.) will host a forum on the impact that the GOP’s budget proposal - and the looming government shutdown - will have on job creation, public safety, and America’s justice system. Some of the federal programs that will be critically affected by H.R. 1, the Republican continuing resolution that passed the U.S. House of Representatives last week, are listed here.
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement today in response to the attacks on civilians ordered by President Qadhafi:
