News from February 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2011
News Release: Like snowflakes or fingerprints, no two quantum dots are identical. But a new etching method for shaping and positioning these semiconductor nanocrystals might change that. What's more, tests at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) confirm that etched quantum dots emit single particles of light (photons), boosting prospects for powering new types of devices for quantum communications.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2011
News Release: This summer, Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area will again be participating in the National Park Service program called Teacher to Ranger to Teacher (TRT). Last year was the first time the program was offered at Big South Fork. A local teacher was selected for the position and by every...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park officials announce the availability of the Heavens Peak Fire Lookout Stabilization Project/Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes the effects of a proposed project to stabilize the historic Heavens Peak Fire Lookout. The EA is now available for public...
By State Newswire | Feb 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released a report today written by the Committee’s majority staff that draws attention to the growing problem of water scarcity in Central and South Asia and how it has the potential to exacerbate existing regional conflicts ...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) met with Brazil’s Ministers of Foreign Relations, Finance, Agriculture, and Deputy Minister of Trade today to discuss opportunities to increase trade between the United States and Brazil, including the conclusion of the Doha Round of World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 22, 2011
News Release: (Keystone, SD) - In conjunction with the State of South Dakota, Wildland Fire Suppression Division, and fire personnel from surrounding national parks, Mount Rushmore National Memorial will implement the burning of slash piles within the park boundaries. This prescribed burn is part of the continuing...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 22, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - *Source: Energy Information Administration.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 21, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 "Tomorrow, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will deliver remarks at the funeral of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata in Brownsville, Texas.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC- Ranking Member, Norm Dicks gave the following statement before voting on H.R. 1- The GOP Continuing Resolution that funds the federal government through FY2011.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2011
News Release: Wind Cave National Park, S.D. - Thirty-four GPS (Global Positioning System) radio collars were recently placed on elk in Wind Cave National Park. This marks the beginning of a three-year study to document the effects of a recently implemented elk management plan.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 19, 2011
News Release: Sustained winds at 25 mph and wind gusts up to 50 mph snapped the National Christmas Tree located on the Ellipse, immediately south of the White House, and on the site of the annual National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony at approximately 10:55 a.m. on February 19th, 2011.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed the House passage of legislation to fund the federal government for the remainder of FY2011 at significantly reduced levels, fulfilling the GOP commitment to cut spending in order to get the American economy on sound...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed the House passage of legislation to fund the federal government for the remainder of FY2011 at significantly reduced levels, fulfilling the GOP commitment to cut spending in order to get the American economy on sound...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 19, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, and other EPW Committee members released the following statement in response to the passage of H.R.1, the Republican budget proposal, through the House of Representatives early today.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI) today welcomed the House passage of legislation to fund the federal government for the remainder of FY2011 at significantly reduced levels, fulfilling the GOP commitment to cut spending in order to get the American economy on sound...
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 19, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC- Ranking Member, Norm Dicks gave the following statement before voting on H.R. 1- The GOP Continuing Resolution that funds the federal government through FY2011.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Florida woman has been permanently barred from preparing federal income tax returns for others, the Department of Justice announced today. The injunction order, to which Milagros Espinal consented, requires her to provide a copy of the order to her customers, publish a copy of the order in The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, and turn over to the government information identifying her customers.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Six individuals, including a securities attorney, were charged in an indictment unsealed today with defrauding investors in a stock manipulation scheme from 2003 to 2008, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, Deputy Chief Inspector Daniel S. Cortez ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – The office manager of a Los Angeles durable medical equipment (DME) company pleaded guilty today to conspiring with her former church pastor to run a power wheelchair scheme that defrauded Medicare of more than $6 million, the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services (HHS) announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 18, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - An Ohio man residing in Switzerland was charged by information in the Northern District of Ohio for filing false personal income tax returns for the years 2004 through 2008, the Department of Justice announced today. The announcement was made by John A. DiCicco, Acting Assistant Attorney ...
