News from February 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: The same properties that make engineered nanoparticles attractive for numerous applications-small as a virus, biologically and environmentally stabile, and water-soluble-also cause concern about their long-term impacts on environmental health and safety (EHS). One particular characteristic, the tendency...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - A $92 million research investment in the 1970s by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is today being credited with technological contributions that have stimulated development of domestic natural gas from shales. The result: more U.S. jobs, increased energy security, and higher revenues for states and the Federal Government.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued two new draft documents on cloud computing for public comment, including the first set of guidelines for managing security and privacy issues in cloud computing. The agency also has set up a new NIST Cloud Computing Collaboration site on the Web to enable two-way communication among the cloud community and NIST cloud research working groups.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
Release: Washington, DC, Feb. 2, 2011 - USDA today released the latest report that measures each State's success in reaching children and families eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. While the national SNAP participation rate was 66 percent, Reaching Those in Need: State Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation Rates in 2008, reports state rates varied from an estimated low of 46 percent to a high of 94 percent.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - The National Park Service (NPS) has developed a draft plan to address the impacts of aircraft noise on park resources and visitor experience.Released by the park today, the plan is formally called a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), Special Flight Rules Area in the Vicinity of Grand Canyon National Park. The document will be available for public review and comment for 120 days, with public comments due by June 20, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted a "Three-Year Plan" outlining the topics of possible future competitions for R&D funding under the agency's Technology Innovation Program (TIP). The research funding roadmap, which looks three years past the current fiscal year, proposes a range of TIP competitions in the fields of civil infrastructure, manufacturing, energy, health care, water resources, complex networks and sustainability.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. Tom Harkin (D-IA) today made the following comments on the Senate floor about the importance of health reform and the consequences of repealing the law. The Senate is expected to vote on a Republican amendment that would repeal the Affordable Care Act, the health reform bill that...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: MIDLAND, TX - Joseph M. Arabit Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) El Paso Division, United States Attorney John E. Murphy of the Western District of Texas, Midland County District Attorney Teresa Clingman, Midland Police Chief Price Robinson, Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter, and...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Beginning March 1, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will no longer provide calibration services for mercury thermometers. The cessation of the mercury thermometer calibration program marks the end of an era at NIST, which has provided the service since the doors opened...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking nominations of individuals for appointment to the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee. The committee advises the director of NIST on matters related to the agency's work studying the performance of structures and associated evacuation and emergency response procedures during disaster and failure events.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Harry Hertz, director of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), has been named an Honorary Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE), an international professional society of more than 30,000 health care executives...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: (Washington, DC) - Today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee Chairman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), and Democratic Committee Member Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) sent Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) a letter supporting the goals of the Freedom of Information Act, but raising concerns with the Chairman’s recent requests to 180 federal agencies seeking massive numbers of emails and other documents.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued the final version of its recommendations for securely configuring and using full computing virtualization technologies. The security recommendations are contained in the Guide to Security for Full Virtualization Technologies (NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-125). The draft report was issued for public comment in July 2010.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Susan Collins, Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today introduced legislation to stop the costly and escalating abuses of the federal workers’ compensation system.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: "Fire gel" is being tested by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists as an effective way to help tiny worms protect peach and other stone fruit trees from devastating borer pests.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Fort Frederica National Monument Superintendent Mary Beth Wester is pleased to announce an upcoming program highlighting the continuum of history and natural history on the Georgia Coast. On Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011 at 5:30 pm, Terry M. Norton, DVM and director of the Georgia Sea Turtle Center will...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: NEW ORLEANS, LA. - DEWAYNE COOPER -, age 38, LEONARD WHITE -, age 33, CHARLES WADE -, age 30, GENERIO ALLEN -, age 26, all residents of New Orleans, La and CASSANDRA BATISTE -, age 41, a resident of Houston, Texas pled guilty today in federal court before U. S. District Judge Stanwood Duval to participating in a conspiracy to distribute drugs, announced U. S. Attorney Jim Letten.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky), Chairman of the Energy and Power Subcommittee, and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued a joint statement...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Committee today sent a pair of letters to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius seeking information about how the agency has spent taxpayer dollars provided in the stimulus and under last year’s controversial health care law. The inquiries, ...
By EPA Newswire | Feb 2, 2011
News Release: Washington, D.C. -Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-Ky), Chairman of the Energy and Power Subcommittee, and Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, issued a joint statement...
