News from January 2011
By DOE Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The most promising methods for assessing potential carbon dioxide (CO2) geologic storage sites - a crucial component of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology - is the focus of the latest in a series of U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) CCS "best practices" manuals.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a final rule adopting regulations for the mandatory Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) program for packaged honey bearing any official USDA mark or statement.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service is pleased to announce fee free days from Saturday, January, 15th - Monday, January 17th, in honor of the Martin Luther King Jr. birthday weekend. This includes sites like Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument as well as all 394 national park areas across the United States.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: As the day draws nearer for the world to run out of the unique addresses that allow us to use the Internet-now predicted to happen by the end of 2012-researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have issued a guide for managers, network engineers, transition teams and others to help them deploy the next generation Internet Protocol (IPv6) securely.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the following statement expressing concern about the failure of the Republican Majority's Rules package to fix jurisdiction over homeland security.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: For Web site owners and bloggers, there is a new widget from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) that will keep your Web pages right on time.
By USDA Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: Exposing sliced carrots to UV-B, one of the three kinds of ultraviolet light in sunshine, can boost the antioxidant activity of the colorful veggie. That's according to preliminary studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research food technologist and research leader Tara H. McHugh. She is with the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), USDA's chief intramural scientific research agency.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: The top science news of 2010, as compiled by several science magazines, includes several stories from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., January 5, 2011 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) released the following statement after the National Oil Spill Commission released one chapter of its final report on the Deepwater Horizon tragedy and subsequent oil spill.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: Park rangers at Denali National Park and Preserve invite the public to join them in exploring the park on weekend hikes this winter. The hikes will be done on snowshoes when snow conditions are favorable, and will take place on Saturdays and Sundays, beginning on Saturday, January 15. Hikers will meet at 1:00 p.m. at the Murie Science and Learning Center (MSLC), located at Mile 1.3 on the Park Road just west of the traffic circle.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: MIAMI, FL. - A former Colombian maritime training instructor and a co-conspirator have pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport thousands of kilograms of cocaine from various ports along the coast of Colombia to waiting vessels that transported the cocaine to the United States and other countries, announced...
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: On Dec. 9, 2010, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced the selection of five finalists in its ongoing competition to select a new cryptographic hash algorithm standard, one of the fundamental security tools of modern information technology.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 5, 2011
News Release: Medical researchers who crave a means of exploring the genetic culprits behind a host of neuromuscular disorders may have just had their wish granted by a team working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where scientists have performed surgery on single cells to extract and examine their mitochondria.
By Commerce Newswire | Jan 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI), and Ways and Means Health Subcommittee Chair Pete Stark (D-CA) criticized the Republican plan to jeopardize health reform after legislative text was posted yesterday.
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 4, 2011
News Release: HAGATNA, Guam - The owner of a major Guam construction company has been charged in a 124-count indictment with a battery of federal violations for allegedly recruiting dozens of Chinese foreign nationals to come to Guam to work for his firm, then forcing them to labor long hours at substandard wages.
By Interior Newswire | Jan 4, 2011
News Release: Guided Tours and Programs. Lowell's Hidden History. Weekends at 2:30; 60-90 minutes in length, Free. Join Lowell National Historical Park Rangers as they present walks and talks on numerous aspects of Lowell's history. These popular programs will be offered weekends in January and offered throughout...
By Homeland Newswire | Jan 4, 2011
News Release: For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary Contact: 202-282-8010 Jeruslaem—Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano today met bilaterally with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Israeli Finance Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and ...
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – Seven hospitals located in Florida, Mississippi, Texas, South Carolina, North Carolina and Alabama have agreed to pay the United States a total of more than $6.3 million to settle allegations that the health care facilities submitted false claims to Medicare, the Justice Department announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A member of La Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13 pleaded guilty today in federal court in San Francisco to racketeering (RICO) conspiracy and conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Melinda Haag for the Northern District of California.
By DOJ Newswire | Jan 4, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The director of the school bus division of the U.S. Territory of American Samoa’s Department of Education pleaded guilty today to conspiracy to commit federal program bribery, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division.
