News from July 2011
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
The US Interior Department published a one page notice on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jul 19, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a three page proposed rule on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a two page proposed rule on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jul 19, 2011
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on July 19, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today delivered the following statement on the House floor in opposition to H.R. 2560, a measure that doubles down on the Republican budget plan to end Medicare...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: The Bureau of Reclamation and Fluid Imaging Technologies Inc. have signed a cooperative research and development agreement to improve the capacity and speed of Fluid Imaging Technologies' FlowCAM® instrument to detect and document quagga and zebra mussel larvae in water samples.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: Terahertz radiation can penetrate numerous materials-plastic, clothing, paper and some biological tissues-making it an attractive candidate for applications such as concealed weapons detection, package inspection and imaging skin tumors. However, to date there is no standard method for measuring the...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: The Mist Trail in Yosemite National Park has been temporarily closed until at least noon tomorrow, Wednesday, July 20, 2011, or longer. Visitors wishing to hike from Happy Isles will need to ascend the John Muir Trail, bypassing the Mist Trail, which leads to Vernal Fall.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: With increasing dependency on information systems and advances in cloud computing, the smart grid and mobile computing, maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of citizens' personally identifiable information is a growing challenge. A new draft document from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) addresses that challenge by adding privacy controls to the catalog of security controls used to protect federal information and information systems.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: ROBERT DILLON (202) 224-6977
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced that on July 19, 2011, Laqueenya Bodie, a 34- year old Pontoon Beach, Illinois woman pled guilty in Federal District Court in East St. Louis to one count of Conspiracy to Distribute...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 19, 2011 - On Wednesday, July 27th the House Natural Resources Committee will hold an oversight hearing on “State Perspectives on Offshore Revenue Sharing." The hearing will feature testimony from representatives of coastal states and examine state interest in a fair, equitable revenue sharing plan from offshore revenues.
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: Dear Secretary Napolitano:. In October 2006, a year after the failed response to Hurricane Katrina, Congress passed the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (the Post-Katrina Act) (P.L. 109-295), which created a new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by giving it responsibilities, missions,...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: BENTON, IL. - Stephen R. Wigginton, the United States Attorney for the Southern
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: MADISON, WI. - John W. Vaudreuil, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Dwayne Johnson, 36, previously of Madison, was sentenced on July 19, 2011, by U.S. District Judge Barbara B. Crabb to 15 years and 8 months in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin. Johnson had previously pled guilty to the charge on May 10, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: On Monday, July 18th, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings thanked Chairman Darrell E. Issa for agreeing to conduct a thorough, bipartisan investigation of illegal foreclosures, inflated fees, and other abuses against U.S. servicemembers and their families. Cummings provided Issa with drafts of joint letters...
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: Today, Fort Sumter National Monument was awarded a $1,000 grant by the National Trust for Historic Preservation from Terence L. Mills Memorial Preservation Fund for North and South Carolina. The seed grant funds will be used to pay for the production of educational media to raise awareness of the 19th century brick making industry in Charleston.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MT. - An interpretive park ranger leading a hike on the Grinnell Glacier Trail received a report at approximately 11:50 a.m. of a male hiker who had taken a 50-100 foot slide on a steep snow field on the Grinnell Glacier Trail. Initial reports indicate that the hiker needed medical assistance and suffered head injuries.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - A new web-based geographic information system designed to improve oil production in North Dakota and eastern Montana has been launched with support from the U.S. Department of Energy.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 19, 2011
News Release: The electromagnetic force has gotten a little stronger, gravity a little weaker, and the size of the smallest "quantum" of energy is now known a little better. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has posted* the latest internationally recommended values of the fundamental constants of nature.
