News from July 2011
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 6 -- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Democratic Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments after release of the FY2012 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill text.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - As the President continues to push for tax increases for deficit reduction, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, warned of its dangers and outlined why tax expenditures are not spending in a speech on the Senate floor today. This speech is the...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Monday, July 4, ATF Acting Director Kenneth Melson testified before investigators for the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee and Senate Judiciary Committee about Operation Fast and Furious. Following this interview, Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa and Senate...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., July 6 -- House Appropriations Committee Ranking Democratic Member Rep. Norm Dicks made the following comments after release of the FY2012 Legislative Branch Appropriations bill text.
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) portfolio of field projects aimed at confirming that long-term geologic carbon dioxide (CO2) storage is safe and environmentally secure has been expanded by three projects selected to collectively receive $34.5 million over four years.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: Contacts: Ed Cummins, Tuzigoot National Monument, 928-567-3322 x227, e-mail us.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: When ScienceWatch.com, a Thomson Reuters web resource for measuring and analyzing science trends, recently listed the most influential institutions and researchers in forensic science based on journal citations, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and one of its researchers, John Butler, were among the leaders.
By USDA Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By DOL Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: On Thursday, July 7 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled, "Rushing Union Elections: Protecting the Interests of Big Labor at the Expense of Workers’ Free Choice." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Interior Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: Berlin, Maryland - Superintendent Trish Kicklighter today announced the installation of several new solar powered lighting applications at Assateague Island National Seashore. The new lighting is part of an ongoing effort by the National Park Service to reduce the Seashore's carbon footprint and demonstrate the utility of alternative energy sources.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: If you enjoyed reading recently about the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-hosted robotics challenges in China,* then you'll love actually seeing the robots in action. A new video highlights the best of two of the competitions: the Mobile Microrobotics Challenge (MMC), where microscopic...
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: PHILADELPHIA, PA - Lawrence Young, 70, formerly a licensed Philadelphia pharmacy owner from Cherry Hill, New Jersey, was sentenced this afternoon to 120 months in prison for a drug conspiracy and drug distribution involving Young's Pharmacy at 1306 South Street in Philadelphia, announced United States...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), after consulting with members of the Finance Committee, today announced a new date for the Committee’s “mock" markup of the draft implementing bills for the South Korea, Colombia, and Panama Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) that includes...
By Homeland Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y. - A Canadian doctor has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of introducing misbranded drugs into interstate commerce for the purpose of treating professional athletes. The drugs included human growth hormone (HGH) and Actovegin, a derivative of calf's blood. The charge stems from an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today released a Joint Committee on Taxation report prepared at his request that shows how the proposal to move to a “chained" Consumer Price Index for purposes of indexing the income tax and making cost-of-living adjustments to Social Security...
By DOE Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held the fourth hearing in a series discussing the role of spectrum policy in promoting wireless broadband, bringing interoperable broadband communications to public safety, ...
By EPA Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held the fourth hearing in a series discussing the role of spectrum policy in promoting wireless broadband, bringing interoperable broadband communications to public safety, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a tunable superconducting circuit on a chip that can place a single microwave photon (particle of light) in two frequencies, or colors, at the same time.
By Commerce Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: BOULDER, Colo. - Showcasing new tools for widespread development of quantum circuits made of mechanical parts, scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated a flexible, broadly usable technique for steadily calming the vibrations of an engineered mechanical object down to the quantum "ground state," the lowest possible energy level.
By DOJ Newswire | Jul 6, 2011
News Release: HARTFORD, CT. - Steven W. Derr, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration for New England and David B. Fein, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, today announced that Lyndon Gordon, also known as “Panama," 41, of Danielson, was sentenced yesterday, July 5, by United...
