News from June 2011
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service has modified this year’s road lottery entry procedures, based on concerns expressed by members of the public. It will now be possible to make entries by phone and by mail, in addition to making them online. The 2011 annual road lottery in Denali National Park and Preserve will take place on Sept. 16, 17, 18, and 19 (Friday through Monday), weather permitting.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: Gilahina Fire Quiet Despite Warmer, Drier Weather.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin, Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, including nine other Democrats on the Ways and Means Committee, were joined by leaders from the conservation community in releasing a letter to U.S. Trade Representative...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: The quiet hum of a brand new electric vehicle can be heard as rangers patrol the roads of the Painted Hills, a remote unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. A Polaris EV LSV, on loan to the park for a year, is the latest addition to a green energy revolution taking place in this remote site.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: Like an opera singer hitting a note that shatters a glass, a signal at a particular resonant frequency can concentrate energy in a material and change its properties. And as with 18th century "musical glasses," adding a little water can change the critical pitch. Echoing both phenomena, researchers at...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, criticized the Obama Administration for delaying congressional action on the pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea and urged the President to submit implementing legislation to Congress.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: BOISE, ID - - Douglas D. Dalton, 52, of Aberdeen, Idaho, was sentenced on June 7, 2011 to 156 months in prison for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Dalton was ordered to serve ten years of supervised release following his prison term. Dalton pleaded guilty to the charge in May 2010.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers are working to reduce the uncertainty associated with climate-change measurements using a mobile temperature-sensing technology made for tracking delicate or perishable, high-value packages in transit. Developed by international shipper...
By DOE Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today delivered the following remarks to the Oregon and Washington Telecommunications Associations on the Universal Service Fund, Intercarrier Compensation reform, and the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile acquisition...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: Preventing fraud at oil-change services and enabling consumers to make value comparisons when shopping for printer ink will be among the many issues discussed at this year's annual meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM), to be held July 17-21 in Missoula, Mont. The meeting's...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: The Bureau of Land Management in Colorado just released several environmental assessments for public comment regarding proposed leases for its quarterly oil and gas lease sale in November.BLM field offices with proposed leases are now preparing environmental assessments before each sale to give the public...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today delivered the following remarks to the Oregon and Washington Telecommunications Associations on the Universal Service Fund, Intercarrier Compensation reform, and the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile acquisition...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: Three separate climbers, each of whom was suffering from severe altitude-related illness, were rescued using helicopter shorthaul technique from approximately 19,000 feet on Mt. McKinley on Monday night, June 6.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: LOS ANGELES, CA - In a law enforcement action this morning that targeted the Varrio Azusa 13 street gang, 16 people were arrested pursuant to a federal indictment that alleges violations of the federal racketeering statute and a nearly 20-year conspiracy to violate the civil rights of African-Americans in the City of Azusa.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: Title: Obstruction of Justice: Does the Justice Department Have to Respond to a Lawfully Issued and Valid Congressional Subpoena?
By Interior Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: Fort Sumter National Monument will celebrate the 95th anniversary of Flag Day with two days of free activities on Saturday, June 11 and Tuesday, June 14 at the Fort Sumter Visitor Education Center at Liberty Square from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm. Adults and children alike can come and learn about the history...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: Sixty-nine organizations have tossed their hats-and their strategies for success-into the ring for the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence through innovation and improvement. Applicants include two manufacturers, three...
By EPA Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) today delivered the following remarks to the Oregon and Washington Telecommunications Associations on the Universal Service Fund, Intercarrier Compensation reform, and the proposed AT&T/T-Mobile acquisition...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded studies of mammary gland development in laboratory rats fed blueberries or other foods of interest may aid breast cancer research.
By DOJ Newswire | Jun 7, 2011
News Release: BROOKLYN, NY. - On June 3, 2010 John P. Gilbride, the Special Agent-in-Charge of the New York Field Division of the Drug Enforcement (DEA) and Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York announced that Jorge Arbaje-Diaz, a former officer of the New York City Police Department, ...
