News from November 2011
By State News Post | Nov 22, 2011
The US State Department published a two page proposed rule on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Nov 22, 2011
The US Agriculture Department published a two page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 22, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 22, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 22, 2011
The US Commerce Department published an eight page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 22, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 22, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 22, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a six page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Nov 22, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Nov. 22, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: BUSHKILL, PA - On Nov. 21, 2011, park managers announced through the Federal Register the publication of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the proposed Susquehanna-Roseland high voltage electric transmission line. This DEIS is in response to the construction and right-of-way permits...
By USDA Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: A custom-made machine for packaging mealworms infected with beneficial nematodes could improve the delivery, timing and use of the wormlike organisms as biological control agents.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: A team of university researchers, aided by scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have succeeded in integrating a new, highly efficient piezoelectric material into a silicon microelectromechanical system (MEMS).* This development could lead to significant advances in sensing, imaging and energy harvesting.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy (FE) has selected six new natural gas and oil research projects aimed at reducing risks and enhancing the environmental performance of drilling in ultra-deepwater settings.
By State Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC-- Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today released a statement regarding the resignation of Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States Husain Haqqani:
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking input from paramedics, emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and other interested parties on the development of new design guidelines for ambulances to reduce the crash risk to emergency workers.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: U.S. Commerce Secretary John Bryson today named four organizations-three health care operations and one nonprofit business-as recipients of the 2011 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest Presidential honor for performance excellence through innovation, improvement and visionary leadership. This marks the first year that three health care organizations have been selected at one time.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: Computer scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have dramatically enlarged a database designed to improve applications that help programmers find weaknesses in software. This database, the SAMATE Reference Dataset (SRD), version 4.0, is a freely available online tool aimed at helping programmers fortify their creations against hackers.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: Charles (Chuck) H. Romine became director of the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on Nov. 21, 2011. With more than 500 staff and guest researchers, ITL develops and disseminates standards, measurements, and testing for interoperability, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: The American Physical Society (APS) has designated the original campus of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a Physics Historic Site.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 22, 2011
News Release: With the recent opening of its new Biomolecular Labeling Laboratory, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has become one of a small handful of facilities in the world that specializes in tagging large molecules with different isotopes to make them easier to analyze. The new NIST lab is available to outside researchers, particularly those in biomedical fields who also want to take advantage of the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR)'s analysis tools.
