News from November 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings sent a letter to Virginia Attorney General Kenneth Cuccinelli requesting that he explain the basis for his testimony before the Committee on Nov. 1, 2011, that EPA’s proposed Air Toxics rule will increase electricity costs and result in the loss of jobs.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: The National Initiative on Cybersecurity Education (NICE) has published for public comment a draft document that classifies the typical duties and skill requirements of cybersecurity workers. The document is meant to define professional requirements in cybersecurity, much as other professions, such as medicine and law, have done.
By DOE Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today expressed her view that local and world economics should guide the potential exportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States. Murkowski made her comments during a Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing on the issue Tuesday.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Scientists at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are leading the way in learning more about "biochar," the charred biomass created from wood, other plant material, and manure.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will play a significant role in helping speed the transfer of federal research and development from the laboratory to the marketplace, as part of a plan laid out in a Presidential Memorandum issued on Oct. 28, 2011. The goal is to help U.S. businesses create jobs and strengthen their competitiveness in a global economy.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has announced winners of the 2011 GreenGov Presidential Awards for exceptional efforts to promote sustainability in agency operations while pursuing President Obama's Executive Order on Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance.
By State Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) today said that Iran must fulfill its international obligations and announced that the Committee will soon hold a hearing to examine the issue:
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: The National Park Service and California State Parks are gearing up for their annual "Old Time Holiday" celebration on Saturday, December 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. At the Camden House in Whiskeytown's Tower House Historic District, families are invited to make a free wreath to take home for the...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Mount Rainier National Park Superintendent Randy King announces that entrance fees into Mount Rainier National Park will be waived for all visitors beginning Friday, Nov. 11, through Sunday November 13 in commemoration of Veterans Day.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Visitors to the Lady Bird Johnson (LBJ) Grove trailhead will no longer be able to park along the sides of Bald Hills Road if the trailhead parking lot is full. Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) and the Humboldt County Public Works Department are working together to improve public safety along the...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that long-time Outer Banks Group employee Kenneth C. (Kenny) Ballance has received the 2011 National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Region Harry Yount Park Ranger Award.The peer-nominated honor, named after the first national park ranger, recognizes excellence in the field of "rangering." Kenny was recently presented with the award at a gathering of NPS staff and members of the Ballance family.
By USDA Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Following news of the collapse of MF Global, U.S. Senator Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, which has jurisdiction over the Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), sought clarification on the role of CFTC Chairman Gary Gensler in actions regarding MF Global given his past relationship with former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Dear Ambassador Kirk: We understand that Japan may announce its decision on whether to seek to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) at this month’s Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Honolulu. If Japan were to express interest in joining the TPP, it could represent an opportunity...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Superintendent Mike Murray announced today that long-time Outer Banks Group employee Kenneth C. (Kenny) Ballance has received the 2011 National Park Service (NPS) Southeast Region Harry Yount Park Ranger Award.The peer-nominated honor, named after the first national park ranger, recognizes excellence in the field of "rangering." Kenny was recently presented with the award at a gathering of NPS staff and members of the Ballance family.
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Attorney General Eric Holder called on Congress to provide the Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) with the legal tools they need to fight firearms trafficking along the Southwest border. Attorney General Holder asked Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Why there is stuff in the universe-more properly, why there is an imbalance between matter and antimatter-is one of the long-standing mysteries of cosmology. A team of researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just concluded a 10-year-long study of the fate...
By DOL Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Dear Attorney General Holder and Commissioner Hamburg...
By Interior Newswire | Nov 8, 2011
News Release: Paterson Great Falls NHP Joins National Park System.
By Interior Newswire | Nov 7, 2011
News Release: WEST GLACIER, MONT. - Glacier National Park personnel performed almost 1,300 boat inspections during this past summer intended to reduce the risk of unintentional movement of aquatic invasive species (AIS) into park waters.
By DOJ Newswire | Nov 7, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON – A Riverton, Ill., man has been convicted for production and possession of child pornography, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney James A. Lewis for the Central District of Illinois. Jeffrey Price, 47, was convicted late Friday, Nov. 4, 2011, by a federal jury after two hours of deliberation on one count of production and one count of possession of child pornography.
