News from October 2011
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 25, 2011 - Tomorrow, the House will consider H.R. 1904, legislation that authorizes a fair value land exchange in Southeast Arizona that would open up the third largest undeveloped copper resource in the world. Currently, the United States imports over 30% of its copper needs.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: A red flag warning issued by the National Weather Service for the North Bay Hills and the East Bay Hills this afternoon has prompted National Park Service officials to declare extreme fire danger for Point Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate NRA sites in Marin County for tomorrow, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. Offshore winds with very low relative humidity will increase the chance of a wildfire.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued for public review and comment two draft guides to securing wireless communication networks. NIST is requesting comments on the two publications-one on Bluetooth networks and one on wireless local area networks-by Nov. 10, 2011.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: American exports to China have been growing, and we need that export growth to create American jobs. At the same time...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: Laser frequency combs-extraordinarily precise tools for measuring frequencies (or colors) of light-have helped propel advances in timekeeping, trace gas detection and related physics research to new heights in the past decade. While typical lasers operate at only a single or handful of frequencies, laser...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: Zion National Park is seeking public comment on the park's wilderness permitting procedures (formerly called backcountry permitting) and the demands placed on the public by the current.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Constitution empowers Congress "to regulate Commerce with foreign Nations." Yet House Republican leaders have so far pursued zero legislative proposals to confront China’s trade-distorting policies, including a bipartisan measure dealing with China’s manipulation of its currency.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: National Park Service Director Jonathan B. Jarvis will be in Oyster Bay on Thursday October 27 to participate in the annual Presidential Wreath Laying Ceremony at Youngs Memorial Cemetery to celebrate Theodore Roosevelt's 153rd Birthday.After the ceremony, the Director will participate in a special program...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today issued the following statement in response to a new Congressional Budget Office report highlighting the rapidly expanding income inequality in the United States. The report, published today, found that the income of the top 1 percent of households grew by 275 percent between 1979 and 2007, compared with a 19 percent increase for the average American household...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: If quantum computers are ever to be realized, they likely will be made of different types of parts that will need to share information with one another, just like the memory and logic circuits in today's computers do. However, prospects for achieving this kind of communication seemed distant-until now. A team of physicists working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has shown* for the first time how these parts might communicate effectively.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: Families and individuals of all ages are invited to the Paradise area of Mount Rainier National Park for a special "star viewing party" on Friday October 28. The event starts at 8:00 p.m. in the plaza in front of the Jackson Visitor Center at Paradise. If the sky remains clear the event will last until at least 10:30 p.m. The outdoor star gazing will be made available by Tacoma Astronomical Society (TAS) volunteers and their telescopes.
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the ongoing effort to conduct oversight of federal spending, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its examination of four government agencies and their efforts to implement the president’s pledge to conduct a “page by page, line by line" review of the federal budget...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: November 6, 2011 is the last day of cave tours for the 2011 season. The visitor center will remain open and park rangers will offer guided activities on the surface each Friday, Saturday, and Sunday through the end of November.The visitor center and activities will be available 10am to 4pm on these days.
By DOE Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - In the ongoing effort to conduct oversight of federal spending, the House Energy and Commerce Committee is continuing its examination of four government agencies and their efforts to implement the president’s pledge to conduct a “page by page, line by line" review of the federal budget...
By EPA Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing to discuss legislation to provide much-needed regulatory certainty to rural America. H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011, will prevent EPA from changing...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
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By DOJ Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: LOUISVILLE, KY - Five Louisville men are charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms of marijuana, announced David J. Hale, United States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: The tendency of nanoparticles to clump together in solution-"agglomeration"-is of great interest because the size of the clusters plays an important role in the behavior of the materials. Toxicity, the persistence of the nanomaterials in the environment, their efficacy as biosensors and, for that matter, ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), held a hearing to discuss legislation to provide much-needed regulatory certainty to rural America. H.R. 1633, the Farm Dust Regulation Prevention Act of 2011, will prevent EPA from changing...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 25, 2011
News Release: A new report has found that health care organizations that have won Baldrige National Quality Awards for performance excellence or been considered for a Baldrige Award site visit outperform other hospitals in nearly every metric used to determine the 100 Top Hospitals, a national recognition given by Thomson Reuters.
