News from September 2011
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a five page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a four page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a two page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Sep 13, 2011
The US Commerce Department published a one page notice on Sept. 13, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: Fire management staff at Golden Gate National Recreation Area plan a 30-acre prescribed burn in the Marin Headlands' Gerbode Valley the week of September 19th 2011. The ignition is scheduled for Tuesday, September 20th, but the date may change based on weather conditions. Wildland firefighters from the...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: BUFFALO, NY. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Division United States Drug Enforcement Administration Wilbert L. Plummer and U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced yesterday that Russell D. Biery, 40, of Buffalo, N.Y., pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Richard J. Arcara, to conspiracy to manufacture marijuana plants. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, a $1,000,000 fine, or both.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published two new documents on cloud computing: the first edition of a cloud computing standards roadmap and a cloud computing reference architecture and taxonomy. Together, the documents provide guidance to help understand cloud computing standards and categories of cloud services that can be used government-wide.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: At a hearing today of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and Government Spending to discuss President Obama’s jobs proposal, Subcommittee Ranking Member Dennis Kucinich entered a series of documents into the record in response to a staff report issued by the Majority on September 8, 2011 claiming that the entire stimulus failed.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: The U.S. House of Representatives today approved the Education and the Workforce Committee’s first piece of education reform legislation. Introduced by Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Chairman Duncan Hunter (R-CA), the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218) passed with strong bipartisan support in a vote of 365 to 54.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) soil scientist in Colorado is helping farmers grow crops with less nitrogen-based fertilizer.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: Yosemite National Park and the Yosemite Climbing Association invite the public to participate in the "Yosemite Facelift" being held on Wednesday, September 21 through Sunday, Sept. 25, 2010. This annual event is organized by the Yosemite Climbing Association to help clean up the park after the busy...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: VANCOUVER, WA -- On Friday, Sept. 16, the National Park Service (NPS) at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, in partnership with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS), will host the second annual Constitution Day and Citizenship Day Naturalization Ceremony.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will vote on the Empowering Parents through Quality Charter Schools Act (H.R. 2218). This important legislation will facilitate the development of high-performing charter schools, as well as encourage choice, innovation, and excellence in education.
By DOL Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: ALBANY, Ga. - The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Piedmont Mechanical Inc., Jim Boyd Construction Inc. and Chevron Energy Solutions Inc. for safety hazards after a worker received burns from an electrical shock during the installation of a new landfill gas processing and compression facility at the U.S. Marine Corps Logistic Base in Albany.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: The Panel of Judges for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, the nation's highest recognition for organizational performance excellence, has selected 11 organizations for the final review stage for the 2011 award. Starting next month, teams of business, education, health care and nonprofit experts will make site visits to one organization in the small business category, one in education, six in health care and three in nonprofit.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: Take pride in your island! On Saturday, Sept. 17, join volunteers from across the globe for the 26th annual International Coastal Cleanup. On Guam, government agencies, local companies, community organizations, national park staff, and others will join forces to clean up Guam's coastal resources.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 13, 2011
News Release: Today, the House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 822, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011." The bill would override the laws of almost every state by obligating each to accept concealed handgun carry permits from every ...
