News from April 2012
By Homeland Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., issued the following statement Monday in reaction to a General Services Administration (GSA) Inspector General report outlining reckless spending on a regional GSA conference.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: The first of a planned series of regional workshops to design a proposed $1 billion federal initiative, the National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), will be held on April 25, 2012, at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: Mathematician Geoffrey McFadden of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Applied and Computational Mathematics Division has been named a fellow of the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM). He is being recognized, according to the society, "For advances in mathematics applied to fluid dynamics, solidification, and the interaction of the two, using sharp and diffuse interface theories."
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: Securing computers against unlawful and malicious attacks is always important, but it's especially vital when the computers in question control major physical systems-manufacturing plants, transportation systems, power grids. Cybersecurity for cyber-physical systems is the topic of a workshop on April 23 and 24 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) campus in Gaithersburg, Md.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) sent a yesterday to Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (KY-05) asking that each appropriations bill include language to prohibit the use of funds for the implementation of President Obama’s ocean zoning and National Ocean Policy.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2012 - House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) today issued the first subpoena to the Department of the Interior for documents related to a more than year-long investigation into why an Obama Administration report that recommended a six-month drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico was edited to make it appear as though the moratorium was supported by a panel of engineering experts when in fact it was not.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: H. Felix Wu, a mechanical engineer and research manager at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been named a fellow of SPIE, the international professional society for optics and photonics. The SPIE said Wu is being recognized "for achievements in high-performance fibers, polymers, composite materials, manufacturing, civil infrastructure, structural health monitoring, and engineering mechanics."
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: Grand Canyon, Ariz. - Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent David V. Uberuaga today announced the award of a concession contract for a "grab and go" food service and bicycle rental operations located at the Grand Canyon Visitor Center on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park. The National Park...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failure to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: For I remember it is Easter morn,And life and love and peace are all new born. ~Alice Freeman Palmer.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., April 3, 2012 - Today, the Natural Resources Committee held an oversight field hearing in Anchorage, Alaska on, “Alaska’s Sovereignty In Peril: The National Ocean Policy’s Goal to Federalize Alaska." The hearing focused on how President Obama’s plan to mandate ocean zoning through implementation of the National Ocean Policy threatens Alaska’s sovereignty and economic livelihood.
By Interior Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: San Francisco, CA - A major new exhibit in San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park's Visitor Center (corner of Hyde and Jefferson Streets) opens on Thursday, April 19, 2012. Just in time to celebrate the City's rich maritime heritage, the free exhibit "The Waterfront," invites park visitors to walk though time, and see, hear and touch San Francisco's historic working waterfront!.
By Commerce Newswire | Apr 3, 2012
News Release: A new online tool can help small companies and entrepreneurs evaluate their awareness of intellectual property (IP)-trade secrets, company data and more-and learn how to protect it. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Manufacturing Extension Partnership (NIST MEP) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) teamed up to create the IP Awareness Assessment, available at no charge at www.uspto.gov/inventors/assessment/.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012-The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced that international food assistance in fiscal year 2012 will benefit more than 9.7 million people worldwide under USDA's Food for Progress and McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition programs.
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, April 2, 2012—The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced that it is dedicating the month of April to sharing information about the threat that invasive plant pests, diseases and harmful weeds pose to America's fruits, vegetables, ...
By USDA Newswire | Apr 2, 2012
News Release: Projects to Assist Local Agricultural Producers, Farmers, Small Business and Cooperatives VIROQUA, Wis., April 2, 2012 - Agriculture Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan today highlighted the importance of local and regional food systems as key contributors to job creation and economic development at a local food enterprise center.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that the Civil Rights Division will monitor the election on Apr. 3, 2012, in Milwaukee. The monitoring will ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination ...
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – A former U.S. civilian contractor pleaded guilty today in the Eastern District of North Carolina to conspiring to steal military generators in Iraq in 2011 and selling them on the black market, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Thomas G. Walker for the Eastern District of North Carolina.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2012
News Release: Steven Kern of Marine City, Mich., was arrested today following his indictment on Mar. 27, 2012, on eight counts of failing to file his individual tax returns and eight counts of filing false corporate tax returns, the Justice Department and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced today.
By DOJ Newswire | Apr 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder today recognized six cities for their progress in preventing youth violence at the second annual summit of the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention held in Washington, D.C. The Attorney General was joined by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Secretary ...
