News from December 2012
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced the release of a study - authorized by Congress and jointly funded and prepared by the Bureau of Reclamation and the seven Colorado River Basin states - that projects water supply and demand imbalances throughout the Colorado River...
By DOJ Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: MIAMI - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Michael B. Steinbach, Acting Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of (FBI), Miami Field Office, Alysa D. Erichs, Special...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: On Monday, Dec. 17, 2012 the First Flight Society and the National Park Service (NPS) will continue the tradition of honoring the accomplishments of Wilbur and Orville Wright at the 109th anniversary celebration of the first heavier-than-air powered flight.This year's theme is "Recognizing the 100th Anniversary of Marine Corps Aviation."The event takes place at Wright Brothers National Memorial and park entrance fees will be waived for the duration of the event.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: Two scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Alex Liddle and Ian Spielman, have been elected Fellows of the American Physical Society (APS). The status of fellow is limited to no more than one half of one percent of the APS membership and is awarded to recognize outstanding contributions to physics.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: Acting Southeast Regional Director Gordon Wissinger announced that Tracy Stakely has been selected as the next superintendent of Congaree National Park.Stakely has served as branch chief for the cultural landscapes program in the Southeast Regional Office since 2003.He will assume his new duties on January 14.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: Yosemite National Park is participating in the annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC) to be held on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012. This is the 81st year that Yosemite is participating in the CBC and the park has contributed over 90,000 observations to this important and fun conservation event. The park joins this event with tens of thousands of volunteers from across the country every year.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: As part of this upcoming year's celebration of the sesquicentennial of the Emancipation.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, announced that Michael Gimbel, Director of Powered by ME!, will testify before the committee today about local efforts in Baltimore to educate middle and high school student athletes about the dangers of human growth hormone (HGH), anabolic steroids and performance-enhancing supplements.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: The public is invited to join park rangers and volunteers for programs at Congaree National Park in January 2013.All programs are free and begin at the Harry Hampton Visitor Center.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement welcoming three returning members to the Ways and Means Committee in the 113th Congress...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) outlined how the President’s small business tax hike plan will cripple job creators and hinder their ability to invest, grow, and hire new workers in a speech on the Senate floor today.
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: When Gloria Hartley stopped by the Eisenhower National Historic Site headquarters building in September, she was coming home. Hartley, of New Holland, Pennsylvania, had raised her children in the farmhouse that is now the staff offices. Her husband, Bob Hartley, was the herdsman and farm manager for...
By EPA Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing with all five commissioners from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to discuss “Keeping the New Broadband Spectrum Law on Track." Members discussed...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: Women's Rights National Historical Park continues its second annual Winter Film Festival by showing the second episode of the documentary film The National Parks: America's Best Idea on Friday, Dec. 21, and Saturday, Dec. 22, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: Two organizations with mutual interests in forensic science-the science of collecting and analyzing evidence to help solve crimes-have forged a partnership to facilitate the advancement of technologies, methods, practices and standards in the field. The National Institute of Standards and Technology...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing with all five commissioners from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to discuss “Keeping the New Broadband Spectrum Law on Track." Members discussed...
By Commerce Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: A research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a relatively simple, fast and effective method of depositing uniform, ultrathin layers of platinum atoms on a surface.* The new process exploits an unexpected feature of electrodeposition of platinum-if you drive...
By DOE Newswire | Dec 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, chaired by Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR), today held a hearing with all five commissioners from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to discuss “Keeping the New Broadband Spectrum Law on Track." Members discussed...
By Interior Newswire | Dec 11, 2012
News Release: The Southeast Utah Group of the National Park Service (Arches and Canyonlands National Parks and Hovenweep and Natural Bridges National Monuments) is joining all national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees several days in 2013 as a way to encourage people to get outdoors and spend time with their friends and family in the national parks this year.
By Homeland Newswire | Dec 11, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 “Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano will travel to Arizona and Mexico City, Mexico on Dec. 12-14. In Arizona, Secretary Napolitano and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Deputy Commissioner David V. Aguilar will survey border ...
