News from February 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - House Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT) called on the Administration today to pressure China to stop unfairly undervaluing its currency at the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) symposium in March. In a letter sent to...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) and Health Subcommittee Chairman Wally Herger (R-CA) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius requesting information on the operations and practices of the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI),...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Giving almonds a burst of infrared heat, followed by a stint of hot-air roasting, helps make sure these tasty, healthful nuts remain safe to eat. That's according to studies by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) engineer Zhongli Pan and microbiologist Maria T. Brandl, who have dubbed this almond pasteurizing technique "SIRHA," short for "sequential infrared and hot air.".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: SALT LAKE CITY - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, called today’s announcement by United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk that the United States-South Korea trade agreement will enter into force on March 15th welcome news to American exporters, but...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: National Park Superintendent Dan Kimball announced today that the park will host two public workshops to provide an update and gather public input on their experiences over the past year using the Snake Bight Pole and Troll Zone in Florida Bay, established in January 2011.In addition to the workshops...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: A new report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has documented 149 potential sources of human error in the analysis of crime scene fingerprints. The study by a working group of 34 experts recommends a series...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statement after the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1173 to repeal the CLASS program.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: The President's fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget for the Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) submitted to Congress proposes an appropriations funding level of $857 million, an increase of $106.2 million from FY 2012.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: WIND CAVE NATIONAL PARK, SD - How visitors will use the newly acquired 5,556 acres of land formerly owned by the Casey Family is the focus of a planning process beginning in mid-March at Wind Cave National Park.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) issued the following statement in response to the decision by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to grant an extension for filing a rehearing request in the ongoing litigation about the application of the countervailing duty laws to non-market economies such as China.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight Chairman Charles Boustany Jr., M.D. (R-LA) and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Ranking Member Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-OK) sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius regarding an independent...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) made the following statements in response to President Obama’s 2013 budget proposal.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced a new partnership to establish the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, a public-private collaboration for accelerating the widespread adoption of integrated cybersecurity tools and technologies. The State of Maryland and...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) met today with Russian Minister of Agriculture Yelena Skrynnik and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to discuss how U.S. agricultural exporters can fully reap the benefits of Russia’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO)...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Fourth Thursday in History: 10th Annual High School Local History Smackdown Approaches. History buffs: it's time to get ready for the 10th Annual High School Local History Smackdown!. This competition offers teams of Copper Country high school students the opportunity to test their knowledge of the...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture the following activity.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns responded this evening after the Obama White House failed to meet another deadline to produce internal Solyndra-related documents. The White House has failed to...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: Weights and measures are indispensable. From the grocery store to the gas pump, all kinds of consumer products are sold by some measurable quantity, whether it's length, count, volume or weight. These values, the machines that measure them, and the people who measure the machines to ensure their accuracy are vital to every country's economic infrastructure.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton and Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Cliff Stearns responded this evening after the Obama White House failed to meet another deadline to produce internal Solyndra-related documents. The White House has failed to...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 21, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Citing Wall Street speculators' use of Iranian posturing to drive gas prices higher than ever for this time of year, three top House Democrats today wrote President Barack Obama to encourage him to devise an "aggressive strategy" to use the nation's Strategic Petroleum Reserve to protect...
