News from February 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: A team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland has found an iron-based superconductor that operates at the highest known temperature for a material in its class.* The discovery inches iron-based superconductors-valued for their ease of manufacturability and other properties-closer to being useful in many practical applications.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: House Republicans on the Conference Committee continue to cling to a House GOP bill that was widely opposed by Democrats in December and led to a debacle that nearly raised taxes on 160 million Americans and ended unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless. Today Republicans continued to push that proposal, which would target middle income families while asking nothing from the very wealthiest taxpayers.
By State Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, delivered the below remarks as prepared for delivery at today’s committee hearing entitle, “Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: Balancing U.S. Interests, Part II.".
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - For safety and environmental infractions that occurred over a thirteen year period starting in the late 1990s, the Interior Department collected less than $300,000 in fines from oil and gas companies that violated regulations for hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, as well as other oil...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Farmers and water managers may soon have an online tool to help them assess drought and irrigation impacts on water use and crop development, thanks to the work of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists.
By DOL Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: The House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), today held a hearing entitled, “The NLRB Recess Appointments: Implications for America’s Workers and Employers." The hearing examined the constitutional concerns and legal uncertainty surrounding President Obama’s so-called recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and the impact these important issues will have on employers and workers governed by the board.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Creation of a next-generation public safety communications network requires leadership from a single non-profit organization devoted to this purpose, according to a Jan. 31, 2012, report released by a federal advisory committee. Such a network would support voice, video and data transmissions, and ideally be at the disposal of all first responders-the medical, emergency, law enforcement or military personnel who are first on the scene of events that threaten public safety.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: MUNISING, Mich. Join a Park Ranger for the 2012 Fireside Chat speaker series, public interpretive programs about the natural and cultural resources of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. All programs begin at 7 p.m. at the Munising Falls Visitor Center, located near Munising Memorial Hospital at 1505 Sand Point Road in Munising.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: You often hear about the Framers of the Constitution, but not so much the framers of the Magna Carta. They work for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn. entered the following statement into the record Tuesday on the Federal Aviation Administration conference report, which contains troubling language on TSA's Screening Partnership Program. The House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security is holding a hearing on the issue this afternoon.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Citing concerns over increasing taxes to pay for more spending, U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today opposed the tax portion of the Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth Act of 2012, which was reported out of the committee this evening.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Individual cells modified to act as sensors using fluorescence are already useful tools in biochemistry, but now they can add good timing to their resumé, thanks in part to expertise from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Brrr…it's been a cold year so far in Kenai Fjords National Park! Temperatures recorded at the Seward airport remained below average throughout the month of January with only one day, January 11th, warming above the freezing mark. The cold temperatures were often accompanied by clear skies with the exception...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 7, 2012 - The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing today on “Water for Our Future and Job Creation: Examining Regulatory and Bureaucratic Barriers to New Surface Storage Infrastructure." The hearing highlighted the regulatory burdens...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa continued to press Department of Energy Secretary Chu to testify on the department’s stimulus and green energy expenditures. Committee documents reveal a disturbing series of questionable Energy Department loan decisions, resulting in millions of taxpayer dollars spent on companies with unstable footing, often in poor financial condition.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Fire Island National Seashore is supporting the 15th Annual Great Backyard Bird Count with three special guided bird walks this year. On Saturday, Feb. 18, you can join one of these special walks at either end of Fire Island, or at the William Floyd Estate. Program starting times and duration vary by site.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee markup on.
By Homeland Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member of the Committee on Homeland Security, released the statement below in response to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) report: The Preparedness Directorate's Anti-Deficiency Act Violations for...
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: DENALI PARK, Alaska: The National Park Service (NPS) intends to evaluate the impacts of plowing the Denali Park Road between park headquarters (Mile 3) and the Mountain Vista Rest Area (Mile 12) during the winter season.The NPS is interested in providing additional opportunities for winter visitors to...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Exploration and field development in the largest continuous oil play in the lower 48 states, located in North Dakota and eastern Montana, will be guided by new geo-models developed with funding from the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy (FE).
