News from February 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host the 25th annual conference of the Federal Information Systems Security Educator's Association (FISSEA) March 27-29, 2012, at its Gaithersburg, Md., headquarters.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce committee held opening statements yesterday on the markup of H.R. 3548, the North American Energy Access Act. Republican members touted the pipeline’s numerous economic and energy security benefits while some Democrats attempted to distract the debate by suggesting the pipeline would be built to facilitate oil exports.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - The Senate Finance Committee today favorably reported legislation written by Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) that would make critical infrastructure investments across the country and create good-paying jobs by fully funding the Highway Trust Fund and the projects it supports. Baucus’s legislation, The Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth Act of 2012, was favorably reported by a count of 17 to 6, with one Senator voting present.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today approved legislation to save the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline, a shovel-ready jobs and energy security project that President Obama delayed and ultimately rejected. H.R. 3548, the North American Energy Access Act, will finally put an end to...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 20,000 metric tons of soybean oil to Morocco during the 2011/2012 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today approved legislation to save the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline, a shovel-ready jobs and energy security project that President Obama delayed and ultimately rejected. H.R. 3548, the North American Energy Access Act, will finally put an end to...
By US DOT Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement in response to the Senate Finance Committee's bipartisan markup today on the surface transportation legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, filed a series of amendments that aim to improve the Highway Investment, Job Creation and Economic Growth Act of 2012, which will be considered by the Committee later today. A summary of the Hatch amendments follows below.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: The great artist and inventor Leonardo da Vinci once said that "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) research engineer Javier Atencia certainly believes in the wisdom of what da Vinci preached; he has a reputation for creating novel microfluidic...
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce committee held opening statements yesterday on the markup of H.R. 3548, the North American Energy Access Act. Republican members touted the pipeline’s numerous economic and energy security benefits while some Democrats attempted to distract the debate by suggesting the pipeline would be built to facilitate oil exports.
By DOE Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, today gave the following remarks at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) winter meeting:
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce committee held opening statements yesterday on the markup of H.R. 3548, the North American Energy Access Act. Republican members touted the pipeline’s numerous economic and energy security benefits while some Democrats attempted to distract the debate by suggesting the pipeline would be built to facilitate oil exports.
By Interior Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: In honor of Black History Month, the Lowell Folklife Series invites you to an Afro-Caribbean workshop with a hint of Caribbean carnival. Jorge Arce is a percussionist, educator, and native of Ponce, Puerto Rico. The interactive performance on Friday, February 24th will present music, dances, lore, and stories steeped in the African ancestry of Puerto Rican culture. The workshop will feature over 20 percussion instruments played throughout the Caribbean.
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON- The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee advanced today the largest cost-saving reform to federal employee pensions since the creation of the Federal Employee Retirement System in 1984. H.R. 3813, the Secure Annuities for Federal Employee Act, introduced by Oversight Subcommittee on Federal Workforce Chairman Dennis Ross, R-Fla., was approved by a vote of 22-16.
By EPA Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The Energy and Commerce Committee today approved legislation to save the job-creating Keystone XL pipeline, a shovel-ready jobs and energy security project that President Obama delayed and ultimately rejected. H.R. 3548, the North American Energy Access Act, will finally put an end to...
By Commerce Newswire | Feb 7, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its recommendations for a new, privately led steering group to tackle the complex policy and technical issues necessary to create an online environment where individuals and organizations will be able to better trust one another. In a...
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
Release: Washington, DC, February 6, 2012 - USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced first quarter results for fiscal year 2012 in the effort to identify and eliminate fraudulent retailers from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. From Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2011, USDA staff took final actions to.
By USDA Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: Strengthened Measures Help Fight Fraud in Nation's Most Critical Nutrition Assistance Program WASHINGTON, Feb. 6, 2012 – USDA Under Secretary Kevin Concannon today announced first quarter results for fiscal year 2012 in the effort to identify and eliminate fraudulent retailers from the Supplemental Nutrition ...
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – Smith & Nephew Inc. has entered into a deferred prosecution agreement with the Department of Justice to resolve improper payments by the company and certain affiliates in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Department of Justice announced today. The matter is part of an investigation into bribery by medical device companies of physicians employed by government institutions.
By DOJ Newswire | Feb 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today the filing of a lawsuit against Lee County, Fla., alleging that the county discriminated against three Hispanic employees on the basis of race and national origin in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended. Title VII is a ...
