News from June 2012
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published an eight page rule on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Interior Department published a four page rule on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | Jun 12, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page rule on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By USDA Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Agriculture Department published a one page proposed rule on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Jun 12, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a two page notice on June 12, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON)- House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa today issued the following statement on CBS winning the Radio Television Digital News Association’s Edward R. Murrow Award for Investigative Reporting on Operation Fast and Furious...
By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: I am writing to request that we accept an offer that has been made by James Cole, the Deputy Attorney General, to meet with us in person about the Committee’s investigation of Operation Fast and Furious. Yesterday, you informed Committee Members that you scheduled a business meeting...
By USDA Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON-Edward S. Buckler has been named Distinguished Senior Research Scientist of 2011 by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for conducting landmark studies of corn that have placed him at the forefront of plant genetics, improved the crop's nutritional...

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - In a Senate Finance Committee hearing today, Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) said tax reform can improve U.S. energy policy to ensure the United States has a more diverse, secure and clean energy supply in the future. Baucus talked about the importance of moving away from foreign oil and taking advantage of domestic energy resources to vary the U.S.’s energy portfolio.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: A trio of theorists, including one from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), have described how a future quantum computer could be used to simulate complex, high-energy collisions of subatomic particles. Given a working quantum computer-still under development-the algorithm could solve important physics problems well beyond the reach of even the most powerful conventional supercomputers.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Dear Mr. Chairman: As legislation to graduate the Russian Federation from the human rights legislation contained in Title IV of the Trade Act of 1974 and grant Permanent Normal Trade Relations is considered, we want to make you aware of several important concerns we believe should be addressed in the...
By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: The North Entrance Road in Crater Lake National Park is now open for travel. Superintendent Craig Ackerman announced that visitors can now drive to and from the park via this popular route and access spectacular views of the lake from West Rim Drive.

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting a workshop on the use of "big data" -a term referring to massive amounts of stored and streaming digital information-at its Gaithersburg, Md., campus's Green Auditorium, June 13-14, 2012.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Superintendent Randy King has announced that the Comet Falls Trail has been temporarily closed to public use 1 mile beyond the trailhead, due to an extremely hazardous condition on the trail. A substantial washout, approximately 10 ft. across and 30 ft. deep, made worse with the recent rains over the...

By Commerce Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, Chairman of the Commerce, Science and Transportation, sent a detailed letter about their investigation of the “gray market" distribution network for short-supply prescription drugs to House and Senate negotiators working on legislation to reauthorize Food and Drug Administration programs.

By Interior Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: BLM-Eastern States opened the first constructed trail for mountain bikes on BLM lands east of the Mississippi River with a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, June 9, that included participation from a variety of partners on the project as well as an inaugural trail ride.

By State Newswire | Jun 12, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, released the following statement today after news reports of the detention and beating of a Cuban dissident who testified last week via teleconference before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics.