News from March 2012
By DOE Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power, chaired by Rep. Ed Whitfield (R-KY), hosted a hearing today to examine how new technologies have increased efficient and environmentally sensitive development of Alberta’s oil sands, and are paving the way toward North American...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 20, 2012 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Water and Power held an oversight hearing to examine the negative impacts to water supplies and hydropower rates that will result from the Obama Administration’s Fiscal Year 2013 budget and priorities for the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR), the Four Power Marketing Administrations (PMAs) and the U.S. Geologic Survey’s Water Resources program.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: The Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, chaired by Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI), today held a hearing entitled, “Ensuring Regulations Protect Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care." The hearing examined a Labor Department regulatory proposal that would make it more costly for individuals to receive in-home care.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - In response to reports that oil and natural gas giants BP, ConocoPhillips and ExxonMobil are planning to build an export pipeline in Alaska to allow for the export of American natural gas to China, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) today decried the plans as a threat to American manufacturers, farmers and families.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: Remember Slinky®, the coiled metal spring that "walks" down stairs with just a push, momentum and gravity? Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed their own version of this classic-albeit 10 million times smaller-as a novel technology for manipulating and measuring DNA molecules and other nanoscale (billionth of a meter) materials.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., today featured H.R. 2146, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act (DATA Act), in the release of the new “Citizen CoSponsor Project." The project is described as “a dynamic communications platform that creates a more open, visible and participatory...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the unanimous passage in the House of Representatives of H. R. 665, the Excess Federal Building and Property Disposal Act, which would establish a five-year pilot program to dispose of the 15 highest value unneeded federal real properties...
By State Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Rep. Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, issued the following statement responding to the Republican budget statement on foreign affairs priorities...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: An important aspect of any product is how easily someone can use it for its intended purpose, also known as usability. Electronic health records (EHR) that are usable have the potential to improve patient care, which is why the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has outlined formal procedures for evaluating the usability of EHR systems.
By USDA Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry, today issued the following statement on the budget proposed by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Rep. Elijah Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, issued the following statement in response to the House GOP budget plan released today...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is hosting a free public workshop on best practices in federal conformity assessment activities Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at NIST's Gaithersburg, Md., site. "Conformity assessment" determines whether a process, product or service meets standards...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 20, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 20, 2012 - Today, the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held an oversight hearing to examine the job and economic impacts of the President’s FY 2013 Budget and Legislative Proposals for the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service’s Energy and Minerals Programs.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 19, 2012
News Release: On Wednesday, March 21 at 10:00 a.m., the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce, chaired by Rep. John Kline (R-MN), will hold a hearing entitled “Reviewing the President’s Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal for the U.S. Department of Labor." The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 19, 2012
News Release: Europe’s Sovereign Debt Crisis: Causes, Consequences for the United States and Lessons Learned
By USDA Newswire | Mar 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, March 19, 2012—Later this month, the Department of Agriculture will host a "match making day" to promote connections between agricultural producers of energy feedstocks (and their related businesses) with biorefiners seeking to produce biofuels for commercial sale and consumption. Officials from the U.S. Department of Navy , U.S. Department of Energy , and the Federal Aviation Administration will also attend.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that the Civil Rights Division will monitor elections on Mar. 20, 2012, in Cook and Lake Counties, Ill. The monitoring will ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and other federal voting rights statutes. The Voting Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the election process on the basis of race, color or membership in a minority language group.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON – The Justice Department announced today that a federal grand jury in Macon, Ga., returned a one-count indictment against Walter Young, 54, police chief of the Omega Police Department, for physically abusing a man in his custody.
By DOJ Newswire | Mar 19, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON — Marcus Choice Williams, 36, of Fort Worth, Texas, was sentenced this morning by U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey to 30 years in prison followed by 30 years of supervised release for various felony offenses related to a conspiracy to traffic women for prostitution, the Department of Justice announced. Williams was also ordered to pay $1,100 special assessment fee.
By Commerce News Now | Mar 19, 2012
News Release: Today’s High Level Conference on Privacy and Protection of Personal Data, held simultaneously in Washington and Brussels with the participation of Vice-President Viviane Reding and Secretary John Bryson, represents an important opportunity to deepen our trans-Atlantic dialogue on commercial data privacy ...
