News from March 2012
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., March 6, 2012 - This afternoon President Obama will hold a press conference to discuss, among other issues, rising gas prices. Here are five questions President Obama should answer regarding his Administration’s energy policy.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will significantly expand its work in support of an advanced wireless communications system for the nation's first responders and emergency workers as a result of new legislation.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON)-Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) today released the following statement regarding President Obama’s pledge during a White House news conference to support the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act offered by House Republicans...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, the Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, praised the President’s announcements that he would instruct the Federal Housing Administration to reduce refinancing fees for “underwater" mortgages and that the Administration had come to an agreement with major banks and mortgage servicers regarding their potential foreclosure abuses against members of the United States military.
By State Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, co-sponsored H.R. 4133, the U.S.-Israel Enhanced Security Cooperation Act, alongside Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Republican Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL).
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: "Mr. Administrator, at your appearance before the Subcommittee last week, I applauded the hard choices NNSA made in its budget request regarding nuclear weapons. However, I cannot do the same today. I have yet to be provided with any compelling reason for including the funding for USEC within Nonproliferation.
By Interior Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: Biologist Paula Power will discuss a large-scale effort by the National Park Service and The Nature Conservancy to restore the coastal wetland at Prisoners Harbor on Santa Cruz Island during the March "From Shore to Sea" lecture.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC- Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-3), Ranking Member on the Labor, Health, and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee, made the following opening statement at the Committee's budget hearing today."Thank you and good afternoon. I first want to thank Chairman Rehberg for convening this important hearing.
By Homeland Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: "I think all of us here agree with the vitally important mission that the SEC plays in protecting consumers and investors. The financial crisis highlighted the need to have a robust 'cop on the beat' to make sure the American people are protected. Dodd-Frank gave the Commission important new responsibilities...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) today examined the effectiveness of tax rules to boost U.S. manufacturing and capital investment, create jobs and help our economy grow. At a Committee hearing, Baucus sought to determine whether the existing incentives deliver the best possible bang for the buck.
By State Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, the top Democrat of the House Foreign Affairs Committee issued the following statement upon learning of the passing of his friend and fellow House Foreign Affairs Committee colleague U.S. Rep. Donald M. Payne. The statement follows...
By USDA Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: Washington - Pangea Produce Distributors Inc., operating in Miami, Fla., has posted a $20,000 surety bond with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: If there is life on other planets, a laser frequency comb developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) may help find it.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released in final form a guide to enhanced security for wireless local area networks (WLAN). A WLAN is a group of wireless networking devices within a limited geographic area, such as an office building, that exchange data through radio communications.
By DOL Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Chairman John Kline (R-MN) issued the following statement in honor of the late Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ)...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) today made the following statement on the floor of the House of Representatives in support of H.R. 4105, legislation that ensures the Commerce Department can apply countervailing duties to non-market economies like China...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: Health Subcommittee Hearing on the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 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 hearing examining the impact of tax incentives for capital investments and manufacturing...
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a new certified reference material to support the federal government's Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) in the wake of the April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill 40 miles off the Louisiana coast. The new Standard Reference Material, Gulf of Mexico Crude Oil" (SRM 2779), will be used as a quality control material for the ongoing environmental impact analyses for the NRDA effort.
By Commerce Newswire | Mar 6, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Ways and Means Committee Ranking Member Sander Levin (D-MI) and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member Jim McDermott (D-WA) issued the following statements today after the U.S. House passed legislation to ensure that the Department of Commerce can continue to apply countervailing duty law to...
