News from May 2012
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2012
The US Interior Department published a five page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2012
The US Interior Department published a nine page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a two page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Commerce News Now | May 2, 2012
The US Commerce Department published a one page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | May 2, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a six page rule on May 2, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: At the May "From Shore to Sea" lecture National Park Service biologist Laurie Harvey will discuss efforts to restore rare seabirds and their habitats on the Channel Islands.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, six members of the Senate Finance Committee, led by Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), announced a bipartisan effort to begin soliciting ideas from interested stakeholders in the health care community regarding effective solutions to improve federal...
By DOL Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, today released the following statement calling for the resignation of National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Terence Flynn after the NLRB Inspector General revealed additional evidence that Flynn violated ethics rules by repeatedly providing confidential Board information to former Board Member Peter Schaumber...
By USDA Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: Washington - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that Nice Blends Corporation satisfied a reparation order issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA).
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: When it comes to the food used to raise fish in aquaculture "farms," it seems that you may get what you pay for. In a new study,* researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) looked at the health effects of raising...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: Fire researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently were honored by the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), while the Fire Department of New York has just announced that it will name NIST fire protection engineer Daniel Madrzykowski an honorary fire battalion chief.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Ranking Member Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD) issued the following joint statement on the letter received last night from United States Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan in response to the committee’s April 18, 2012, questions about agent misconduct in Cartagena, Columbia...
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: . NPS SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED FLOW REGULATION IN LOWER LAS VEGAS WASH. The National Park Service is seeking public comment on a proposal to regulate flows in the lower end of Las Vegas Wash in order to reduce erosion that threatens the bridge over the Wash on Northshore Road. The proposal is...
By DOE Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, has been meeting this week with Japanese officials promoting the possibility of exporting natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to meet Japan’s energy needs.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: In 2002, efforts began to restore bald eagles to the northern Channel Islands-today there are over 30 resident bald eagles on three islands with many successfully breeding.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: Since the early 1900s, forensic scientists have been using firearms analysis to associate bullets and cartridge cases left at crime scenes to specific weapons. As the Scientific Working Group for Firearms and Toolmarks (SWGGUN) has stated, "Currently, the interpretation of individualization / identification...
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a prototype bioreactor-a device for culturing cells to create engineered tissues-that both stimulates and evaluates tissue as it grows, mimicking natural processes while eliminating the need to stop periodically to cut up samples for analysis. Tissue created this way might someday be used to replace, for example, damaged or diseased cartilage in the knee and hip.
By Interior Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: BOISE, IDAHO - Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Reclamation has selected five Oregon irrigation districts to receive WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant funding to stretch water supplies and conserve energy in the western United States.
By Commerce Newswire | May 2, 2012
News Release: A new study by a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) indicates that thin polymer films can have different properties depending on the method by which they are made. The results* suggest that deeper work is necessary to explore the best way of creating these films, which are used in applications ranging from high-tech mirrors to computer memory devices.
