News from October 2012
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: Golden Gate National Recreation Area, CA--With the America's Cup races beginning Thursday, October 4, and run through Sunday, October 7, in conjunction with Fleet Week Blue Angles activities and several other major events in and around San Francisco, it will take extra planning and patience to visit...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Darrell Issa released the following statement following reports of a shooting that killed one Border Patrol Agent and wounded another near the newly named Brian Terry Border Patrol Station in Bisbee, Arizona...
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: Patchogue, New York- Fire Island National Seashore announced that a sample of mosquitoes infected with West Nile virus (WNV) was detected in the western section of Watch Hill, near the community of Davis Park on Fire Island. The National Park Service collected this sample (a pool of 40 mosquitoes) from a light trap about 50 meters east of the Watch Hill/Davis Park border on Sept. 19, 2012.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: The link between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and forensic science dates back to 1913 when the agency's predecessor, the National Bureau of Standards, served as the nation's de facto criminal forensics laboratory until the Federal Bureau of Investigation hired its first scientist...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: Rep. Paul Ryan, repeatedly pressed to get specific over the GOP tax plan, continues to blame a lack of time as the reason he refuses to come forward with more specifics about the Republican tax proposal.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: Washington - Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said today that farmer, rancher and fishery cooperatives posted record sales and income in 2011, surpassing the previous record sales year of 2008 by $10 billion while besting the old income record by $500 million. Dallas Tonsager, under secretary for Rural...
By State Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Congressman Howard L. Berman, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, made the following statement in response to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano’s announcement designating Taiwan for Visa Waiver Program (VWP) status...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: Today, Judge Robert Simpson of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania partially blocked the state of Pennsylvania’s voter ID law. Specifically, the court struck down two provisions of the law that required voters to show their IDs within six days or appear before the county board of elections. Although ...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: Boulder, Colo., will be the site of the fourth and final public workshop to gather input on the design of the proposed National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI), on Oct. 18, 2012, at the Millennium Harvest House Boulder.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) cited a report released today by the American Action Forum that found that President Obama’s economic proposals will raise taxes on middle class income earners making as little as $30,000 per year, with the average increase per American taxpayer being $1,500. The study is based on the tax implications of the Obama Administration’s current spending plans. The full study can be read HERE.
By Interior Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Following an exhaustive environmental review, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that the National Park Service (NPS) has approved construction of the 4.5 mile section of the proposed 146 mile Susquehanna-Roseland Transmission Line that crosses federal land. Approval by...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: (WASHINGTON) - Today, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS), Ranking Member on the Committee on Homeland Security, released the below statement in response to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) report on the usage of cross border tunnels. The report entitled "Customs and...
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: When scientists and engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) want to tell their peers about experimental methods they have "road-tested" for reliability and consistent results, they can now spread the word via a new agency publication series.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) today announced the winner of its five-year competition to select a new cryptographic hash algorithm, one of the fundamental tools of modern information security.
By Commerce Newswire | Oct 2, 2012
News Release: Rapid, accurate genetic sequencing soon may be within reach of every doctor's office if recent research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science can be commercialized effectively. The team has demonstrated a potentially...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 SAN DIEGO - Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to San Diego to deliver remarks at the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 119th Annual Conference and Law Enforcement Education and Technology Exposition, ...
By Homeland Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: For Immediate Release DHS Press Office Contact: 202-282-8010 WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today launched the ninth annual National Cyber Security Awareness Month.
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, Oct. 1, 2012 – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today made the following statement on the expiration of authority for 2008 Farm Bill Programs: "Many programs and policies of the U.S. Department of Agriculture were authorized under the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 ("2008 Farm ...
By USDA Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: MADISON, Wis., Oct. 1, 2012–Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced $101 million in grants to support America's specialty crops producers, who provide the fruits, vegetables, nuts and other nutritious foods for millions of healthy American meals each day. Approximately $55 million of the total ...
By DOJ Newswire | Oct 1, 2012
News Release: Attorney General Eric Holder and the Department of Justice’s U.S. Attorneys’ offices together, with the department’s Criminal and Civil Divisions, representatives from the FBI, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes ...
