News from September 2012
By DOE Gazette | Sep 18, 2012
The US Energy Department published a one page notice on Sept. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOE Gazette | Sep 18, 2012
The US Energy Department published a two page notice on Sept. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOT News Wire | Sep 18, 2012
The US Transportation Department published a three page proposed rule on Sept. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: Today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a 4-2 decision, instructed a judge on the lower Commonwealth Court to cease implementation of the state’s Voter ID law and for the lower court to further review the case. Specifically, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court instructed the Commonwealth Court to determine ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: The busy summer season has ended at Denali National Park and Preserve, and visitors can now drive private vehicles on the Denali Park Road as far as the Teklanika Rest Area at Mile 30, weather permitting. Visitors are advised to call ahead for weather and road information, as conditions can change rapidly at this time of the year. The culvert replacement project is still taking place on the paved portion of the road, and visitors should expect minor traffic delays.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will host a workshop at its Gaithersburg, Md., headquarters October 15 and 16, 2012, to discuss ways NIST can focus its work to help federal departments and agencies manage the risks associated with information and communication technology (ICT) supply chains.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new computational method for identifying candidate refrigerant fluids with low "global warming potential" (GWP)-the tendency to trap heat in the atmosphere for many decades-as well as other desirable performance and safety features.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert E. O'Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan sentenced Amadeo Hernandez Jaimes, a/k/a "Amadeo" ...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: TRAFFIC ADVISORY: EXPECT DELAYS ON LAKESHORE ROAD SEPT 22.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: In recognition of National Public Lands Day, join staff at Everglades National Park and volunteer Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. Volunteers should come to the Shark Valley park entrance off of US 41 and assist in trail maintenance for safety and removal of invasive plants to help restore the natural landscape.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: On Saturday, October 6, 2012, the Timucuan Preserve, a unit of the National Park Service, will host Harvest Day, a special event marking the end of the harvest season at Kingsley Plantation.Harvest Day was a tradition on all of Zephaniah Kingsley's plantations.In October, 1841, Kingsley Beatty Gibbs...
By DOE Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - In support of large-scale carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) projects, a collaboration of five U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories has completed first-generation risk profiles that, for the first time, offer a means to predict the probability of complications that could arise from specific carbon dioxide (CO2) storage sites.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a final version of its risk assessment guidelines that can provide senior leaders and executives with the information they need to understand and make decisions about their organization's current information security risks and information technology infrastructures.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: MUNISING, Michigan - Over the past several years, Beech Bark Disease has spread through Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, killing hundreds and eventually thousands of beech trees.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: 1 INJURED IN BOAT ACCIDENT AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 18, 2012 - House Natural Resources Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04) and National Parks, Forests and Public Lands Subcommittee Chairman Rob Bishop (UT-01) sent a yesterday to Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar urging the Administration to comply with outstanding...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - The House Oversight and Government Reform National Security Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, will hold a hearing Thursday to hear from Department of Defense officials about allegations in a recent Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) report that nearly half-a-billion dollars are unaccounted for in a major Afghanistan reconstruction program and that program records were destroyed. Full hearing details below.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - An attempt by the state-owned Chinese oil drilling corporation to buy the Canadian company Nexen would expand state-owned holdings of drilling leases in the Gulf of Mexico that do not require royalties to be paid to U.S. taxpayers, even though they are on public lands, Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.)...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: The North Cascades National Park fire management team is preparing for a potential prescribed burn in the Stehekin Valley. This burn will not occur until the demand for firefighting resources to help contain the wildfires in the area has subsided, and the current air quality and dry fuel conditions have...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 18, 2012
News Release: UPDATE: 1 INJURED IN BOAT ACCIDENT AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA.
