News from September 2012
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: Annapolis, MD -- The National Park Service is committed to the development of recreational opportunities for all citizens and to a mission of education centered on the abundance of cultural and natural resources in the Chesapeake Bay watershed.In collaboration with many partners, the National Park Service...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: National Public Lands Day 2012. at Fort Pulaski National Monument. More than 170,000 volunteers will take part in the 19th annual National Public Lands Day on Saturday, Sept. 29, 2012. As the nation's largest one-day volunteer event in support of public lands, more than 2,000 sites in all 50 states...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has nominated 20 citizens to serve on the Gateway National Recreation Area Fort Hancock 21st Century Advisory Committee. This committee will provide recommendations for the historic reuse of more than 30 historic buildings in the Fort Hancock Historic Landmark District within Gateway's Sandy Hook Unit.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: TAMPA, FL. - 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 Susan Bucklew sentenced John Anthony Gianoli III, 51, a physician practicing...
By Interior Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael L. Connor announced today the selection of eight entities to receive $333,500 in grants under the WaterSMART Cooperative Watershed Management Program. These grants will aid in the establishment and expansion of local watershed management groups.
By State Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Senator John Kerry, Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, today responded to the transfer and release of Ramil Safarov, an Azeri soldier who hacked an Armenian soldier to death in his sleep at a Partnership for Peace exercise in 2004. The Hungarians released Safarov to Azerbaijan where he was set free and treated like a hero.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that Rickey Salmond, 26, of Madison, IL, was sentenced on September 5, 2012, in District Court in East St. Louis, IL, on one count of possession with intent to distribute over five grams of crack cocaine.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: WASHINGTON - In court filings, the U.S. Department of Justice has now said that BP’s Gulf of Mexico oil spill was due to their “gross negligence" and “culture of corporate recklessness". This opens up BP to the highest level of fines for the oil spilled into the gulf, which could eventually total more than $21 billion dollars for the more than 4 million barrels of oil spilled into the Gulf.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
Release: by Janet Nuzum, FAS Associate Adminisstrator.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: ST. LOUIS - The Drug Enforcement Administration today announced that a St. Louis County woman, convicted of distribution of heroin, was sentenced to over 7 years in federal prison.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: TAMPA, FL. - Mark R. Trouville, Special Agent in Charge, Drug Enforcement (DEA), Miami Field Division, and Robert R. O’Neill, United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, announced today that Christopher (32, Tampa) pled guilty to conspiracy to illegally distribute and dispense controlled...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: The United States already has one of the highest direct fire loss rates among developed nations, and progress in reducing this tremendous burden is slowing.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: Sometimes the chain of measurement traceability-the unbroken series of links between a calibrated instrument and the official standard maintained by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)-can get pretty long. But 250 million kilometers is remarkable, even for NIST.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: A refined method developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for measuring nanometer-sized objects may help computer manufacturers more effectively size up the myriad tiny switches packed onto chips' surfaces. The method*, which makes use of multiple measuring instruments and statistical techniques, is already drawing attention from industry.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has issued a new nanoscale reference material for use in a wide range of environmental, health and safety studies of industrial nanomaterials. The new NIST reference material is a sample of commercial titanium dioxide powder commonly known as "P25."
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in concert with the FlexTech Alliance, will hold a workshop on "Flexible Printed Electronics Metrology - The Status and Needs" on Sept. 12 and 13, 2012, at the NIST laboratories in Gaithersburg, Md. The workshop will highlight the growing need for reliable measurement tools to support the rapidly developing electronics field, which uses organic semiconductors and other new materials.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 5, 2012
News Release: SACRAMENTO, CA - U.S. Attorneys in several states announced the final results in Operation Mountain Sweep, an eight-week, multi-agency and multistate marijuana operation targeting large-scale, illegal marijuana grows on public lands in seven states. The operation, previously announced on Aug. 21, lasted...
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) called on Obama Administration officials to detail its involvement in the termination of pensions for certain employees of the now-bankrupt Delphi. Recent news reports indicate that the Obama Administration played an active role in picking winners and losers among Delphi’s retirees.
By USDA Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington - Private exporters reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture export sales of 180,000 metric tons of corn for delivery to Japan during the 2013/2014 marketing year.
By Commerce Newswire | Sep 4, 2012
News Release: Washington, DC - Today, Ways and Means Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI) released the following statement in reaction to the July jobs report from the U.S. Department of Labor. A net total of 163,000 jobs were created, and the unemployment rate for July increased to 8.3 percent. This marks the 42nd consecutive...
