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News releases, reports, statements and associated documents from the U.S. Executive Branch, covering all aspects of the Obama administration including cabinet departments, federal agencies, regulatory and independent agencies.

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Determining the bubble nucleation efficiency of low-energy nuclear recoils in superheated C3F8 dark matter detectors
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory issued the following abstract of a journal article:

The bubble nucleation efficiency of low-energy nuclear recoils in superheated liquids plays a crucial role in interpreting results from direct searches for weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter. The PICO collaboration presents the results of the efficiencies for bubble nucleation from carbon and fluorine recoils in superheated C3F8 from calibration data taken with five distinct neutron spectra at various thermodynamic thresholds ... Show Full Article

USS Hershel 'Woody' Williams ESB 4 Joins Forces With Ghana Navy in the Gulf of Guinea for Exercise Sea Lion 2024
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command issued the following news:

By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Ethan Morrow, USS Hershel "Woody" Williams Public Affairs

The Lewis B. Puller-class expeditionary sea base USS Hershel "Woody" Williams (ESB 4) completed its participation in Exercise Sea Lion 2024 alongside the Ghana Navy in the Gulf of Guinea, March 21, 2024.

Sea Lion 24 brought together Hershel "Woody" Williams, the U.S. Navy's only ship assigned to U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and Ghana Navy ships GNS Volta (P.40) and GNS Ankobra (P.43). The exercise began ... Show Full Article

Solar Eclipse Information for Lake Ouachita, Lake Greeson and DeGray Lake
VICKSBURG, Mississippi, March 28 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Vicksburg District issued the following news release:

In advance of the upcoming total solar eclipse on April 8, 2024, Lake Ouachita, Lake Greeson and DeGray Lake are expecting HIGH visitation. Facilities will be impacted with full parking lots in the campgrounds, boat rams and day use parking lots. We are urging visitors coming to any of these lakes to carpool and minimize multiple vehicles per party.

Entrances to certain recreation areas will be restricted by barricades by the monitoring Rangers once a recreation area is deemed ... Show Full Article

Second Gentleman of the U.S. Joins Guardians to Bring 'STEMtoSpace' to DC Students
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Space Base Delta I issued the following news release:

The Second Gentleman of the United States, Douglas Emhoff, joined U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. DeAnna M. Burt, Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Operations, Cyber, and Nuclear, and other volunteer Guardians for a STEMtoSpace event at Takoma Elementary School in Washington, D.C., March 20.

STEMtoSpace started as a campaign in honor of the Space Force's first birthday and was designed to connect Guardians with K-12 students to share the importance of science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM. The now-annual campaign ... Show Full Article

Ky. U.S. Attorney: Federal Grand Jury Indicts Indiana Man for Firearms Trafficking and Other Firearms Offenses
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, March 28 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued the following news release:

A federal grand jury in Louisville returned an indictment on March 20, 2024, charging a New Albany, Indiana man with firearms trafficking, illegal possession of a machine gun, and illegal possession of an unregistered firearm.

U.S. Attorney Michael A. Bennett of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge R. Shawn Morrow of the ATF Louisville Field Division, and Chief Jacquelyn Gwinn-Villaroel of the Louisville Metro Police Department made the ... Show Full Article

Agricultural Marketing Service: USDA Settles Packers & Stockyards Case With Rantoul Foods
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release on March 27, 2024:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) entered into a stipulation agreement with Rantoul Foods LLC of Rantoul, Ill., on Feb.15, 2024, for alleged violations of the Packers and Stockyards (P&S) Act. Under the terms of the stipulation agreement, Rantoul waived his rights to a hearing and paid a civil penalty of $10,000.

An investigation by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) revealed that between July and September 2020, Rantoul Foods failed ... Show Full Article

4 Scientists Elected to Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory User Executive Committee
WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Department of Energy's Office of Science Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory issued the following news on March 27, 2024:

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New members begin their three-year terms in October 2024

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The Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory (EMSL) User Organization has elected four new members to the EMSL User Executive Committee.

The new committee members, who represent EMSL's three science areas, are Bin Yang, Marina Kalyuzhana, Rebecca Lybrand, and Devin Rippner. Each will serve a three-year term beginning in October 2024. The User Executive Committee provides ... Show Full Article