Archive for July, 2008
U.S. Department of Energy Offers More Info Access
DOE’s “Data Explorer” for scientific research data is a relatively new information service offered by the Department of Energy. To learn more take a look at – http://www.osti.gov/dataexplorer/index.html.
As a research librarian, my experience is that “data” can be the most highly useful information for scientists and other technical staff, and can also be the most difficut [...]
Medicare bill clears Senate – and Kennedy returns
With the unexpected appearance of Senator Ted Kennedy, back in the Senate for the first time in six weeks, the Medicare bill passed the Senate on Wednesday by a vote of 69-30, enough of a margin to override the President’s threatened veto.
The bill replaces a 10.6 percent cut to Medicare’s physician pay rates, which was supposed to have [...]
It’s “ITC”
Chairman Bingaman (D, NM), ranking member Domenici (R, NM), and Senator Sanders (D, VT) held a field hearing on the topic of concentrating solar power today in Albuquerque, NM.
There were six witnesses, from Public Service Company of NM (PNM), Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Sandia National Laboratories, Abengoa Solar, Schott Solar, and Mesa del Sol. As [...]
