Press release: “Science & Technology Committee Chairman Bart Gordon (D-TN) today released a letter to the President calling for the removal of Robert Cobb as inspector general of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) and Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), Chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Space,… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: April 2007
DHS Releases Comprehensive Regulations for Securing High Risk Chemical Facilities
Press release: “The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today released an interim final rule that imposes for the first time comprehensive federal security regulations for high risk chemical facilities. The department sought and reviewed comments from state and local partners, Congress, private industry, and the public to develop consistent guidelines using a risk-based approach. The… Continue Reading
IISL/ECSL Symposium on "Capacity building in space law"
“The Space Law Symposium on “Capacity building in space law”, sponsored by the International Institute of Space Law (IISL) and the European Centre for Space Law (ECSL), was held from 26 to 27 March 2007.” Links to papers and powerpoint presentations Continue Reading
Asked and Answered on Google Katrina
Press release: “Rep. Brad Miller, Chairman of the Investigations and Oversight Subcommittee of the House Science & Technology Committee…asked Google Chairman Eric Schmidt to explain why Google had changed its satellite maps of the New Orleans region to pre-Hurricane Katrina images.” Google Blog: “in September 2006, the storm imagery was replaced with pre-Katrina aerial photography… Continue Reading
