White House/Federal Government Newswire
1 - Secretary Sebelius Releases $27.8 Million in Recovery Act Funds to Expand the Use of Health Information Technology
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced awards totaling $27.8 million to health center-controlled networks and large multi-site health centers to implement electronic health records (EHR) and other health information technology (HIT...
2 - Allied Pilots Association Urges Focus on Safety as FAA Considers Aviation Rulemaking Committee Inputs
FORT WORTH, Texas-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - The Allied Pilots Association (APA), certified collective bargaining agent for the 11,500 pilots of American Airlines (NYSE: AMR), emphasized the importance of reducing pilot fatigue to enhance safety as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA...
3 - SeraCare Life Sciences Awarded Multiple Contracts from the CDC and NIH to Support HIV Research and the Accuracy of HIV Testing
MILFORD, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - SeraCare Life Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: SRLS) today announced that the Company has been awarded two new contracts from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and that a third existing contract has been...
4 - CTIA–The Wireless Association Files Ex Parte to FCC to Request More Spectrum
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Today, CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement in response to its ex parte filing (GN Docket No. 09-51) to the FCC highlighting the need for more spectrum. “As the Chairman and...
5 - $120 Million for States Made Available as Part of Recovery Act Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the release of $120 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds for prevention and wellness programs for U.S. states and territories, building on the recent...
6 - CAGW Releases Issue Brief on JSF Alternate Engine
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Today, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) released an Issue Brief on the alternate engine for the new Joint Strike Fighter (JSF). The brief can be accessed on the group’s web page, www.cagw.org/engine, which also features examples of the ads it...
7 - Susan G. Komen for the Cure® and the Susan G. Komen for the Cure® Advocacy Alliance Tap Jennifer Luray to Lead Public Policy Efforts
WASHINGTON, D.C.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Jennifer M. Luray, a well-respected government affairs and public policy leader with extensive health care experience and strong ties to both Capitol Hill and the executive branch, has been named Vice President of Government Affairs and Public...
8 - PennFuture Study Shows More Pollution from Industrial Livestock Operations in Local Waterways and Chesapeake Bay, Despite Pledges to Clean Up
HARRISBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Today, Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future (PennFuture) released a report on the impact of industrial livestock operations on local waterways and the Chesapeake Bay, Still Out of Balance: A follow-up study of the health of the water and land of the...
9 - 2,000 Families to Rally for D.C. School Choice at “Save School Choice” Rally on Wednesday, September 30th, 11:30 AM
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - In an effort to protect and strengthen education reform efforts in the District of Columbia, more than 2,000 D.C. families will loudly voice their strong support for the endangered D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program at a Wednesday, September 30th...
10 - Know What to Do about the Flu Webcast for Individuals and Organizations Who Work with Seniors Live on FLU.GOV
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will co-host a Know What to Do about the Flu Webcast on Wednesday, Sept. 30. Experts from HHS’ Administration on Aging and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as top officials...
11 - Business Roundtable Releases Third Quarter 2009 CEO Economic Outlook Survey
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - The CEOs of America’s leading companies anticipate increased sales in the next six months but do not see enough demand to translate into higher capital expenditures or hiring, according to the results of Business Roundtable’s third quarter 2009 CEO...
12 - Pew Center Launches Online Resource on Corporate Energy Efficiency
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - The Pew Center on Global Climate Change today launched a new Corporate Energy Efficiency Web Portal that features a myriad of resources designed to help businesses develop new and stronger energy efficiency strategies. The Web portal is part of a...
13 - Blockbuster Study: Working-Class Bears Burden of Cap-and-Trade
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - With Sens. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) expected to reveal a draft of the Senate’s climate bill this week, free-market think tank Institute for Energy Research (IER) released a new analysis today outlining how cap-and-trade would...
14 - SBA Extends Gulf Opportunity Pilot Loan Program through September 2010
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - The U.S. Small Business Administration is extending its Gulf Opportunity Pilot Loan Program (GO Loans) through Sept. 30, 2010, Administrator Karen Mills announced today. SBA launched the GO Loan Pilot in November 2005 to provide expedited financial...
15 - Solutions from Aurora Networks Win Acceptance for Use within RUS Broadband Loan Program
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Traditional HFC, Fiber Deep and RFoG solutions by Aurora Networks, Inc., have won “product acceptance” from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service (RUS) and its Rural Development Telecommunications Program for use...
16 - Americans Want Obama Administration to Focus on Economic Recovery before Health Care Reform
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - When one thinks of the economy, there are different permutations of it. Are Americans thinking of the U.S. economy? Probably, but there is also the European economy and the Asian economy to consider as well and how confident are Americans in the...
17 - Sebelius to Discuss New Resources for Health Information Technology at Community Health Centers
-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will hold a conference call with members of the media, David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Mary Wakefield, Administrator of the Health Resources and Services...
18 - SBA Disaster Loans Available Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration in New Hampshire
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in the entire State of New...
19 - Ten Counties Added to Assist Georgia Residents Affected by Severe Storms and Flooding
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Following the announcement of the Presidential disaster declaration in Georgia for several counties affected by the severe storms and flooding that began on September 18, 2009 additional counties became eligible. The disaster declaration covers the...
20 - BIO Asks EPA to Ensure Biofuels Receive Fair Treatment in Renewable Fuel Standard Rules
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - The EPA must acknowledge the full extent of the uncertainty in its estimation of biofuels’ lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and ensure that biofuel technologies are not preemptively disqualified from participation in the Renewable Fuel Standard...
21 - Ron Paul Talks “End The Fed” on Daily Show
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Congressman Ron Paul will be making a return appearance on The Daily Show Tuesday, September 29 to talk about his latest book, End The Fed, which challenges the constitutionality of the Federal Reserve. The Congressman’s latest release recently...
22 - Datacard Group Team Recognized by U.S. Department of State for Work in Passport Card Program
MINNETONKA, Minn.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Datacard Group, the world leader in secure ID and card personalization solutions, is pleased to announce recent successful deployments of the Datacard® MX6000™ Card Personalization Systems for use in the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative...
23 - Why C-Level Executives Should Be Concerned about the New Cost Basis Reporting Rules
WALTHAM, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - A new survey, Why C-Level Executives Should be Concerned About the New Cost Basis Reporting Law, conducted by Celent in conjunction with Wolters Kluwer Financial Services, shows that while financial firms have done a lot of research around the Cost...
24 - Exelon CEO Says Climate Change Legislation Remains Urgent Issue, Pushes for Price on Carbon
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Exelon Chairman and CEO John W. Rowe today urged utility industry leaders, regulators and policymakers at the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy’s national conference to continue pushing for sensible climate change legislation that puts...
25 - Fisher Coachworks GTB-40 Buses to be Deployed by MTA Flint
OAK PARK, Mich.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Today, the Obama administration announced $100-million in funding awards against the Federal Transit Administration’s TIGGER program, including $2.2 million to Mass Transportation Authority in Flint, Michigan (MTA Flint) for acquisition of two...
26 - Federal Aviation Administration’s Air Traffic Organization Selects Dyadem for Safety Risk Management Tracking System
TORONTO-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Dyadem, the leader in Operational and Quality Risk Management, today announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to provide an enterprise-wide software solution to aid in Safety Risk Management activities...
27 - Former Secretary of State General Colin Powell to Give Keynote Address at Capella University Colloquium in Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 24
MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Former United States Secretary of State General Colin Powell will give the keynote address at Capella University’s PhD colloquium in Arlington, Virginia, on Oct. 24, as part of Capella’s Distinguished Speaker Series. Capella University...
28 - Force Protection Receives $52.8 Million Order for 48 Buffalo Vehicles
LADSON, S.C.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Force Protection, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRPT), a leading designer, developer and manufacturer of survivability solutions and provider of total life cycle support for those products, today announced that it has received a modification to contract...
29 - Putting the Brakes on Texting and Talking While Driving: Presidential Summit Begins Wednesday, September 30, to Address Growing Concerns and Proposed Federal Legislation
-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Nationwide: NEWS BACKGROUND: Texting or talking on cell phones and other mobile devices has become a major national concern. According to recent Nationwide survey data, over 50 percent of respondents say they see more drivers using cell phones while driving then...
30 - The Center for Financial Services Innovation Joins Clinton Global Initiative
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - The Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) announced its support this morning for The Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) and CFSI’s commitment to launch a venture capital fund, which will invest in highly scalable financial companies with the...
31 - PCMA: Senate Finance Committee ‘Disclosure’ Amendment Will Increase Prescription Drug Costs
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Mark Merritt, President of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) issued the following statement after the Senate Finance Committee’s adoption of a PBM disclosure amendment sponsored by Senator Maria Cantwell (D-Wash...
32 - Public Opinion on Afghanistan: All the Numbers Get Worse
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - A new Harris Poll finds that a 54% to 36% majority of adults now gives President Obama negative ratings on his handling of Afghanistan. Only 14% of adults feel confident that U.S. policies there will be successful and fully 55% are not confident. These...
33 - Imperium Renewables Comments on EPA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
SEATTLE-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - Imperium Renewables participated in the public comment process on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rulemaking on the Renewable Fuels Standard-2 (RFS-2). Imperium submitted a 10-page document detailing its concerns, hopes and requests...
34 - AAA Campaign Aims to Pass Texting While Driving Bans in All 50 States by 2013; Together with Foundation Launches ‘Heads Up Driving Week’
AURORA, Ill.-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - AAA and the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety are launching new legislative and communications campaigns to reduce distracted driving and improve safety on our roadways. AAA today announced that the motor club will work to pass laws banning text...
35 - Self Storage Association Members are Pro-active with Homeland Security & Local Police to Thwart Terrorism
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 25, 2009 - The Self Storage Association (SSA), in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week formally alerted its 6,000 member-companies, its affiliated state associations – and their thousands of member- companies – and...
36 - SunEdison Receives Its First Grant Under Section 1603 of The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - On September 21, 2009, SunEdison, North America’s largest solar energy services provider, received its first grant in lieu of investment tax credit under Section 1603 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act). Following the award...
37 - The American Legion Does Not Want Post 9/11 GI Bill to Fail
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - The newly instituted Post 9/11 GI Bill promises to afford thousands of recently returned U.S. military veterans the benefits of much-deserved higher education, but some students say late payments by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) are putting...
38 - Quality Over Quantity Important in Reducing Veterans’ Claims Backlog, Says The American Legion
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - The leader of The American Legion says the huge backlog of veterans claims faced by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) can be best addressed by emphasizing a “quality over quantity” approach. “Doing it right the first time will naturally...
39 - Congress to Hold Hearings on Federal Reserve Transparency Act
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Tomorrow, the House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on bringing more transparency to the Federal Reserve. This comes after mounting support of a bill meant to shed light on the closely guarded operations of the institution...
40 - IDGA Recognizes New Defense Paradigm: Aviation Maintenance and Lifecycle Practices
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Due to the current push for government funds to go toward aircraft sustainment, IDGA will be running Aviation Lifecycle Management on October 19-21, 2009 at the Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner in Vienna, VA. In an effort to allocate money...
41 - Data Link Solutions MIDS-LVT Terminal to Provide Coalition Forces Real-Time Situational Awareness
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Data Link Solutions (DLS), a joint venture of Rockwell Collins and BAE Systems, will provide real-time situational awareness to Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and coalition forces under two recent awards for Multifunctional Information Distribution...
42 - Pre-G20 Summit Statement by European Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - European Commission President José Manuel Barroso issued the following statement: The crisis that we face is not just an economic crisis. It is a crisis for the values of our societies. At the G20 in Pittsburgh this week, world leaders must respond by...
43 - U.S. Chemical Safety Board Again Fails to Stand for Better Safety Rules for America's Workers
SAVANNAH, Ga.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Several international unions representing hundreds of thousands of chemical and food industry workers today again criticized the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) for not recommending strong standards to prevent deadly explosions in factories...
44 - Business Roundtable’s Partnership for Disaster Response to Announce Findings of 2009 Flu Season Survey
-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Business Roundtable: WHAT: Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies, will release the results of its 2009 Flu Season Survey, providing insight on how its member companies are preparing for H1N1 Influenza, the upcoming flu season...
45 - Clean Diesel Technology Showcase to Highlight Diesel Power’s Current, Future Importance
-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Energy and environmental issues and their role in the uncertain economy are at the top of today’s public policy dialogue, and as our leaders consider different paths to the nation’s energy future, diesel power offers a proven, highly efficient energy...
46 - AAI Flies Shadow® at Opening of U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft System Rapid Integration and Acceptance Center
HUNT VALLEY, Md.-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it has flown its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System in honor of the official opening of the U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft...
47 - Congressman Culberson Takes Transparency to New Level by Inviting Constituents to Comment Online to the House Healthcare Bill
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Congressman John Culberson, R-Texas, today announced that his office will post the current healthcare bill in the House of Representatives, “H.R.3200 - America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009,” on the congressman’s Web site and, using a new...
48 - Texas Mortgage Boom Spurred by Low Rates, $8K Tax Credit: StreamlineFHA.org and MortgageRateNotifier.com See Increases in FHA, Jumbo Loans
AUSTIN, Texas-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - The Fed’s recent announcement that the U.S. government will continue to purchase mortgage backed securities sent interest rates tumbling below 5% for qualified buyers and mortgagors. Why is this important? Because of the huge government bailout...
49 - Poll Shows Patrick Leading Gubernatorial Opponents, Despite Negative Ratings
BOSTON-(Business Wire)-September 24, 2009 - Voters giving Gov. Deval Patrick negative marks (45 percent) have overtaken those viewing him favorably (42 percent), yet in head-to-head matchups with declared gubernatorial candidates, he comes out on top, according to a poll released today by Suffolk...
50 - PCMA Urges Senate Finance Committee to Help Make Prescription Drugs More Affordable for All Americans
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Mark Merritt, President & CEO of the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) released the following statement regarding the Senate Finance Committee’s ongoing deliberations on health-care reform: “As the Senate Finance Committee...
51 - SBA Disaster Loans Available Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration in Illinois
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in the State of Illinois...
52 - SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Centers in Louisville Remain Open Monday Through Saturday
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds disaster victims that the Disaster Loan Outreach Centers located in Louisville at the African-American Heritage Center and the South Louisville Community Center are still open. SBA representatives remain...
53 - Vice President Biden, Secretary Sebelius Issue New Report on Seniors and Health Insurance Reform
SILVER SPRING, Md.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Vice President Joe Biden and Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today hosted a town hall meeting with seniors in Silver Spring, Md., and released a new report, Health Insurance Reform and Medicare: Making Medicare...
54 - AICPA Tells U.S. House Small Business Committee Don’t Stifle Entreprenuers, CPAs Already Highly Regulated
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants today told a U.S. House panel that certified public accountants should be exempt from pending legislation to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency because CPAs are already highly...
55 - CREW Files Dept. of Justice Complaint against Rep. Mike Ross
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked the Department of Justice to investigate whether Rep. Mike Ross (D-AR) engaged in bribery and honest services fraud by selling a piece of commercial property for more than its...
56 - Sonnenschein Congratulates Former Partner David Jacobson on Confirmation as U.S. Ambassador to Canada
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - International law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP offers its congratulations to David Jacobson, newly confirmed U.S. ambassador to Canada. Jacobson, a former Sonnenschein partner, was confirmed yesterday by the U.S. Senate. “David spent 30...
57 - Public Agencies Increase Reliance on Private Industry Practices in Response to Enhanced Focus on Stewardship
BEVERLY, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - CHM Government Services reports trend in growing reliance on private sector practices, particularly asset management, by government and public agencies with responsibility for hospitality and recreational assets. CHM Government Services (CHM GS), a...
58 - Business Roundtable to Announce Third Quarter CEO Economic Outlook Survey Results
-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Business Roundtable: WHAT: Business Roundtable, an association of CEOs of leading U.S. companies, will release the results of its latest CEO Economic Outlook Survey, providing the CEOs’ outlook on economic conditions for the next six months. Conducted...
59 - Innovative Online Community Launched at Clinton Global Initiative Will Fight Poverty in Africa
MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - Today, at the Clinton Global Initiative Fifth Annual Meeting, President Clinton introduced a unique commitment between General Mills and CARE called ‘Join My Village,’ an innovative online community that is fighting poverty in Malawi through the...
60 - PRTM Wins Awards for Providing Exceptional Support to National Guard and Reserve Employees
WASHINGTON & SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - PRTM, a worldwide management consulting firm, has won two state-level (Washington, D.C. and California) awards for providing outstanding support to its National Guard and Reserve employees. The Pro Patria Award in Washington, D.C. and...
61 - AHF’s Blair Underwood HIV/AIDS Clinic to Open in DC Thursday Sept. 24th
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 23, 2009 - AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the US’ largest non-profit HIV/AIDS healthcare provider, which provides medical care and/or services to more than 100,000 individuals in 21 countries worldwide, is honored to announce the September 24th grand opening...
62 - Environmental Leadership of Public Gardens to Take the Global Stage at the Upcoming G-20 Summit
KENNETT SQUARE, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - As testament to the important role that America’s public gardens play in promoting environmental stewardship and awareness, plant and water conservation, and education in communities nationwide, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, a...
63 - California’s Physician Groups Offer Congress Model for Key Component of National Health Reform
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Leaders from California’s physicians groups are in Washington DC this week meeting with key members of Congress to offer their experience at the forefront of a key health care reform element – Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs). According to...
64 - Iberdrola Renewables Awarded Nearly $251 Million in Treasury Grants to Generate More Jobs, More Clean Energy
PORTLAND, Ore.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. today confirmed it has received US Treasury Department approval of three additional grants totaling $250,953,367. These grants represent investment by Iberdrola Renewables of approximately $860 million in US wind power in...
65 - Sept. 15 House of Representatives Hearing on Space Flight Includes Misconceptions; Industry Group Offers Clarity
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Next Step in Space, a coalition of businesses, organizations, and people working toward ensuring the future of human spaceflight in the United States, today issued a white paper titled “Acquiring U.S. Commercial ISS Crew and Cargo Services Creates...
66 - Mid-Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute to Ensure Effective Communication with Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Under a voluntary resolution agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), deaf or hard-of-hearing patients at the Mid-Maryland Musculoskeletal Institute (MMI) of Frederick, Md., will be screened and provided with...
67 - Secretary Sebelius Joins NCAA Basketball Coaches to Rally for Health Insurance Reform
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today joined five NCAA Division I basketball coaches, Senators Robert Casey, Al Franken and Amy Klobuchar, and cancer survivors and advocates from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network to rally in support...
68 - 2009 Project Resource Management Survey Reveals Surprising Insights
AUSTIN, Texas-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Cognitive Technologies – a consulting firm specializing in project management, collaborative processes, and organizational effectiveness for the federal government and Fortune 1000 companies – today released the findings of its 2009 Project...
69 - Cozen O’Connor Launches Public Strategies LLC
PHILADELPHIA-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - In response to extraordinary client demand for sophisticated government relations counsel, Cozen O’Connor has announced the formation of Cozen O’Connor Public Strategies LLC to offer enhanced government relations assistance in public policy...
70 - Kazakhstan’s Finance Minister to Promote Trade, Investment During U.S. Visit
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - His Excellency Bolat Zhamishev, Finance Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan, will use his U.S. visit to expand economic ties and cooperation between Kazakhstan and the United States, a major trading partner. Promoting increased trade and...
71 - ABC Construction Backlog Indicator (CBI) Up 8.9 Percent
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today reports that the nation’s Construction Backlog Indicator (CBI) for July rose 8.9 percent to 6.1 months from 5.6 months in June. The CBI is a gauge on the amount of construction work to be completed...
72 - The Free Enterprise Nation: Private Sector Has Had Enough
TAMPA, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Today The Free Enterprise Nation is beginning a national effort to unite more than 5 million businesses with 115 million employees and everyday citizens to fight excessive government spending on a bureaucracy too big to sustain. Founded by James...
73 - Americans Give President Obama Negative Marks on Handling of Economy
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - While much of the focus of President Obama has been on health care reform over the past few weeks, the issue of the economy is still on his plate. Currently, three in five Americans (60%) would rate the job the president is doing on the economy as...
74 - President Obama’s Senior Environmental Policy Counsel Highlights Alliance between EPA, Landscape Architecture in Creating Sustainable Communities
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 22, 2009 - Speaking at the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting today in Chicago, Lisa Heinzerling, associate administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Policy, Economics and Innovation, addressed the...
75 - GLOBALFOUNDRIES Welcomes President Obama to Upstate New York
MALTA, N.Y.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Today GLOBALFOUNDRIES welcomed President Barack Obama to upstate New York to address students, faculty, staff and representatives from the region’s growing technology industry at Hudson Valley Community College. “Today’s visit by the White House...
76 - Housing Industry Groups Agree on Need to Reform Appraisal Process
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today hosted a Residential Real Estate Appraisal Summit with federal regulatory agencies and the major housing and financial institution stakeholder and appraisal organizations to discuss constructive...
77 - 2009 Maine Piglet Book to Be Released
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - On Thursday, September 24, 2009, The Maine Heritage Policy Center and Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) will jointly release the 2009 Maine Piglet Report: The Book Augusta Doesn’t Want You to Read, focusing on government waste, fraud, and...
78 - CPPR to Sen. Snowe: Vote No on PO
ARLINGTON, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - With the release of the Senate Finance Committee’s new America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009, the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights (CPPR) is urging Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) to oppose any plan to implement a public option health...
79 - Sebelius and Duncan Hold Town Hall Meeting with College Students and Announce H1N1 PSA Contest Winner
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Education Secretary Arne Duncan will hold a town hall meeting with students and faculty at George Mason University to discuss how to prepare for flu season and reduce the spread of the H1N1 virus on September 22...
80 - Continua Health Alliance Encouraged by America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009
BEAVERTON, Ore.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Continua Health Alliance commends the Senate Finance Committee for its work in preparing the Chairman’s Mark, America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009. Continua is encouraged by the references that seek to integrate health information technologies...
81 - CWA: U.S. Telecom Policy Should Promote Open Internet and Private Sector Investment
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - The Communications Workers of America maintains that it is critical for U.S. policy makers to creatively combine the important goals of Internet openness with the need to encourage investment in building a 21st century broadband system, so that the...
82 - CEA Commends President Obama for His Innovation Agenda
ARLINGTON, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today issued a statement regarding President Barack Obama’s Innovation Agenda. The following statement can be attributed to Gary Shapiro, president and CEO, CEA. “CEA commends President Obama for...
83 - IAFF Burn Foundation and Washington Redskins Linebacker Robert Henson Support Burn Survivors at International Burn Camp
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - More than 40 burn survivors from the U.S. and Canada are attending the 14th Annual International Burn Camp, an event in the nation’s capital organized by the International Association of Fire Fighters’ Burn Foundation to help teenagers cope with...
84 - Broad Pharmacy Coalition Urges Congress to Block Severe Medicaid Cuts to Help Preserve Patient Access
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - A diverse coalition of health care industry groups has sent an urgent letter to the bipartisan leadership in Congress seeking to delay pending Medicaid cuts and to enact a more equitable formula to reimburse pharmacies for dispensing generic drugs...
85 - CTIA–The Wireless Association Statement on FCC Chairman Genachowski’s Address on New Guidelines for the Internet
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - Today, CTIA-The Wireless Association® Vice President of Regulatory Affairs Chris Guttman-McCabe issued the following statement in response to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski’s address on new guidelines for the...
86 - SBA Administrator and Local Officials to Spotlight Economic Relief to Minnesota Small Business
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - SBA Administrator Karen Mills will join Venture Bank at a news conference to recognize the positive impact the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) is having on local small businesses’ ability to secure financing. JoLynn Johnson of Crystal...
87 - Army Selects L-3 to Supply Laser Marksmanship Training Systems
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - L-3 Communications (NYSE:LLL) announced today that the U.S. Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation has awarded L-3 MPRI a sole-source, follow-on contract for its Laser Marksmanship Training System (LMTS). This...
88 - Retailers and Suppliers Take Stock of Economic Downturn Featured on CIT “5 Minute Capital” Podcast Series
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT), a leading provider of financing to small businesses and middle market companies, today released its first podcast based on its new study, “U.S. Small and Middle Market Outlook 2009: Retailers and Suppliers Take Stock of...
89 - Senate Committee Snubs Small Business Champions, According to the American Small Business League
PETALUMA, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - The following is a statement by the American Small Business League: On Tuesday, September 22, 2009, the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will hold a roundtable discussion regarding contracting reform for small businesses...
90 - National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to Give Update On NIAID-Supported Clinical Trials of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccines in Children Six Months to 17 Years of Age
-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - HHS Media Advisory: WHAT: Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, will give an update on NIAID-supported clinical trials of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines in children six months to 17 years of age. Jesse...
91 - The Fraser Institute: Sustained by Rationing, Wait Lists, and High Taxes, the Canadian Health Insurance System is an Example of What America Should Avoid
TORONTO-(Business Wire)-September 21, 2009 - As America grapples with reforming health care with an eye to introducing a public option, a new book published by the Fraser Institute, one of Canada’s leading economic think tanks, details the failures of Canada’s government-run health care system...
92 - UTSA Awarded $13 Million to Help Improve Children’s Literacy in Africa
SAN ANTONIO-(Business Wire)-September 19, 2009 - For the second time in five years, The University of Texas at San Antonio’s College of Education and Human Development (COEHD) has been selected to provide educational materials and teacher training to improve literacy rates of children on the...
93 - BestWeek: Baucus’ Health Bill Rejects Public Option, Tries to Round Up Republicans
OLDWICK, N.J.-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2009 - The Senate’s bipartisan health-reform effort is noticeably short of bipartisan support. As Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., chairman of the Finance Committee, unveiled his proposal for reworking the U.S. health care system last week, he predicted some...
94 - Department of Defense Honors Employers for Support of National Guard and Reserve
ARLINGTON, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2009 - Fifteen employers from across the nation were honored by Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn, III with the 2009 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award on September 17, 2009 at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. The...
95 - Statement by Kathleen Sebelius Secretary of Health and Human Services Regarding the Selection of Dr. Francis Collins as a National Medal of Science Recipient
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2009 - I applaud President Obama’s selection of our National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Dr. Francis Collins as one of this year’s recipients of the National Medal of Science. As Director of the NIH, Dr. Collins is continuing the work that has...
96 - SBA’s Deadline for Physical Damage Disaster Loan Applications is October 19
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2009 - The U.S. Small Business Administration reminds homeowners, renters, businesses and non-profit organizations of the deadline to submit disaster loan applications for damage caused by the August 2, storms and flooding in Montgomery County. The deadline to...
97 - Families of Fallen American Heroes and General Public Invited for Remembrance Event on Lawn of Capitol
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2009 - The White House Commission on Remembrance invites families of U.S. military who have lost loved ones in the line of duty and the general public to A Time of Remembrance, an event to honor the sacrifices of the fallen and their families on Saturday...
98 - Transbay Transit Center Project Reaches Major Funding Milestone
SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 18, 2009 - The Transbay Transit Center Project reached an important milestone today as the credit council in Washington D.C. recommended to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary the unanimous approval of a $171 million Transportation...
99 - Amtrak Empire Builder Service to Leavenworth, WA, to Begin September 25, 2009
LEAVENWORTH, Wash.-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - The City of Leavenworth and Amtrak announced today that the eagerly awaited restoration of rail passenger service to the popular Bavarian village, a destination community in the Cascade Mountains, will begin on Friday, September 25, 2009. The...
100 - Know What to Do About the Flu Webcast for Small Businesses Live on Flu.gov
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services will co-host a Know What to Do About the Flu Webcast FRIDAY September 18th. Top experts from the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, U.S. Small Business...
101 - Nevadan Appointed to Federal Energy Post
LAS VEGAS-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - Thom Sheets, a partner in the statewide Nevada law firm, McDonald Carano Wilson LLP, has been selected to serve as General Counsel for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). John Wellinghoff, FERC Chairman, appointed Mr. Sheets to the...
102 - Local Jobs Remain Unfilled, Patient Access to Quality Dialysis Care Compromised as Government Inspection Process Tries to Catch Up
DALLAS-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - Local officials, physicians and patients in need of local dialysis care expressed encouragement over what appears to be a thawing of a certification logjam of dialysis facilities across the state of Texas, though remain concerned over 38 which still remain...
103 - New Report Outlines Importance of Health Insurance Reform for Young Americans
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new report, Young Americans and Health Insurance Reform: Giving Young Americans the Security and Stability They Need. The report highlights the vulnerability young adults face in the current health...
104 - HHS Secretary Sebelius Announces Cornerstone Funding of the $650 Million Recovery Act Community Prevention and Wellness Initiative
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - Creating ways for healthful lifestyle habits to be the natural first choice for Americans is the goal of a $650 million initiative of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will...
105 - Obama’s Negative Ratings, and Those Who Think Country Is on the Wrong Track Continue to Rise
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - The latest Harris Poll brings more bad news for the White House. For the first time in his presidency, President Obama’s negative rating exceeds his positive score. And those who think that the country is on the wrong track have risen while those who...
106 - Intelligence Squared US Announces First Debate of Fall ‘09 Buy American/Hire American Policies Will Backfire
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - Intelligence Squared US (www.IQ2US.org), the Oxford-style debate series, an initiative of The Rosenkranz Foundation, today announced that the first debate of the fall ’09 season will take place on Monday, September 21, 2009. The resolution, Buy...
107 - 4-H Zooms into National 4-H Week Thanks to Jeff Gordon and DuPont
CHEVY CHASE, Md.-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - National 4-H Week will take off with a speedy start on October 4th, as the 4-H emblem makes its debut appearance in a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. The well-known national icon will be featured on the ‘TV panel’ of the No. 24 DuPont...
108 - Earth Intelligence Network: Health Policy Fundamentals Being Ignored By All
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - The following is a statement released by Earth Intelligence Network for the common good. Robert David STEELE Vivas, CEO, Earth Intelligence Network, a 501c3 Public Charity chartered in the Commonwealth of Virginia, has released a single graphic showing...
109 - Congressional Screening of Film Sheds Light on the Historic Struggle for Democracy in Taiwan, Encourages Critical Look at U.S. Foreign Policy toward Taiwan and China
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 17, 2009 - Drawing attention to the current and decades-long struggle for democracy forged by the people of Taiwan and their American allies, FORMOSA BETRAYED — a dramatic and action-packed political thriller — was shown to members of Congress, their staff...
110 - Doctor-Led Coalition Has Reservations With New Senate Healthcare Reform Bill
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - The doctor-led Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights (Coalition) urged caution to legislators and the public as they consider Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus’s healthcare reform proposal, America's Healthy Future Act of 2009, which was...
111 - PCMA: Baucus Health Reform Plan Sustains Proven PBM Delivery Model Yielding Expanded Access, Lower Costs
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) President and CEO Mark Merritt issued the following statement regarding the Senate Finance Committee health care “mark” released today by Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.): “PCMA supports Chairman...
112 - Statement from the Physician Insurers Association of America on the Senate Finance Committee’s Healthcare Reform Proposal
ROCKVILLE, Md.-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - In response to the introduction of the Senate Finance Committee’s healthcare reform plan, Lawrence E. Smarr, president of the Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA), issued the following statement: “The PIAA is pleased that the Senate...
113 - PIPC Supports Comparative Effectiveness Research Language in New Senate Health Reform Bill
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - The Partnership to Improve Patient Care (PIPC), a non-partisan, patient- focused, grassroots organization focused on securing patient-centered comparative effectiveness research (CER) voiced its strong support of the comparative effectiveness...
114 - ADAO Congratulates the Acting U.S. Surgeon General, Steven K. Galson, and Thanks the U.S. Senate for Efforts to Encourage Warning About Asbestos Dangers
REDONDO BEACH, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) today announced its support for the Surgeon General’s statement acknowledging the dangers of asbestos and thanks the U.S. Senate for continued efforts to encourage a warning. The discovery...
115 - Labor Secretary Praises LIUNA’s Weatherization Training Program
ORLANDO, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis praised LIUNA’s breakthrough national weatherization training program speaking via satellite to the union’s Leadership Conference today. Secretary Solis told the story of Thalia Williams, a single mother in New...
116 - Seven Nutty Senators Supporting ACORN are CAGW’s September Porkers of the Month
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named the seven senators who voted on Monday, September 14 to continue sending tax dollars for housing and community development programs to the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN...
117 - Secretary Sebelius Announces Medicare to Join State-Based Healthcare Delivery System Reform Initiatives
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, along with Vermont Governor Jim Douglas and Director of the White House Office of Health Reform Nancy-Ann DeParle today announced an initiative that will allow Medicare to join Medicaid, and...
118 - The New Numbers – Health Insurance Reform Cannot Wait
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today released a new state by state analysis of last week’s U.S. Census numbers regarding the uninsured. The results are sobering and confirm that health insurance reform cannot wait another year...
119 - October 16 is Deadline to Apply for SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in Ohio that Economic Injury Disaster Loans are still available to small businesses and most private non-profit organizations economically impacted by the hurricane force winds that occurred...
120 - Policy Impact Communications Announces Top-Tier Changes
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Policy Impact Communications, a leading public relations and government affairs firm headquartered in Washington, D.C., has positioned top-tier executives to accommodate new growth, while enhancing service to ensure continued client success. Former...
121 - Boomer Women May Hold Key to Healthcare Reform According to VibrantNation.com Research
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Eighty-four percent of baby boomer women say they are either “somewhat comfortable” or “very comfortable” with their understanding the issues surrounding healthcare reform. This insight is one of the many garnered from a new survey on...
122 - American Science and Engineering, Inc. Receives Service and Maintenance Contract Award for ZBVs Valued Up To $28.2 Million
BILLERICA, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E®) (NASDAQ: ASEI), a leading worldwide supplier of innovative X-ray detection solutions, announced today the receipt of a service contract award for up to $28.2 million from the U.S. government...
123 - Sapient Government Services Strengthens Its Leadership with Appointment of Leslie Winik as VP, Business Development
BOSTON-(Business Wire)-September 16, 2009 - Sapient Government Services, a subsidiary of Sapient (NASDAQ: SAPE), today announced the appointment of Leslie Winik as vice president of business development. Winik brings over 17 years of experience leading large transformational projects for the federal...
124 - Unions Decry CSB Failure to Demand Stronger OSHA Safeguards Against Reactive Chemical Explosions
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - Several international unions representing hundreds of thousands of chemical industry workers today criticized the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) for abrogating its mandate to recommend strong EPA and OSHA standards to prevent runaway...
125 - Prudential Calls for Clarity in Retirement Plan Disclosures
NEWARK, N.J.-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - Prudential Financial, Inc. today called for government reform of pension plan regulations to guarantee participants disclosures that are relevant, timely and succinct. In testimony before the U.S. Department of Labor’s ERISA Advisory Council, a...
126 - CREW Releases Fifth Annual Most Corrupt Members of Congress Report
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) released its fifth annual report on the most corrupt members of Congress. CREW’s Most Corrupt Members of Congress provides a detailed analysis of the unethical and sometimes illegal...
127 - International Audience to Explore Security Challenges for Transparent Government at OASIS Identity Management Forum
BOSTON-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - As national and international governments endeavor to provide open, transparent, and trusted services, the challenges of managing citizens' identities and access to information require careful planning, a strong policy focus, and attention to standards and...
128 - FM:Systems Partners with CADD Microsystems, Inc.
RALEIGH, N.C.-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - FM:Systems, a leading provider of integrated workplace management systems (IWMS) and computer-aided facility management (CAFM) software, today announced its partnership with CADD Microsystems, Inc. (CMI), a premier solutions provider in civil...
129 - Newt Gingrich and Al Sharpton to Host Landmark Education Event Revealing Real Solutions to Today’s Education Crisis
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - The Education Equality Project (www.edequality.org) and American Solutions (www.americansolutions.com) announce today that Reverend Al Sharpton and Former Speaker Newt Gingrich will host a major education reform event on Thursday, September 17 in...
130 - Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake Increases Access Control Security with the RAPIDGate Program
PORTLAND, Ore.-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake has implemented the RAPIDGate® Program to increase security and streamline access for the thousands of vendors, suppliers, service providers and contractors who access the installation. The RAPIDGate Program, a...
131 - Mapping Evapotranspiration Wins Innovations in American Government Award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University today announced Idaho’s Mapping Evapotranspiration program as a 2009 Innovations in American Government Award winner...
132 - Wraparound Milwaukee Wins Innovations in American Government Award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University today announced Wraparound Milwaukee of Milwaukee County as the 2009 winner of the Annie E. Casey Innovations Award in...
133 - New Leaders for New Schools Wins Innovations in American Government Award
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 15, 2009 - The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University yesterday announced New Leaders for New Schools' partnership with the Chicago Public School District as a 2009...
134 - NCPA Urges CMS to Preserve Patient Access to Durable Medical Equipment by Suspending Looming Pharmacy Accreditation Requirement
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - The National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), has written a letter to Charlene Frizzera, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Acting Administrator, urging a suspension of the Medicare Part B Durable Medical Equipment...
135 - CTIA–The Wireless Association Statement on “The Health Effects of Cell Phone Use” Hearing
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - Today, CTIA-The Wireless Association® President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies...
136 - Mineta Transportation Institute Publishes Study on Recruiting Candidates into Transportation Careers
SAN JOSE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - The Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) has published Report 08-03, Paving the Way: Recruiting Students into Transportation Careers. This report examines the factors that lead civil engineering undergraduates and urban planning masters...
137 - Breast Cancer Survivors Praise House Committee Action as Vital to Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - The Breast Cancer Survivor Coalition for Advancement, Reform and Equity (Because we Care) today praised a House of Representatives committee for adopting an amendment to the “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act” (H.R. 3200) that would...
138 - SBA Administrator Announces Availability of H1N1 Preparedness Guide for Small Businesses
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the availability of a preparedness guide designed to assist small businesses in planning for the possibility of an...
139 - Leading U.S. Economists to Address Current Challenges at D.C. Conference
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - Leading economists will address the Society of Government Economists’ annual conference, co-sponsored by The George Washington University, on Monday, September 21, at the university’s Marvin Center. Distinguished speakers at the conference will...
140 - Future Power PA Applies for Federal Grant to Accelerate ‘Near-Zero’ Emissions Power Plant
GOOD SPRING, Penn.-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - Future Power PA Inc (FPPI) has announced today the company’s “Good Spring IGCC” power plant with carbon sequestration will seek matching funds from round three of the Department of Energy’s “Clean Coal Power Initiative” (CCPI...
141 - Fort Washington Medical Center to Ensure Effective Communication for Deaf or Hard of Hearing Patients
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - Under a settlement agreement reached with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, deaf patients at the Fort Washington Medical Center in Prince George’s County, Md., will be screened and provided with sign language interpreters whenever...
142 - HHS Awards $35 Million to States for Increasing Adoptions
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded $35 million to 38 states and Puerto Rico for increasing the number of children adopted from foster care. States use the funds from the adoption incentive award to enhance their...
143 - Majority of Retail CFOs Say 2009 Economic Stimulus Act Unsuccessful in Stemming Recession According to BDO Seidman, LLP Study
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - According to a recent study by BDO Seidman, LLP, one of the nation’s leading accounting and consulting organizations, 69 percent of chief financial officers (CFOs) at leading U.S. retailers say that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has...
144 - GigOptix $5M Federal Funding for an On-Chip Polymer Modulator Integrated Photonic Transceiver Development Receives Subcommittee Approval
BOTHELL, Wash.-(Business Wire)-September 14, 2009 - GigOptix Inc. (OTCBB:GGOX) today announces that $5 million in government funding for development of its On-Chip polymer modulator Integrated Photonic Transceiver, which was part of the funding request made by U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) to...
145 - CITAC: Obama Administration Tariffs on Chinese Tires Will Hurt U.S. Automakers and Other Downstream Industries
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 12, 2009 - The Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition (CITAC) today warned that President Barak Obama’s decision to impose 35% tariffs on Chinese tire imports will result in job losses for U.S. downstream industries, higher prices for U.S. consumers and...
146 - Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano, SBA Administrator Mills and Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Announce H1N1 Guidance for Small Businesses
-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Karen Mills, Administrator of U.S. Small Business Administration, and Dr. Daniel Jernigan, of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will hold a press conference call to discuss H1N1 guidance...
147 - Napolitano, SBA Administrator Mills and Experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to Announce H1N1 Guidance for Small Businesses
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, Karen Mills, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration, Dr. Daniel Jernigan, Deputy Director, Influenza Division, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention will hold a conference call...
148 - As Congress Reconvenes, Local Opposition to $32 Billion Medicare Cuts Mount
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - The following is a statement by the American Health Care Association (AHCA): As Congress reconvened this week in the wake of polls finding the public strongly against slashing Medicare-funded nursing home care to pay for health care reform, local...
149 - SBA Opens Business Recovery Center in Gowanda
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that it will open a Business Recovery Center to help businesses impacted by the severe storms and flooding in New York on August 8-10, 2009. The Center opens at the HSBC Bank USA in Gowanda on Monday...
150 - Statement by Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases, NIH, Regarding Early Results from Clinical Trials of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Vaccines in Healthy Adults
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - We are encouraged by reports that are now emerging from various clinical trials of 2009 H1N1 influenza vaccines, conducted by various vaccine manufacturers. We expect additional companies to announce their preliminary trial results shortly. The early...
151 - Secretary Sebelius Releases $33 Million in ARRA Funds to Train Health Professionals
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced awards totaling $33 million to expand the training of health care professionals. The funds are part of the $500 million allotted to HHS’ Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to address...
152 - Senate Proclaims Sept. 16 ‘The American Legion Day’
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution designating September 16, 2009 as “The American Legion Day.” The measure, Senate Resolution 260, was shepherded through last evening by Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, after submitting the resolution earlier in...
153 - Hawaiian Airlines Pilots Overwhelmingly Authorize Strike
HONOLULU-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - Hawaiian Airlines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), announced today that they have voted to authorize their elected union representatives to conduct a lawful withdrawal of service if contract talks do not...
154 - SBA Disaster Loans over $2.3 Million
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced today that it has approved over $2.3 million in federal low-interest disaster loans to Kentucky homeowners, renters and businesses who sustained damages from the severe storms, straight-line winds and...
155 - Weekly Media Briefing on 2009 H1N1 Flu Friday, September 11 at 1:00 p.m. at HHS
-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - The Department of Health and Human Services will host the weekly H1N1 press briefing this Friday, September 11, in Washington, D.C. Top scientists and doctors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and...
156 - Little City Foundation Answers President’s Call to Join in ‘National Day of Service and Remembrance’ by Raising Awareness and Importance of Service to Nation’s Most Vulnerable Citizens
PALATINE, Ill.-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - Little City Foundation today participates in the federally recognized September 11 National Day of Service and Remembrance by calling all its volunteers to raise funds and awareness through its Smiles Tag Campaign for hundreds of children and...
157 - BestHealthcareRates.com: Presidential Reassurances Are Not Enough
ARROYO GRANDE, Calif.-(Business Wire)-September 11, 2009 - The team from BestHealthcareRates.com is less than reassured with the presidential reassurances on the far-reaching effects of health care reform during his September 9th talk on the status of healthcare reform. With more than 46.3 million...
158 - Sermo Announces 87% of US Physicians Surveyed Support President’s Backing of Malpractice Reform
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Physicians across the US are speaking out on Sermo of all Sermo specialty categories across all 50 states. All respondents are verified and credentialed, ensuring they have valid, active licenses to practice medicine in the United States. The...
159 - Weekly Media Briefing on 2009 H1N1 Flu; Friday, September 11 at 1:00 p.m. at HHS
-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The Department of Health and Human Services will host the weekly H1N1 press briefing this Friday, September 11, in Washington, D.C. Top scientists and doctors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and...
160 - The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease – Pennsylvania Response Statement to President Obama’s Healthcare Reform Speech
HARRISBURG, Pa.-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease Pennsylvania Chapter (PFCD-PA) commends President Barack Obama for his continued commitment to healthcare reform. PFCD-PA, and its partner organizations, strongly agree that the current state of the...
161 - Alternate Engine Almost Grounded
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) today celebrated a significant victory for taxpayers; the Senate Appropriations Committee has rejected funding for the alternate engine for the Joint Strike Fighter. According to a September 9...
162 - Frontier Communications’ Applications for $55 Million in Federal Broadband Stimulus Funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Could Mean $69 Million for West Virginia
STAMFORD, Conn.-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Frontier Communications Corporation (NYSE: FTR), one of the nation’s largest providers of communications services to rural areas and small and medium-sized towns and cities, announced today that it has submitted two applications for federal...
163 - U.S. Spent Over $25 Billion on Imported Oil in August
DALLAS-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - In his ninth consecutive monthly update on the level of foreign oil imports— on the same day the U.S. Department of Commerce announced the biggest increase to the trade deficit in 10 years, largely due to surging purchases of oil— energy expert...
164 - Health Reform Perspective: Taxing Middle Class FSAs is Bad Policy, says ECFC
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Amidst the sound and fury of concern over various aspects of President Obama's health care reform proposal, observers too often lose sight of the core fundamental principles on which the President is correct, according to the Employers Council on...
165 - Obama Turns Deaf Ear to Widespread Taxpayer Opposition…
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The nation’s premier taxpayer watchdog group, the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW), reacted with dismay and alarm to President Obama’s speech to a joint session of Congress last evening on healthcare reform. Despite...
166 - Secretary Sebelius and HRSA Administrator Wakefield to Discuss President Obama’s Call for Health Insurance Reform and Recovery Act Funding to Train Health Professionals
-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Kathleen Sebelius and Health Resources and Services Administration Administrator Mary Wakefield will participate in a conference call with regional and college reporters to discuss President Obama’s recent address...
167 - SBA Disaster Loans Available Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration in Ohio
ATLANTA-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The U.S. Small Business Administration announces today that federal economic injury disaster loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes located in the State of Ohio as...
168 - Secretary Sebelius to Deliver Health Insurance Reform Address, Release New Report on Insurance Insecurity
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today will address the University of Chicago’s dialogue on health care reform and education and issue a new report on the employer-sponsored insurance market. The new report, Insurance Insecurity: Families Are Losing...
169 - ATV Manufacturers: Stay of Enforcement on CPSIA Lead Content Limit Not Working; Legislative Fix Needed
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The Coalition for Safe and Responsible ATV Use issued the following statement in conjunction with today's House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection Oversight Hearing on the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA): "The...
170 - ACLJ: President Obama Got It Wrong - Abortion Not Ruled out in Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ), focusing on constitutional law, said today despite President Obama’s insistence that “no federal dollars will be used to fund abortions” – the fact is that such a proclamation does not guarantee...
171 - CTIA–The Wireless Association Announces CDMA Certification Program Is Now Part of CDMA Certification Forum Process
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - CTIA–The Wireless Association® announced today that its CDMA Certification Program has been integrated into the CDMA Certification Forum’s (CCF) process, providing the wireless industry a single evaluation and certification system for all CDMA2000...
172 - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Joins Ad Council and Warner Bros. Pictures to Combat Childhood Overweight and Obesity
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Ad Council today launched a new series of public service advertisements (PSAs) designed to address childhood overweight and obesity. Featuring characters from the upcoming film Where the...
173 - PCMA: Improving Affordability Critical to Reforming Health Care
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) issued the following statement on President Obama’s health care address before a joint session of Congress: “Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) share the President’s goal of improving...
174 - Twenty South Asian Americans in Obama Administration Honored at D.C. Event
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The North American South Asian Bar Association (NASABA) and the South Asian Bar Association of Washington D.C. (SABA-DC) honored the South Asian Americans appointed to President Barack Obama’s administration at an event held in Washington D.C. last...
175 - President Obama Committed to Immediate Health Care Reform
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - The Community Oncology Alliance (COA), a national non-profit organization that represents oncologists and other cancer care providers, strongly opposes cuts in Medicare reimbursement for cancer care outlined by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
176 - Atlas Air Selected to Train Air Force One (VC-25) and E4-B Flight Crews at Its State-of-the-Art Training Facilities
PURCHASE, N.Y.-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (AAWW) (Nasdaq: AAWW), a leading provider of global air cargo assets and services, today announced that the U.S. Air Force will be extending its contract with Atlas Air, Inc. for the flight training of Air Force...
177 - CTIA–The Wireless Association Recognizes September 14th-20th as “National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week”
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - CTIA–The Wireless Association® applauds the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA), and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for their efforts to...
178 - FedEx SmartPost Introduces Returns Service
PITTSBURGH-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - FedEx SmartPost announced today that it is introducing a new and convenient way for consumers to return items back to a retailer using the U.S. Postal Service for package pickup. Consumers will gain the convenience of Postal Service™ access points...
179 - CliniComp Intl Selected as Inpatient Clinical Documentation Solution Provider for Military Health System
SAN DIEGO-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - CliniComp Intl., a global provider of enterprise-wide clinical documentation systems specializing in high acuity documentation and surveillance, announced today a new contract with the Department of Defense (DoD) to deploy its Essentris® inpatient...
180 - Govt. Accountability Experts - Neil Barofsky, Earl Devaney and G. Edward DeSeve - Headline Upcoming Internal Control & Fraud Conference
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Dynamic speakers will share valuable insights on improving government financial management at the Association of Government Accountants’ (AGA’s) 4th Annual Internal Control and Fraud Conference. The conference, set for Sept. 16-17, will be held...
181 - Americans Just as Proud to Be an American Citizen Now As After 9/11
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - As the eighth anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001 arrives, Americans are still as proud to be American citizens now as they were just months after the attacks when waves of patriotism were sweeping the nation. In May 2002, 97% of...
182 - Neurosurgeons Applaud President Obama’s Call for an End to Defensive Medicine
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - President Obama, in his address to a joint session of Congress tonight, stated that “defensive medicine” does contribute to unnecessary costs in healthcare and will now explore options for medical liability reform. The American Association of...
183 - BIO Responds to President Obama’s Health Care Reform Address
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood released the following statement in response to President Obama’s address on health care reform delivered tonight before a joint session of the U.S. Congress: “BIO shares...
184 - Catholic Healthcare West Responds to President Barack Obama’s Health Care Reform Speech
SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 10, 2009 - “At CHW, we live everyday with the challenges President Obama outlined in his speech tonight – we see the real life effects of our broken health care system. The President has redefined the debate in a way that we can now bring a conclusion to...
185 - Coalition for Space Exploration Lauds Augustine Committee
HOUSTON-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - The Coalition for Space Exploration acknowledges the hard work and service to the nation by the Review of U.S. Human Space Flight Plans Committee and its chairman Norm Augustine. The committee was able to re-examine the nation’s future course in...
186 - House of Representatives to Hold Audit the Fed Hearings
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Congressman Ron Paul informed Campaign for Liberty today that House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank will hold hearings on H.R. 1207, Congressman Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve. The hearings are tentatively set to take...
187 - Head of Small Business California Available for Comment on President Obama’s Health Care Proposals
SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Scott Hauge, nationally recognized spokesperson for small business issues and a leading advocate for health care reform, will be available for interviews or comments before, during or after President Obama’s key address before Congress today at 5...
188 - NACDS, NCPA, and NASPA Urge HHS to Direct State Medicaid Programs to Change Their AWP Reimbursement Rate to Ensure Continued Patient Access to Pharmacies
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS), National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), and National Alliance of State Pharmacy Associations (NASPA) have hand delivered a joint letter to the office of U.S. Department of Health and...
189 - HIV Screening Tests Proposed to Be Added to Medicare’s List of Covered Preventive Services
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced a new proposal that would cover Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection screening for Medicare beneficiaries who are at increased risk for the infection, including women who are...
190 - Obama Petition Opposing China Tire Tariff Hits 1000 Signatures on First Full Day
MINNEAPOLIS-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - In its first 24 hours online, more than 1000 people have signed a letter (www.protecttrade.org/online.php) urging President Barack Obama to head off a U.S.-China trade war by rejecting a Section 421 (Trade Act of 1974) petition by the Steelworkers...
191 - Former Head of AMA Voices Doctors’ Concerns before Obama Speech Tonight
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - In response to the American Medical Association (AMA) reiterating its support of President Obama’s healthcare plan, the former president of the AMA and current spokesman for the Coalition to Protect Patients’ Rights, Dr. Donald Palmisano, today...
192 - HHS Announces Availability of Congressional Flu Public Service Announcements Dealing with Seasonal or 2009 H1N1 Influenza
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is announcing the availability of flu public service announcements recorded by 48 members of Congress. The PSAs deliver the message that there are simple steps every American can take to reduce the...
193 - Real Health Care Reform Requires Safe Food, Says Food Safety Advocate Bill Marler
SEATTLE-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Linda Rivera’s excruciating case of food poisoning (Severe Case Gives Context to Issue of Food Safety Washington Post 9/1/09) should shine some light on a crucial reality that is missing from most health care reform plans: you can’t fix America’s...
194 - National Museum of the Marine Corps Commemorates 9/11
TRIANGLE, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - The National Museum of the Marine Corps will commemorate the eighth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center by unveiling a new exhibit dedicated to the historic day and the Global War on Terrorism. On...
195 - At Least Pluralities of Adults in Five Largest European Countries and U.S. Believe Western Countries Should Find Common Ground With Iran
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Earlier this summer, Iran re-elected Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in an election filled with controversy. Now, majorities of Spanish (55%), French (54%) and Italian (51%) adults as well as pluralities of British adults (46%), Germans (45%) and Americans (43...
196 - Earth Intelligence Network: Obama’s Van Jones “9/11 Truth Scandal” Inspires Truth and Transparency Event in NYC 12-13 September 2009
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - The following is a statement released by Earth Intelligence Network for the common good. Among all his centrists and Wall Street wonks, Obama had one truly creative, job-creating, economically-stimulating guy working for him. Until this weekend. Obama...
197 - HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Releases Radio Actuality Previewing President Obama’s Wednesday Health Care Address to Congress
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Today, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius released a radio actuality previewing President Obama’s health care address to Congress on Wednesday evening. Radio stations and Web sites wishing to download the audio for broadcast can...
198 - Bay Area Employment: How Bad Is It?
SAN FRANCISCO-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - According to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment figures in the Bay Area topped 10 percent in both June and July. And while those numbers are certainly bleak compared to 2008, Torchiana Mastrov & Sapiro...
199 - PSCA Applauds New Retirement Plan Guidance
CHICAGO-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - The Profit Sharing / 401k Council of America (PSCA) commends President Obama, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, and J. Mark Iwry, Senior Advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Retirement and Health Policy, for the September 5, 2009...
200 - HHS and USDA Unveil New Food Safety Consumer Web Site at www.foodsafety.gov
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 9, 2009 - Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack, the co-chairs of the Obama Administration’s Food Safety Working Group, unveiled a new consumer Web site today at www.foodsafety.gov. The site...
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