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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 - United Applauds National Rollout of Fruits and Vegetables in WIC Program
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - United Fresh Produce Association President and CEO Tom Stenzel releases the following statement on the United States Department of Agriculture’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), which will begin national...
3 - Magnet Materials Supply Chain Players Collaborate to Advance Domestic Rare Earth Issues
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - The United States Magnet Materials Association (“USMMA”) today announced the addition of Thorium Energy, Inc. This move expands the coalition’s focus to include rare earth materials and the rare earth magnet supply chain. A September 2009...
4 - $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...
5 - 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...
6 - APIC Urges States to Proclaim International Infection Prevention Week, October 18-24, 2009
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - To bring greater attention to the critical need to protect patients and the public from the risk of healthcare-associated infections, the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology (APIC), in collaboration with 3M Health...
7 - CREW Files Bar Complaint Against Sen. Vitter
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington filed a bar complaint with the Louisiana Office of Disciplinary Counsel against Senator David Vitter (R-LA) for violating Louisiana’s rules of professional conduct for lawyers. In 2007, it...
8 - 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...
9 - 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...
10 - 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...
11 - 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...
12 - 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...
13 - 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...
14 - 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...
15 - Former Mexico President Vicente Fox to Address U.S. Engineering Leaders at ACEC Fall Conference in Palm Springs
WASHINGTON-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Former Mexico President Vicente Fox will discuss the U.S./Mexico relationship, as well as global business challenges at the upcoming American Council of Engineering Companies’ Fall Conference, Thursday, October 8, at the La Quinta Resort and Club...
16 - 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...
17 - Citizens and Health Care Providers Participate in Sit-in, Risk Arrest at Health Insurance Office in New York Tuesday, Organized by Mobilization for Health Care Now
NEW YORK-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - Citizens and health care providers who are fed up with the state of our health care system will risk arrest at a New York Aetna health insurance office on Tuesday morning. The sit-in is the first action in part of a larger mobilization to end insurance...
18 - 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...
19 - Clean Diesel Technology Showcase to Highlight Diesel Power’s Current, Future Importance
-(Business Wire)-September 28, 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...
20 - NOPA Retracts July 21 Statement Regarding Alleged ‘Kickbacks’ to U.S. Communities
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-(Business Wire)-September 28, 2009 - The National Office Products Alliance (NOPA) is retracting a statement that it issued in a July 21 press release in which it referenced the allegation it made to the California Attorney General of ‘kickbacks’ NOPA claimed were made to U.S...
