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Democrats
Gain in Ohio In the Senate race, Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher
(D) leads Rob Portman (R) 41% to 37%, reversing a three point
Portman lead in February. Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner
(D) also edges Portman, 38% to 37%, reversing a five point Portman
lead. |
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Obama
Will Expand Offshore Oil Drilling President Obama will propose "to open vast expanses of water along the Atlantic coastline, the eastern Gulf of Mexico and the north coast of Alaska to oil and natural gas drilling, much of it for the first time," the New York Times reports. |
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"We wrote checks to keep them alive...and then they turn around and we find they aren't even paying taxes, they are getting rebates back. All the more reason why there is a sense of growing outrage to all this." -- Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher
Dodd (D-CT), in an interview on the Fox Business Network, on
banks that received bailout funds. |
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Dayna Firth March 30, 2010 at 4:38pm |
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Andy Pederson March 30, 2010 at 3:16pm
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Inland County Stonewall Democrats. Steve ValkenburgMarch 31, 2010 at 12:54am |
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Highlights:
International Donors' Conference for Haiti Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0500 |
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Jace Reeder March 30, 2010 at 7:37pm Conference call #: 218339269 Please join us for these fun and informative calls. If you have a question about the TYD Convention but cannot attend the call, please send us an e-mail to convention@texasyds.com. Thanks. Jace Reeder |
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Thomas Connor Moss for Murfreesboro City Council 2010. Thomas Connor Moss March 30, 2010 at 6:35pm |
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San Francisco Young Democrats. Maxwell Szabo March 30, 2010 at 8:33pm On Wednesday, April 14th, SFYD will have its first major endorsement meeting for local candidates and measures. We look forward to a friendly discussion about the many qualified candidates and issues voters will consider on June 8th. ***NOTE: We will be considering endorsements for local ballot initiatives, Superior Court Judge, and DCCC candidates at the close of the meeting. SFYD members will meet in closed session to deliberate on each initiative and race, and will cast their votes. SFYD has a 60% endorsement threshold. To read DCCC candidate responses to our questionnaire, click here: http://www.facebook.com/l/162c5;sfyd.org/?page_id=202 You are eligible to vote if you have attended two meetings in the past year and have paid dues. The endorsement meeting can be your second meeting, and you can pay your dues on-site. WHERE: Mr. Smith's - 34 7th St. @ Market ***Don't forget - drink specials and food
will be provided, first beverage is free. |
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Nick Warshaw March 30, 2010 at 10:47pm Any chapter or member in good standing is eligible to receive an award. So take some time and write up a nomination for yourself, your chapter, a colleague, or a mentor and send it to Awards@youngdems.org by Friday, April 2, 2010. -Nick Warshaw Awards are handed out in the following
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Arapahoe
Young Dems House Party With Senate Candidate Andrew Romanoff To see more details and RSVP |
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Democrats Abroad Spain. Ron OttoMarch 31, 2010 at 1:00am The registration deadline for the DA annual
meeting is April 4th. You MUST register at: http://www.daseville.info/ |
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Interview
on CBC's The Hour With George Stroumboulopoulos Wed, 31 Mar 2010 06:06:25 -0500 |
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Law
enforcement group pushes air marshal chief for TSA Posted: March 30th, 2010 11:33 AM ET Washington (CNN) - A key association of law enforcement officers urged the White House Tuesday to tap the country's federal air marshal director to head the Transportation Security Administration. |
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Obama
signs health care 'fixes' bill Posted: March 30th, 2010 12:30 PM ET |
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CNN
Poll: Health care passage motivates voters Posted: March 30th, 2010 04:45 PM ET Passage of the recent health care reform bill has motivated voters on both sides, according to a new CNN poll. Washington (CNN) – It seems the passage of health care reforms into law has united the country in one way: It's sparked enthusiasm by both Democrats and Republicans to vote in this year's midterm elections, according to a new national poll. |
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Obama,
French president discuss Iran sanctions, global economy Posted: March 30th, 2010 05:38 PM ET President Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy spoke to reporters Tuesday at the White House. Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Tuesday pledged mutual support for tougher U.N. sanctions against Iran over Tehran's refusal to comply with international regulations regarding its nuclear energy program. |
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'We
have to educate our way to a better economy,' Duncan says Posted: March 30th, 2010 06:39 PM ET |
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Obama
energy plan would open up Gulf drilling Posted: March 31st, 2010 01:40 AM ET |
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"I don't think we would have ever gotten health care if we stayed on that 60-vote strategy. I really believe that that was a blessing in disguise." -- House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-SC),
quoted by the AP, on Democrats losing the U.S. Senate seat in
Massachusetts in January. |
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Baker
Supports Obama's Foreign Policy In an interview last night, former Secretary of State James Baker "voiced his apparent support for the overwhelming majority of Barack Obama's foreign policy agenda," the Texas Tribune reports. |
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NEW GOV JOB VACANCIES, GRANTS and CONTRACT
OPPORTUNITIES have been posted at www.usdemocrats.com/ticker/jobs/ |
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LACYD
Endorsement Meeting To see more details and RSVP |
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OYD Awards Banquet. Sarah SaccanyMarch 29, 2010 at 9:40pm https://secure.blueutopia.com/ohioyd/contribute/ $25 for Students (Honors System!) Any questions? Email info@ohioyd.org |
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March
30, 2010 - DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report, (PDF, 32 pages - 211 KB) |
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Enforcement
News for U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This information has recently been updated, and
is now available. |
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CJCS
In Afghanistan Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:30:46 -0500 Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ADM Michael Mullen is in Afghanistan for another first hand look at the conflict. There will soon be more U.S. troops in Afghanistan than Iraq. |
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Recently Published Rulemaking Documents (www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/rulemaking/recently_published/)
for U.S. Federal Aviation Administration. |
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Highlights:
Global Pulse 2010 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0500 |
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Remarks
With Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:48:14 -0500 |
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Arlen
Specter Sping Volunteer Day To see more details and RSVP |
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The FEMA Private Sector Division recently
launched the new FEMA Private Sector Widget leveraging Web 2.0
tools to enhance our ability to protect, prepare, respond, recover
and mitigate against all forms of disasters as well as enhance
community resiliency across the nation. FEMA's goals with Web
2.0 tools are: to provide timely and accurate information related
to disaster preparedness response and recovery; provide the public
with another avenue for insight into the agency’s operations;
and engage in what has already become a critical medium in today’s
world of communications. FEMA Private Sector Widget Featured Links: The FEMA Private Sector Web Portal – www.fema.gov/privatesector Is Your Business Ready? (The Ready Campaign) - http://www.ready.gov/business/index.html Create Resilient Communities with Citizen Corps - http://www.citizencorps.gov/ Register for Federal Disaster Aid using Disaster Assistance.gov - http://www.disasterassistance.gov/daip_en.portal |
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Highlights:
New START Treaty and Nonproliferation Agenda Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0500 |
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BTS Releases North American Surface
Trade Numbers for January:
Trade using surface transportation between
the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico was 19.5 percent higher in
January 2010 than in January 2009, reaching $56.7 billion, according
to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) of the U.S.
Department of Transportation (Table 1). The 19.5 percent increase
was the largest year over year rise since March 2000. Surface transportation consists largely
of freight movements by truck, rail and pipeline. In January,
86.1 percent of U.S. trade by value with Canada and Mexico moved
on land. The value of U.S. surface transportation
trade with Canada and Mexico in January was up 8.3 percent compared
to January 2005, and up 31.6 percent compared to January 2000,
a period of 10 years (Table 3). Imports in January were up 28.4
percent compared to January 2000, while exports were up 35.8
percent. Michigan led all states in surface trade
with Canada in January with $4.0 billion (Table 5). The news release and summary tables can be found at www.bts.gov. More information on TransBorder Freight Data and data from previous months are posted on the BTS website at http://www.bts.gov/transborder/. BTS will release February TransBorder numbers
on April 29. -end- |
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Eligible
Foreign Establishments for USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. The Eligible Foreign Establishment lists for
the following countries have been revised: Australia, Canada,
Honduras, Mexico, and Sweden. This information has recently been
updated, and is now available. |
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Export
Requirements for Meat & Poultry Products for USDA Food Safety
and Inspection Service. the
export requirements for the following countries have been revised:
People's Republic of China, Canada, and South Africa. This information
has recently been updated. You may view a copy of the updated information. |
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Digital
Satellite Press Briefing by U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Christopher
R. Hill Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:27:42 -0500 |
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NY Times: Overhaul Will Lower the Costs of Being a Woman ICYMI, wanted to make sure you saw today’s
story in the New York Times about how health care reform will
lower costs for women by forbidding gender discrimination in
health insurance. Read the story here, or below. In the broadest sense, the new health care law forbids sex discrimination in health insurance. Previously, there was no such ban, and insurance companies took full advantage of the void. “The health care industry and health care insurance in general has been riddled with the most discriminatory and unfair practices to women,” said Marcia D. Greenberger, the founder and co-president of the National Women’s Law Center. “This law is a giant leap forward to dismantling the unfairness that has been a part of the system.” Until now, it has been perfectly legal in most states for companies selling individual health policies — for people who do not have group coverage through employers — to engage in “gender rating,” that is, charging women more than men for the same coverage, even for policies that do not include maternity care. The rationale was that women used the health care system more than men. But some companies charged women who did not smoke more than men who did, even though smokers have more risks. The differences in premiums, from 4 percent to 48 percent, according to a 2008 analysis by the law center, can add up to hundreds of dollars a year. The individual market is the one that many people turn to when they lose their jobs and their group coverage. Insurers have also applied gender-rating to group coverage, but laws against sex discrimination in the workplace prevent employers from passing along the higher costs to their employees based on sex. Gender rating has taken a particular toll on smaller or midsize businesses with many women, like home-health care, child care and nonprofits. As a result, some businesses have been unable to offer health coverage or have been able to afford it only by using plans with very high deductibles. In addition, individual policies often excluded maternity coverage, or charged much more for it. Now, gender rating is essentially outlawed, and policies must include maternity coverage, considered “an essential health benefit.” “It has to be a part of the premium just like heart attacks, prostate cancer or any other condition,” Ms. Greenberger said. Despite her enthusiasm for many aspects of the new law, Ms. Greenberger said she was profoundly disappointed in provisions that she thought would limit women’s access to abortion services. Advocates for women’s health said one of the new law’s benefits would be to ban the denial of health coverage to women who have had a prior Caesarean section or been victims of domestic violence. Some companies providing individual policies have refused coverage in those circumstances, regarding Caesareans or beatings as pre-existing conditions that were likely to be predictors of higher expenses in the future. In a statement issued Thursday, Senator Mikulski said: “One of my hearings revealed that a woman was denied coverage because she had a baby with a medically mandated C-section. When she tried to get insurance coverage with another company, she was told she had to be sterilized in order to get health insurance. That will never, ever happen again because of what we did here with health care reform.” Peggy Robertson, 41, who lives in Centennial, Colo., is the woman to whom Senator Mikulski referred. Ms. Robertson was interviewed by The New York Times in June 2008 and testified at the hearing last October. Her husband, a chiropractor, is self-employed, so they rely on the individual market to cover them and their two sons. In 2007, they had insurance, but considered switching companies when a broker suggested they might find a better deal. They applied to a company called Golden Rule, which is based in Indianapolis and owned by UnitedHealthcare. The company rejected Ms. Robertson because of her Caesarean, explaining in a letter that she would have been eligible if she had been sterilized. When Ms. Robertson went public with her story, the word “sterilized” seemed to provoke particular outrage, she said. Golden Rule later began offering coverage to women who had had Caesareans, but by charging extra if they wanted maternity coverage, or issuing policies that excluded maternity care. In a telephone interview on Friday, Ms. Robertson said: “Barbara Mikulski told me, she promised me, ‘This will never happen again.’ She did it. It’s wonderful.” Ms. Robertson’s only disappointment was that some of the new rules would not take effect until 2014. But Ms. Greenberger said that while it is true that the specific requirements will be delayed until 2014, some changes should actually happen much sooner, because the law’s overarching ban on sex discrimination takes effect immediately. The legalese outlawing sex discrimination is not easy to find or to parse, but it refers to existing laws, like the Civil Rights Act and Title IX, to say that the same protections apply to people seeking health care and insurance. The passage, Sec. 1557 on page 368 of the 2,074-page bill, says: “Except as otherwise provided for in this title (or an amendment made by this title), an individual shall not, on the ground prohibited under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any health program or activity, any part of which is receiving federal financial assistance, including credits, subsidies, or contracts of insurance, or under any program or activity that is administered by an executive agency or any entity established under this title (or amendments).” What it means, Ms. Greenberger said, is that no organization receiving any federal money at all — as insurers generally do — can discriminate on the basis of sex. Gender rating, she said, “is a problem whose days are numbered.” Ms. Greenberger acknowledged that insurance companies were masters at protecting their bottom line, but said she did not see an obvious way around the new rules. “I never want to underestimate what a creative mind might be able to come up with,” she said, “but I believe this is pretty straightforward.” ### |
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President
Obama to Sign Student Loan Legislation Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT By PHILIP ELLIOTT |
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Delaware
and Tennessee Win Race to the Top Grants Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT By Greg Toppo |
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Supreme
Court Cases Test the Limits of Free Speech Posted: 29 Mar 2010 05:00 PM PDT By Joan Biskupic |
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Face
of Defense: Sailor Takes on New Challenges Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:09:00 -0500 |
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Air
Force Scientists Test, Develop Bio Jet Fuels Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:08:00 -0500 |
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CJCS
In Afghanistan Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:00:32 -0500 |
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Military
Medical Digest for Military Health System. This information has recently been updated, and
is now available. |
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Leadership
for U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This information has recently been updated, and
is now available. Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Alan D. Bersin |
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Speeches
by Former HHS Secretaries |
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American
Public Human Services Association National Spring Conference
Washington, D.C. |
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Background
Notes : Paraguay (03/10) Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:42:57 -0500 |
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Background
Notes : Senegal (03/10) Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:28:22 -0500 |
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Background
Notes : Gambia, The (03/10)
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:12:46 -0500 |
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Background
Notes : Norway (03/10) Tue, 30 Mar 2010 11:03:57 -0500 |
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Federal Election Commission's Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking on debt collection by the U.S. Government is now available
at http://www.fec.gov/law/law_rulemakings.shtml#debtcollection
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Limited-Scope
Review of the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration’s
Oversight of the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees in the Near East in Gaza (MERO-I-10-04) Feb 2010 |
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President, Uniformed Services University of
the Health Sciences, Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense, Health Affairs and Acting Director, TRICARE Management
Activity Charles L. Rice, MD and C.S. Hunter, RADM, MC, USN Deputy
Director, TRICARE
Management Activity testified on The Military Health System.
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BLS Employment Situation news release, you
may be interested to know that the Bureau will be holding its
first live Web chat from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. EDT on April 2 to
discuss that morning's release of data for March. Please go to
www.bls.gov/bls/webchat.htm
for more information. |
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U.S.
Fire Administration Coffee Break Training Update 2010-13 |
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Secretary
Sebelius Awards Funding for Chronic Disease Self-Management Programs
for Older Americans Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:01:00 -0500 |
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Women
in the DOD Tue, 30 Mar 2010 13:50:00 -0500 During Women's History Month, we recognize women who are achieving more at the Defense Department. |
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U.S.-Vietnam
Cooperation on Civil Nuclear Power and Nuclear Security Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0500 |
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Highest
Court's Web Site Sports New Look, Features Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:18:00 -0500 |
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Pima County Working Young Democrats. Sam AlmyMarch 30, 2010 at 3:29pm |
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Health
Care Reform Webcast March 31, 7pm Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius and Small Business Administrator Karen Mills will host a webcast on Wednesday, March 31 at 7pm at www.HealthReform.gov to discuss the recent health care reforms and their impact on the small business community. |
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FBI
Norfolk Warns Against Stimulus Funding Fraud |
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Portland
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation. This information has recently been updated, and
is now available. |
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Dallas
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation. This information has recently been updated, and
is now available. |
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Follow
the $100 Note Unveiling on the U.S. Currency Social Media Pages |
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Remarks
at Women's Business Enterprise National Council Awards Ceremony Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:05:15 -0500 |
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Finding
re 1918 and 2009 Pandemic Influenza Viruses Could Aid Vaccine
Design Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:00:00 -0500 |
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Weekly
FluView Map and Surveillance Report for Week Ending March 20,
2010 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 16:00:00 -0500 |
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CDC
2009 H1N1 Flu Media Briefing Transcript Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:00:00 -0500 |
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Andy Pederson March 30, 2010 at 2:19pm |
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NIAID
Study: Rapid Development of Drug-Resistant 2009 H1N1 Influenza
Reported in Two Cases Mon, 29 Mar 2010 14:00:00 -0500 |
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Remarks
at Women's Business Enterprise National Council Awards Ceremony Tue, 30 Mar 2010 06:00:00 -0500 |
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US-CERT Current Activity Microsoft Releases Out-of-Band Security Bulletin Update Original release date: March 30, 2010 at
2:59 pm Microsoft has released an update to its
Security Bulletin Summary for US-CERT encourages users and administrators
to review Microsoft Relevant Url(s): <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/981374.mspx> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-018.mspx> ==== |
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Briefing
On Results of the Iraq National Elections Via Digital Video Conference Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:53:26 -0500 |
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Senior
Executive Service Appointments and Reassignments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:48:00 -0500 |
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Kandahar
Shaping Operations Under Way, Official Says Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:09:00 -0500 |
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Transcom
to Receive 'Unsung Hero' Recognition
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:01:00 -0500 |
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Highlights:
Iraq National Elections Results Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0500 |
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Houston
Physician Charged in Multi-Million-Dollar Scheme to Defraud Medicare |
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Army
Guard Battles Soldier Suicides Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:31:00 -0500 |
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3/30/2010 - Effective 3/15/2010, the STELA
voice response system will no longer be available and exporters
should only utilize the new on-line STELA system to obtain real
time BIS work item status information. You may now check the status of your export / re-export license applications, classification requests and AGR notifications using the on-line System for Tracking Export License Applications (STELA) at https://snapr.bis.doc.gov/stela Any issues or concerns please contact ITHELP@bis.doc.gov Please visit http://www.bis.doc.gov/ for more information. This email was sent at your request, based upon your subscription to the BIS Email Notification service. The BIS Web Site Team |
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Mullen
Hears from Afghans, Marines
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:41:00 -0500 |
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Officials
Step Up Patient Safety Efforts Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:42:00 -0500 |
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TRANSCOM
Award Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:54:08 -0500 The personnel with U.S. Transportation Command - or TRANSCOM - will be getting some recognition for their efforts both on and off the battlefield later this week. |
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DOD
Briefing Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:22:14 -0500 Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell speaks with reporters at the Pentagon. |
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DOD
News Briefing with Geoff Morrell from the Pentagon Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:52:00 -0500 |
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Highlights:
U.S.-Vietnam Cooperation on Nuclear Power Tue, 30 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0500 |
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U.S.
Department of State Daily Press Briefing - March 30 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:31:19 -0500 |
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C-SPAN Daily Alert C-SPAN Highlights Tonight: Tomorrow: Tonight:
Tomorrow: Tonight: Tomorrow: Tonight: Tomorrow: ********************************************************************** * C-SPAN Political Programming - Sunday
on C-SPAN at 6:30pm ET * Newspaper Articles & Viewer Calls * The CQ Today Midday Update will be on
hiatus until April 12. * Watch Washington your way. Visit the C-SPAN Video Library to catch up on the health care debate or search for any recent video. www.c-span.org/videolibrary * StudentCam winners announced! Watch the
winning student documentary videos online anytime at www.studentcam.org. |
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DoD
Contracts for March 30, 2010
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:00:00 -0500 |
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Friend -- In Spring 2007, on a conference call with students, then-Senator Barack Obama called for major reform to federal student loans: "We shouldn't be providing billions in taxpayer-funded giveaways to private banks. We should be providing an affordable, accessible college education to every American." This morning, President Obama signed those historic reforms into law. Dr. Jill Biden, an educator for 29 years, just recorded a short video explaining what these groundbreaking reforms mean for education in America. Click here to watch.
The bill the President signed this morning includes historic investments to make education more affordable, and delivers on a key campaign promise. The legislation: -- Ends subsidies to special-interest private lending companies. -- Doubles funding for Pell Grants to help more students afford a college education. -- Will cap a graduate's annual student-loan repayments at 10 percent of his or her income. -- Helps an additional 5 million Americans earn degrees and certificates over the next decade, by revitalizing programming at our nation's community colleges. It's a tremendous achievement, but the news may get lost in the excitement around the passage of comprehensive health care reform. So we need to make sure that when folks in Schenectady open the local paper to the letters page this week, they'll see notes from their neighbors supporting these important reforms. Can you help? Watch Dr. Biden's video and write a letter to the editor now -- we'll provide helpful talking points to get you started: http://my.barackobama.com/StudentLoanReform Thanks, Mitch Mitch Stewart P.S. -- To celebrate passing comprehensive health care reform, OFA is holding celebration events across the country. Click here to find and join one near you: |
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DoD
Briefing Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:27:31 -0500 Pentagon Press Secretary Geoff Morrell speaks with reporters at the Pentagon. |
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Chairman
Meets With Kandahar Leaders Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:14:00 -0500 |
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Louisiana
Police Officer Charged in Cover-Up of Shooting After Hurricane
Katrina Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:28:36 -0500 New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) Officer Michael Hunter with misprision of a felony (for concealing a known felony) and with conspiring with fellow NOPD officers to obstruct justice by covering up a police-involved shooting in the days after Hurricane Katrina. |
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Texas
Physician Charged in $45 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:02:02 -0500 A 55-count, second superseding indictment was returned charging Dr. Christina Clardy, a Houston physician, with conspiracy to commit health care fraud, health care fraud, and mail fraud, in connection with her participation in a scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid of approximately $45 million, $30 million of which was paid by Medicare and Medicaid. |
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DOD
Identifies Marine Casualty
Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:11:00 -0500 |
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Remarks
With G-8 Foreign Ministers After Their Ministerial Meetings Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:36:20 -0500 |
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National Cyber Alert System Cyber Security Alert SA10-089A
Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities Original release date: March 30, 2010
Systems Affected * Microsoft Internet Explorer
Overview Vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer could
allow an attacker to
Solution Apply updates Microsoft has released updates to address
these vulnerabilities. Apply workarounds Microsoft has provided workarounds for
some of the vulnerabilities
Description Microsoft has released updates for multiple
vulnerabilities in
References * Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-018
- * Microsoft Security Advisory (981374)
- * Microsoft Internet Explorer iepeers.dll
use-after-free ____________________________________________________________________ The most recent version of this document can be found at: <http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/alerts/SA10-089A.html> |
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Mills for Secretary of State Fundraiser. Michael Mills March 30, 2010 at 10:27am |
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Young Democrats of Georgia Stonewall Caucus. Edmund Thornton III March 30, 2010 at 10:56am The Young Democrats of Georgia Thrilled with S.B. 250 ATLANTA, Ga. (Mar. 30, 2010) – The Young Democrats of Georgia Stonewall Caucus, is thrilled to hear of the addition of anti-bullying language to S.B. 250 and its passage today in the Georgia Senate. Thought to be a legislative defeat on Friday, Rep. Mark Jacobs reconfirmed his commitment to equality and to fair legislation by introducing language from H.B. 927 to his Senate colleagues. S.B. 250 was originally written to address increasingly hostile situations on school busses across the state of Georgia. To have this verbiage be added, then passed by the Georgia Senate, is a victory for LGBT youth who are often victims of discrimination. The amendment vote for S.B. 250 passed with a wide margin: 99-55. The bill then passed through the Senate with an overwhelming 119-55 vote. The Stonewall Caucus is extremely pleased to hear of this bi-partisan action that will greatly affect the lives and wellbeing of youth for years to come. While we are displeased that the bill does not have LGBT exclusive language, we are content knowing the increasing problem of discrimination will be dealt with across the board legislation. The passage of this bill marks a great moment for the LGBT community, as this is the only piece legislation on the slate for the 2010 legislative term that will directly affect members of our community on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Young Democrats of Georgia Stonewall Caucus is the collective body of LGBTQ and allied individuals within the Young Democrats of Georgia. Our mission is to maintain awareness of the LGBTQ community within the legislative process, to engage youth to be active, voting members of their towns and cities across Georgia and to be a part of the youth voter revolution. ### |
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Nancy Cronk March 30, 2010 at 11:34am YOU ARE INVITED To all of you who helped volunteer for health care reform by making calls, attending a rally, making signs, writing your member of Congress, writing letters to the Editor, or anything else, we want you to celebrate with us!! Please come to one of two of these events tonight (Tuesday) night or Wednesday night. Yes We Did! Health Reform Legislation Celebration! Health Care Reform Victory Party Thank-you to everyone who worked so hard
on health care reform. YOU DID THIS!! |
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National Cyber Alert System Technical Cyber Security Alert TA10-089A Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities Original release date: March 30, 2010
Systems Affected * Microsoft Internet Explorer
Overview Microsoft has released out-of-band updates
to address critical
I. Description Microsoft has released updates for multiple
vulnerabilities in
II. Impact By convincing a user to view a specially
crafted HTML document or
III. Solution Apply updates Microsoft has released updates to address
these vulnerabilities. Apply workarounds Microsoft has provided workarounds for
some of the vulnerabilities
IV. References * Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-018
- * Microsoft Security Advisory (981374)
- * Microsoft Internet Explorer iepeers.dll
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