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VIDEO:
Pres. Obama Statement on the Economy
from C-SPAN Recent Video Before departing
for Asia, President Obama made a brief statement on the economy.
He announced a White House jobs forum that will take place in
December and also described the global economic strategy he will
be discussing with Asian leaders.
Length: 4 min.
Published: Thursday at 9:30am (ET)
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VIDEO:
John Pomfret, Washington Post, Diplomatic Correspondent
from C-SPAN Recent Video John Pomfret,
diplomatic correspondent for the Washington Post, joins us to
discuss president Obama's trip to Asia, his stops and the diplomatic
issues involved.
Length: 32 min.
Published: Thursday at 12am (ET)
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VIDEO:
State Department Press Briefing Thurs Nov 12
from C-SPAN Recent Video Spokesman Ian
Kelly conducts a daily briefing at the State Department.
Length: 31 min.
Published: Thursday at 1pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
CDC H1N1 Flu Update
from C-SPAN Recent Video Rear Adm. Anne
Schuchat, MD, Director of the National Center for Immunization
and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention conducted a press conference from CDC Headquarters
in Atlanta, GA to provide an update on 2009 H1N1 flu and vaccine
distribution.
Length: 36 min.
Published: Thursday at 1:30pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
NASBO & NGA 2009 Fiscal Survey of States
from C-SPAN Recent Video As state governments
face layoffs and cutbacks in education, a bi-annual "Fiscal
Survey of States" documents the impact of the current recession
on state budgets. The Nat’l Assn. of State Budget Officers
and the Nat’l Governors Assn. analyzed state budget-balancing
strategies during this press conference.
Length: 25 min.
Published: Thursday at 11am (ET)
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VIDEO:
George W. Bush Gives Keynote Address At Policy Institute
from C-SPAN Recent Video Former Pres. George
W. Bush gave a keynote address at Southern Methodist University
outlining the initial areas of focus for the institute named
after him. The Institute will be part of the George W. Bush Presidential
Center, which will also include a library, museum and archives.
Length: 35 min.
Published: Thursday at 3pm (ET)
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VIDEO:
Federalist Society Discussion on Federal Gov't Role in U.S. Constitutional
System
from C-SPAN Recent Video Senate Judiciary
Committee Ranking Member Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) spoke at The
Federalist Society’s national lawyers convention. He was
followed by a discussion on government and the redistribution
of wealth. Speakers on that panel included Steve Forbes and Andy
Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union.
Length: 2 hr. 21 min.
Published: Thursday at 9am (ET)
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VIDEO:
Pres. Obama Remarks to Military Service Members
from C-SPAN Recent Video President Obama,
while en route to Tokyo, Japan, delivered remarks to military
service members at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska.
Length: 15 min.
Published: Thursday at 5:30pm (ET)
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Obama
Announces White House Jobs Summit
from AFL-CIO NOW BLOG by Mike Hall
This morning, President Obama announced
he will invite labor leaders, business executives, small business
owners, economists and other financial experts to a special White
House summit on jobs next month.
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Presidential
Memorandum on Inventory of Files Related to Fort Hood Shooting
Posted in Presidential Memoranda
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Recovery
Act Reaches 10,000 Transportation Projects Nationwide
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Statement
from the President on New Business Roundtable Report on Health
Insurance Reform
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The
Cabinet Honoring Our Veterans
Posted by Jesse Lee on November 11, 2009 at 12:55 PM EST
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The
President on Veterans Day
Posted by Jesse Lee on November 11, 2009 at 1:45 PM EST
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Biden:
"I Have Everything To Hope, But Little To Fear"
Posted by Jesse Lee on November 11, 2009 at 3:50 PM EST
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Support
for Working Families: Paid Leave and the Healthy Families Act
Posted by Secretary Hilda Solis on November 12, 2009 at 9:01
AM EST
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White
House: Business Roundtable Hewitt Report "Health Care Reform:
Creating a Sustainable Market"
Posted by Jesse Lee on November 12, 2009 at 11:20 AM EST
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The
President Announces a Forum on Jobs and Economic Growth
Posted by Jesse Lee on November 12, 2009 at 12:15 PM EST
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This
Veterans Day Took on a New Meaning
Posted by Darienne Page on November 12, 2009 at 1:00 PM EST
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The
Work of the Office: White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood
Partnerships
Posted by Joshua DuBois on November 12, 2009 at 2:15 PM EST
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Staying
in Touch During the Asia Trip
Posted by Macon Phillips on November 12, 2009 at 3:39 PM EST
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A
Closer Look at Business and Health Insurance Reform
Posted by Christina Romer on November 12, 2009 at 6:30 PM EST
Today's report from the Business Roundtable
(pdf) – an association representing leading U.S. companies
with more than 12 million employees – confirms that the
health care spending path we’re on is unsustainable, and
that the bills working their way through Congress are moving
us toward cost containment and greater fiscal responsibility.
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Obama
announces 'jobs forum'
Posted: November 12th, 2009 10:00 AM ET
From CNN Senior White House Correspondent
Ed Henry
A new poll shows bad news for Dodd.
Washington (CNN) – President Barack Obama announced Thursday
that he will host a White House 'jobs forum' in December.
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John
King to replace Lou Dobbs
Posted: November 12th, 2009 10:38 AM ET
From CNN Political Editor Mark Preston
John King will host a new political show at 7 pm. ET starting
early next year.
Washington (CNN) – Heading into the critical 2010 midterm
elections, CNN will launch a new weekday political program that
will be hosted by award winning correspondent John King.
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Coakley
in control of MA Democratic Senate primary
Posted: November 12th, 2009 12:00 PM ET
From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
Coakley is leading in a new poll.
(CNN) – Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley holds
a clear lead in that state's U.S. Senate Democratic primary contest,
according to a new poll out Thursday.
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Obama
departs on 4-nation Asia trip
Posted: November 12th, 2009 12:30 PM ET
Obama departs on 4-nation Asia trip.
(CNN) - President Barack Obama embarked Thursday on his first
presidential visit to Asia, an eight-day journey that will take
him to five cities in four countries.
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Afghan
president's office contacts U.S. embassy
Posted: November 12th, 2009 12:40 PM ET
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai's
office contacted the U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan about reports
the envoy warned against sending more U.S. troops to the country,
a Karzai spokesman told CNN Thursday.
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Obama
orders review of intelligence relating to Fort Hood
Posted: November 12th, 2009 02:14 PM ET
From CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart
Obama orders review of intelligence relating to Fort Hood.
Washington (CNN) – President Obama has directed a review
of all intelligence in the federal government's files relating
to last week's shootings at Fort Hood, especially any intelligence
relating to the alleged shooter Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan,
according to the presidential memorandum released by the White
House Thursday.
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Karl
Eikenberry, Obama's man in Afghanistan
Posted: November 12th, 2009 05:10 PM ET
Karl Eikenberry served two tours as a general in Afghanistan
before becoming the U.S. ambassador to the country under President
Obama.
(CNN) - The U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan has a unique résumé:
he served two tours in the country as a general, training Afghan
police and troops, before trading his uniform for a diplomat's
business suit.
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Pelosi
weighs in on Mass. Senate battle
Posted: November 12th, 2009 05:57 PM ET
From CNN's Paul Steinhauser and Deidre
Walsh
Pelosi weighs in on Mass. senate battle.
WASHINGTON (CNN) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is weighing in
on the battle to succeed the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.
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Officials:
Top White House lawyer to be pushed out
Posted: November 12th, 2009 10:59 PM ET
From CNN Senior White House Correspondent
Ed Henry
Tokyo (CNN) – In the first major shakeup
among President Barack Obama's senior staff, White House Counsel
Greg Craig is being pushed out in favor of veteran Democratic
lawyer Bob Bauer because of a dispute over plans to close the
U.S. military prison in Cuba, CNN has learned.
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Recovery
Act Information: Financial and Activity Report Weekly Update:
November 9, 2009
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:38:22 -0600
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Background
Notes : Saint Kitts and Nevis (11/09)
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:05:43 -0600
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Salt
Lake City Most Wanted for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Unemployment
Insurance Weekly Claims Report for the U.S. Department of Labor
This information has recently been updated.
In the week ending Nov. 7, the advance figure for seasonally
adjusted initial claims was 502,000, a decrease of 12,000 from
the previous week's revised figure of 514,000. The 4-week moving
average was 519,750, a decrease of 4,500 from the previous week's
revised average of 524,250.
Read the full news release.
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UF
College Democrats Meeting
Start Time: Today, November 12 at 7:00pm
End Time: Today, November 12 at 8:00pm
Where: Fine Arts C 120
To see more details and RSVP
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US-CERT Current Activity
Apple Releases Safari 4.0.4
Original release date: November 12, 2009
at 8:08 am
Last revised: November 12, 2009 at 8:08 am
Apple has released Safari 4.0.4 to address
multiple vulnerabilities in
a number of components. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities
may
allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service
condition, conduct cross-site request forgery, or obtain sensitive
information. These vulnerabilities affect Safari running on both
the
Mac OS X and Windows platforms.
US-CERT encourages users and administrators
to review Apple article
HT3949 and upgrade to Safari 4.0.4 to help mitigate the risks.
Relevant Url(s):
<http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3949>
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Geithner
OP-ED: The Road Ahead for APEC
November 12, 2009
TG-403
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Statement
by Secretary Napolitano on Veterans Day
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano today
joined U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen to participate
in a wreath laying ceremony at the Coast Guard Memorial in Arlington
National Ceremony.
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Officer
Overcomes Family's Skepticism to Serve
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:09:00 -0600
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November
12, 2009 - DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report, (PDF, 20 pages - 151 KB)
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Experts
Answer H1N1 Questions Online
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:42:00 -0600
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Birmingham
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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FEMA
Administrator Fugate Addresses Leadership Of National Volunteer
Organizations Active In Disaster
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:48:48 -0600
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
Administrator Craig Fugate today addressed the National Voluntary
Organizations Active in Disaster (National VOAD) Board of Directors
Meeting. The gathering of national nonprofit organizations, who
are dedicated to disaster preparedness, response, and recovery,
took place at the Salvation Army headquarters in Alexandria,
Virginia.
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Transit
Research Update from the Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
website
The October 2009 Transit Research Update
is now available.
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Face
of Defense: Captain Adapts Running Regimen
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:31:00 -0600
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Today
in the Department of Defense, 11/12/2009
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:34:00 -0600
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VP
Biden on Veterans Day
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:37:28 -0600
Vice President Joe Biden, and his wife Jill, hosted a Veterans
Day luncheon at their residence Wednesday to show their appreciation
for the troops.
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New
York 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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Joint
Commission, HHS Team Up in Language Access Education Effort
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:01:00 -0600
Amid growing concerns about racial, ethnic and language disparities
in health care, The Joint Commission and the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights have
released a video, entitled “Improving Patient-Provider Communication,”
which supports language access in health care organizations.
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San
Francisco Top Stories for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Norfolk
Top Stories for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Briefing
on Relief Efforts and Touring of Book Fair
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State Malanday High School, Marikina Flood Relief
Site
Manila, Philippines
November 12, 2009
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Briefing
on Relief Efforts and Touring of Book Fair
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State Malanday High School, Marikina Flood Relief
Site
Manila, Philippines
November 12, 2009
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Jacksonville
Top Stories for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Milwaukee
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Soldiers
Build Partnership With Iraqi Police
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:55:00 -0600
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Obama
Veterans Day Tribute
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:50:11 -0600
In his Veterans Day address at Arlington National Cemetery, Commander
in Chief Barack Obama pledged the nation will never forget the
service and sacrifices of its men and women in uniform.
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Assistant Secretary Martinez to be the
Principal Guest Speaker at Disability Policy Forum
On Tuesday, November 17, from 10 AM to noon, Assistant Secretary
Kathleen Martinez will be the principal guest speaker for an
interactive forum to be held at the Cornell University Government
Affairs Office in Washington, DC. The topic is “ODEP Update:
New Directions for the Office of Disability Employment Policy
at the Department of Labor.”
Click here
to read more about the forum.
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Stryker
Brigade Memorial
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:49:50 -0600
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Gates
at Library of Congress
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 08:50:08 -0600
Defense Secretary Robert Gates spoke at the Library of Congress
November 9 to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall twenty
years ago.
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Background
Notes : Antigua and Barbuda (11/09)
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:42:38 -0600
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Secretary
Sebelius Releases New Report on Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes
in America
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Citizenship
and Immigration Services Ombudsman for U.S. Department of Homeland
Security
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Soldiers
Work to Sway Afghan Youth From Violence
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:07:00 -0600
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Secure
Communities Initiative Identified More Than 111,000 Criminal
Aliens in Its First Year
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0600
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary
John Morton today announced that ICE’s Secure Communities
initiative—a partnership with local law enforcement agencies
that uses biometrics to identify and remove criminal aliens—identified
more than 111,000 criminal aliens in local custody during its
first year.
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Background
Notes : India (11/09)
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:03:06 -0600
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CFTC
News Room for the latest news
and events or News
Room Archives for previous releases.
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Enforcement
Actions for CFTC.gov
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Highlights:
U.S. Donates New Relief Funds to the Philippines
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0600
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Miami
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Updated
Guidelines Manual Now Available Online
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:32:00 -0600
The 2009 Guidelines Manual from the U.S. Sentencing Commission,
updated November 1, is available in HTML and Adobe .PDF formats.
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Cincinnati
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Dear Friend,
This week I unveiled a wide-ranging overhaul
of our financial system, restoring accountability and responsibility
to give Americans the confidence that the system works for and
protects them -- not powerful Wall Street special interests.
This is an ambitious proposal. It goes
further than others have proposed. But I know that if we want
to prevent another economic collapse, we need to transform the
way we regulate our financial sector.
Here is a brief summary of what my bill
will do:
Creates the Consumer Financial Protection
Agency: Creates an independent watchdog to protect American consumers
from fraud and abuse and ensure they get the clear, accurate
information from credit card companies, mortgage companies and
banks.
Ends Too Big to Fail: Prevents excessively large or complex financial
companies from being capable of bringing down the economy.
Protects Against Systemic Risks: Creates an independent council
of regulators to identify and address systemic risks posed by
large, complex companies, products, and activities before they
threaten the stability of the financial system.
Creates a Single Independent Federal Bank Regulator: Eliminates
the convoluted system of duplicative federal bank regulators
increasing accountability and ending unnecessary overlap, conflicting
regulation, and "charter shopping."
Reforms Executive Compensation and Corporate Governance: Provides
shareholders with a say on pay and corporate affairs with a non-binding
vote on executive compensation and director nominations.
Closes Loopholes in Regulation: Eliminates loopholes that allow
risky and abusive practices to go on unnoticed and unregulated.
Protects Investors: Provides tough new rules for transparency
and accountability from investment advisors, financial brokers
and credit rating agencies -- holding them accountable while
protecting investors and businesses.
Enforces Regulations on the Books: Strengthens oversight and
empowers regulators to aggressively pursue financial fraud, conflicts
of interest and manipulation of the system that benefits special
interests at the expense of American families and businesses.
Like I said -- it's ambitious. And that means I'm going to need
your support to help it pass.
Will you sign on today as a citizen co-sponsor
of my overhaul bill? There is no better way to help than with
a massive show of public support.
Click here to help me pass a strong overhaul of
our nation's financial sector.
Together, we can build a new foundation
for our financial sector, one in which all Americans can place
their confidence.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Chris
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Experts
Answer H1N1 Questions Online
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:00:00 -0600
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A Message from YDA Community Service
Chair Dustin Hausner
My name is Dustin Hausner. I am the Chair
of the Community Service Committee. The Committee and the YDA
Executive Board has decided that the Community Service Project
for the Orlando Conference will be a Clothing Drive. In many
areas of the country summer has ended and winter is beginning.
Instead of throwing out summer clothes
or clothes that just doesn't fit donate them in Orlando. We are
asking each member who is attending to bring a Minimum of Five
pieces of Clothing to donate.
You can donate socks, shirts, pants, shorts,
sweaters, jackets, and so on. As long as the clothing is not
damaged or say inappropriate comments they will be accepted.
Each member can make a big difference in
someone's life. One sweater could mean a persons warmth through
the cold winter without getting sick from the cold. You the member
have the power to give to those who need your help.
I hope you will contribute to a good cause
and you are more then welcome to bring more then 5 pieces of
clothing. I Thank you for your time and your support.
Have a good day and I'll see you all in
Orlando.
Dustin
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Highlights:
Lightning
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0600
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Highlights:
Virtual Student
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0600
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Remarks
With Philippines Foreign Secretary Alberto Romulo
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Secretary of State Goldenberg Mansion
Manila, Philippines
November 12, 2009
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NRC
Seeks Public Comment on Draft Safety Culture Policy for Nuclear
Facilities and Nuclear Material Users
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DOT Administrative Law Judge Approves Ultimate
Fares Settlement
The internet travel agency Ultimate Fares has been fined $600,000
and its owner $30,000 for violations of advertising regulations
under a settlement approved by a U.S. Department of Transportation
Administrative Law Judge (ALJ).
The fine, which would be the largest ever assessed for advertising
violations, will become final in 30 days unless the Department
decides to review the action or a petition for review is filed.
An investigation by the Department’s Aviation Enforcement
Office found that Ultimate Fares failed to include the federal
excise tax and the service fee it charged to consumers in fares
published on its website between March 2008 and September 2009.
This violated the Department’s requirement that published
airfares must state the full price to be paid including service
fees and any ad valorem tax, such as the Federal excise tax,
which is assessed as a percentage of the fare. Ultimate Fares
continued to omit the tax from its stated fares even after the
Enforcement Office began its investigation, according to the
consent order issued by ALJ Richard C. Goodwin. Ultimate Fares
also failed to disclose which flights were being operated on
a code-share basis as required by the Department’s rules.
In addition to the $30,000 penalty assessed against Ultimate
Fares’ owner Roni Herskovitz, he also will be barred from
any involvement in the online air travel agency business for
12 months.
The consent order and other documents in the case are available
on the Internet at www.regulations.gov,
docket DOT-OST-2009-0002.
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DOE AND USDA SELECT PROJECTS FOR MORE
THAN $24 MILLION IN BIOMASS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS
Washington, November 12, 2009 - The U.S.
Departments of Agriculture and Energy today announced projects
selected for more than $24 million in grants to research and
develop technologies to produce biofuels, bioenergy and high-value
biobased products. Of the $24.4 million announced today, DOE
plans to invest up to $4.9 million with USDA contributing up
to $19.5 million. Advanced biofuels produced through this funding
are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50
percent.
"The selected projects will help make
bioenergy production from renewable resources more efficient,
cost-effective and sustainable," said Energy Secretary Steven
Chu. "These advancements will benefit rural economies through
creation of new processing plants and profitable crops for U.S.
farmers and foresters."
"Innovation is crucial to the advancement
of alternative, renewable energy sources, and these awards will
spur the research needed to make significant progress in bioenergy
development," said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Projects announced today must contribute
a minimum of 20 percent of matching funds for research and development
projects and 50 percent of matching funds for demonstration projects.
Funding is provided through USDA's National Institute of Food
and Agriculture (NIFA) and DOE's Biomass Program. Selected projects
are aimed at increasing the availability of alternative fuels
and biobased products that are produced from a diverse group
of renewable sources of biomass.
Projects selected for award today include:
Biofuels and Biobased Products:
USDA Awards
GE Global Research (Irvine, CA) up to $1,597,544:
to develop detailed and simplified kinetic models of biomass
gasification. A fundamental modeling capability will enable the
widespread design of feedstock-flexible biomass gasifiers that
are cost-effective and scaled to match the regional distribution
of biomass feedstocks.
Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, CO) up to $1,780,862:
to develop a yeast fermentation organism that can cost-effectively
convert cellulosic-derived sugars into isobutanol, a second generation
biofuel/biobased product. As an advanced biofuel, isobutanol
strikes a unique balance between high octane content and low
vapor pressure, it can be converted into hydrocarbons, and as
a biobased product it can be used as a chemical precursor for
numerous high-value products such as isobutylene and PET plastic
products.
Itaconix ( Hampton Falls, NH) up to $1,861,488:
to develop production of polyitaconic acid from northeast hardwood
biomass, using an integrated extraction-fermentation-polymerization
process. Polyitaconic acid is a water soluable polymer with a
2 million metric ton per year market potential as a replacement
for petrochemical dispersants, detergents, and super-absorbents.
Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation (Columbus,
OH) up to $1,800,000: to demonstrate, at scale, the operation
of a dry fermentation system that uses pre- and post-consumer
food wastes from supermarkets and restaurants, waste sawdust,
grass, leaves, stumps and other forms of wood waste to produce
biogas, heat, and electrical power. Yenkin-Majestic will use
these products to demonstrate a distributed stand-alone system
for the operation of a large industrial facility.
Velocys, Inc. (Plain City, OH) up to $2,651,612:
to improve biorefinery economics through microchannel hydroprocessing.
This project will explore the unique capabilities of heat and
mass transfer inherent in microchannel reactor technology with
advanced catalysts to intensify chemical processes, resulting
in more efficient conversion of cellulosic residues to liquid
transportation fuels.
DOE Awards
Exelus, Inc. (Livingston, NJ) up to $1,200,000:
to develop a Biomass-to-Gasoline (BTG) technology that represents
a fundamental shift in process chemistry and overall approach
to creating biofuels. The technology uses unique, engineered
catalysts that facilitate new reaction pathways to liquid motor
fuels from biomass. The BTG process replaces conventional high-temperature
processes like gasification and pyrolysis with a series of mild,
low-temperature reactions. The self-contained process uses minimal
water and no acids or chemical additives.
Biofuels Development Analysis:
USDA Awards
Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN)
up to $933,883: to develop an analysis of the global impacts
of second generation biofuels in the context of other energy
technologies and alternative economic and climate change policy
options. This project will modify, extend and link established
modeling frameworks to capture the strengths of each framework
in a hybrid, multidisciplinary system.
University of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN)
up to, $2,715,007: to assess the environmental sustainability
and capacity of forest-based biofuel feedstocks within the Lake
States region. This project will address key uncertainties about
expanding feedstock harvests in the northern Lake States, including
environmental impacts, economic feasibility and avoided fossil-fuel
CO2 emissions.
DOE Awards
Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial
Materials (Washington, Idaho, North Carolina, Mississippi, and
Tennessee) up to $1,430,535: to compare the life cycle environmental
and economic impacts for collecting forest residuals, short rotation
crops, mixed waste, and biomass from fire risk reduction activities
on federal lands for conversion to fuels via biochemical, pyrolysis
and gasification systems. National estimates of biofuel production
will be based on stratified biomass collection and processing
implementation scenarios that can be evaluated against the Renewable
Fuel Standard greenhouse gas emission objectives.
Feedstock Development:
USDA Awards
Agrivida (Medford, MA) up to $1,953,128:
to develop new crop traits that eliminate the need for both expensive
pretreatment equipment and enzymes. Transgenic switchgrass will
be engineered with cell wall-degrading proenzymes that are dormant
when the plant is in the field, but activated after harvest,
under processing conditions with specific temperature and pH.
Oklahoma State University (Stillwater,
OK) up to $4,212,845: to develop best practices and technologies
necessary to ensure efficient, sustainable and profitable production
of cellulosic ethanol feedstocks. Utilizing large-scale feedstock
production research, the economic and environmental sustainability
of switchgrass, mixed-species perennial grasses and annual biomass
cropping systems will be evaluated, and the synergy between bioenergy
and livestock production will be explored.
DOE Awards
The University of Tennessee (Knoxville,TN)
up to $2,345,290: to compare three varieties of switchgrass using
various management practices, harvesting equipment and harvesting
timelines in Eastern Tennessee. This 2,000-acre demonstration-scale
project will use field plots ranging in size from 10 - 50 acres
that incorporate different varieties of switchgrass seed: the
current Alamo variety, the Ceres EG 1101 improved Alamo variety,
and the Ceres EG 1102 Kanlow variety.
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Americans
Aid Salvadoran Flood Victims
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:36:00 -0600
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Phoenix
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Reporting
Dates for the Federal Election Commission
The Commission has approved the filing
deadlines in connection with the Special Elections to fill the
upcoming vacancy in Florida's 19th Congressional District being
vacated by Representative Robert Wexler. The Special Primary
Elections will be held on February 2, 2010, and the Special General
Election on April 6, 2010.
Click here to access the updated page.
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DOE and USDA Select Projects for more than
$24 Million in Biomass Research and Development Grants
Washington, DC – The U.S. Departments of Agriculture and
Energy today announced projects selected for more than $24 million
in grants to research and develop technologies to produce biofuels,
bioenergy and high-value biobased products. Of the $24.4 million
announced today, DOE plans to invest up to $4.9 million with
USDA contributing up to $19.5 million. Advanced biofuels produced
through this funding are expected to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
by at least 50 percent compared to today’s biofuels.
“The selected projects will help make bioenergy production
from renewable resources more efficient, cost-effective and sustainable,”
said Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “This work will also benefit
rural America by leading to new processing plants and new opportunities
for U.S. farmers and foresters.”
“Innovation is crucial to the advancement of alternative,
renewable energy sources, and these awards will spur the research
needed to make significant progress in bioenergy development,”
said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack.
Projects announced today must contribute a minimum of 20 percent
of matching funds for research and development projects and 50
percent of matching funds for demonstration projects. Funding
is provided through USDA’s National Institute of Food and
Agriculture (NIFA) and DOE’s Biomass Program. Selected projects
are aimed at increasing the availability of alternative fuels
and biobased products that are produced from a diverse group
of renewable sources of biomass.
Projects selected for award today include:
Biofuels and Biobased Products:
USDA Awards
· GE Global Research (Irvine, CA) up to $1,597,544: to
develop detailed and simplified kinetic models of biomass gasification.
A fundamental modeling capability will enable the widespread
design of feedstock-flexible biomass gasifiers that are cost-effective
and scaled to match the regional distribution of biomass feedstocks.
· Gevo, Inc. (Englewood, CO) up to $1,780,862: to develop
a yeast fermentation organism that can cost-effectively convert
cellulosic-derived sugars into isobutanol, a second generation
biofuel/biobased product. As an advanced biofuel, isobutanol
strikes a unique balance between high octane content and low
vapor pressure, it can be converted into hydrocarbons, and as
a biobased product it can be used as a chemical precursor for
numerous high-value products such as isobutylene and PET plastic
products.
· Itaconix ( Hampton Falls, NH) up to $1,861,488: to develop
production of polyitaconic acid from northeast hardwood biomass,
using an integrated extraction-fermentation-polymerization process.
Polyitaconic acid is a water soluable polymer with a 2 million
metric ton per year market potential as a replacement for petrochemical
dispersants, detergents, and super-absorbents.
· Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation (Columbus, OH) up
to $1,800,000: to demonstrate, at scale, the operation of a dry
fermentation system that uses pre- and post-consumer food wastes
from supermarkets and restaurants, waste sawdust, grass, leaves,
stumps and other forms of wood waste to produce biogas, heat,
and electrical power. Yenkin-Majestic will use these products
to demonstrate a distributed stand-alone system for the operation
of a large industrial facility.
· Velocys, Inc. (Plain City, OH) up to $2,651,612: to
improve biorefinery economics through microchannel hydroprocessing.
This project will explore the unique capabilities of heat and
mass transfer inherent in microchannel reactor technology with
advanced catalysts to intensify chemical processes, resulting
in more efficient conversion of cellulosic residues to liquid
transportation fuels.
DOE Awards
· Exelus, Inc. (Livingston, NJ) up to $1,200,000: to develop
a Biomass-to-Gasoline (BTG) technology that represents a fundamental
shift in process chemistry and overall approach to creating biofuels.
The technology uses unique, engineered catalysts that facilitate
new reaction pathways to liquid motor fuels from biomass. The
BTG process replaces conventional high-temperature processes
like gasification and pyrolysis with a series of mild, low-temperature
reactions. The self-contained process uses minimal water and
no acids or chemical additives.
Biofuels Development Analysis:
USDA Awards
· Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) up to $933,883:
to develop an analysis of the global impacts of second generation
biofuels in the context of other energy technologies and alternative
economic and climate change policy options. This project will
modify, extend and link established modeling frameworks to capture
the strengths of each framework in a hybrid, multidisciplinary
system.
· University of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN) up to, $2,715,007:
to assess the environmental sustainability and capacity of forest-based
biofuel feedstocks within the Lake States region. This project
will address key uncertainties about expanding feedstock harvests
in the northern Lake States, including environmental impacts,
economic feasibility and avoided fossil-fuel CO2 emissions.
DOE Awards
· Consortium for Research on Renewable Industrial Materials
(Washington, Idaho, North Carolina, Mississippi, and Tennessee)
up to $1,430,535: to compare the life cycle environmental and
economic impacts for collecting forest residuals, short rotation
crops, mixed waste, and biomass from fire risk reduction activities
on federal lands for conversion to fuels via biochemical, pyrolysis
and gasification systems. National estimates of biofuel production
will be based on stratified biomass collection and processing
implementation scenarios that can be evaluated against the Renewable
Fuel Standard greenhouse gas emission objectives.
Feedstock Development:
USDA Awards
· Agrivida (Medford, MA) up to $1,953,128: to develop
new crop traits that eliminate the need for both expensive pretreatment
equipment and enzymes. Transgenic switchgrass will be engineered
with cell wall-degrading proenzymes that are dormant when the
plant is in the field, but activated after harvest, under processing
conditions with specific temperature and pH.
· Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK) up to $4,212,845:
to develop best practices and technologies necessary to ensure
efficient, sustainable and profitable production of cellulosic
ethanol feedstocks. Utilizing large-scale feedstock production
research, the economic and environmental sustainability of switchgrass,
mixed-species perennial grasses and annual biomass cropping systems
will be evaluated, and the synergy between bioenergy and livestock
production will be explored.
DOE Awards
· The University of Tennessee (Knoxville,TN) up to $2,345,290:
to compare three varieties of switchgrass using various management
practices, harvesting equipment and harvesting timelines in Eastern
Tennessee. This 2,000-acre demonstration-scale project will use
field plots ranging in size from 10 – 50 acres that incorporate
different varieties of switchgrass seed: the current Alamo variety,
the Ceres EG 1101 improved Alamo variety, and the Ceres EG 1102
Kanlow variety.
-DOE-
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The HITECH Foundation for Information
Exchange
November 12, 2009
A Message from Dr. David Blumenthal, National Coordinator for
Health Information Technology
As the many activities mandated by the
HITECH Act move forward, I want to take a moment to share my
vision of the overarching goal and some of its implications.
Our goal, above all else, is to make care better for patients,
and to make it patient-centered. Information policy and health
IT policy should serve that goal.
A key premise: information should follow the patient, and artificial
obstacles – technical, business related, bureaucratic –
should not get in the way. As a doctor, I have many times wanted
access to data that I knew were buried in the computers or paper
records of another health system across town. Neither my care
nor my patients were well served in those instances. That is
what we must get beyond. That is the goal we will pursue, and
it will inform all our policy choices now and going forward.
This means that information exchange must cross institutional
and business boundaries. Because that is what patients need.
Exchange within business groups will not be sufficient –
the goal is to have information flow seamlessly and effortlessly
to every nook and cranny of our health system, when and where
it is needed, just like the blood within our arteries and veins
meets our bodies’ vital needs.
If we are to reap the benefit of information exchange, Americans
must also be assured that the most advanced technology and proven
business practices will be employed to secure the privacy and
security of their personal health information, both within and
across electronic systems, and that persons and organizations
who hold personal health data are trustworthy custodians of the
information. We must have comprehensive, clear, and sustainable
policies that strengthen existing protections, fill gaps as they
emerge, fortify new opportunities for patients’ access to
and control of their information, and align with evolving technologies.
I will devote a separate letter to this critical issue and the
many activities mandated by the HITECH Act that we are developing.
On the question of exchange, however, the
HITECH Act is pretty specific about eliminating inappropriate
barriers.
It squarely tackles the commercial barriers. The HITECH Act calls
for the “development of a nationwide health information
technology infrastructure that allows for the electronic use
and exchange of information and that…promotes a more effective
marketplace, greater competition...[and] increased consumer choice”
among other goals. (Section 3001(b)) This means we cannot support
arrangements that restrict the secure, private exchange of information
required for patient care across provider or network boundaries.
Some of these arrangements may improve care for those inside
their walls. But ultimately, they have the potential to carve
the nation up into disconnected silos of information, and thus,
to undermine the vision of a secure, interoperable, nationwide
health information infrastructure, which the law requires us
to establish. Consumers, patients and their caretakers should
never feel locked into a single health system or exchange arrangement
because it does not permit or encourage the sharing of information.
It tackles the economic barriers. The HITECH Act incentives for
providers and hospitals are powerful tools. While the official
definition of “Meaningful Use” won’t be finalized
until next year, the HITECH Act specifically highlights “information
exchange” as one requirement for the incentives.
It tackles the technical barriers. The HITECH Act focuses on
“interoperability” or “interoperable products.”
In plain English, this means that our policies, programs, and
incentives must aim for electronic health record (EHR) software
and systems that can share information with different EHRs and
networks so that information can follow patients wherever they
go. And to build the pipelines to carry this information, HHS
is directed to invest in the infrastructure to “support
the nationwide electronic exchange and use of health information
…including connecting health information exchanges…”
(Section 3011) This means we will work with all our partners
in the health and IT industries and with organizations that are
committed to information sharing to develop the technologies
and policies that can help us deliver information securely, privately,
and accurately to whomever needs to see it on behalf of the patient’s
health. We must ensure interoperability for the future.
It provides building blocks for information exchange across jurisdictions.
The grants for states and state-designated entities in Section
3013 – which will total $564 million – target information
exchange across boundaries, not only within each state but explicitly
as part of a nationwide framework. We will start announcing the
awards this winter. These grantees’ activities must support
interoperability that lets patient data follow the patient across
political and geographic boundaries. The grantees will be our
partners in building the nationwide infrastructure mentioned
previously.
In short, the HITECH Act not only authorizes but requires us
to mobilize all our policies, programs, and incentives to give
the American people the patient-centric care they deserve and
expect.
I look forward to engaging all our partners in this unique opportunity.
Regards,
David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P.
National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
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Gatesville
Citizens Embrace Reservists Affected by Shooting
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:53:00 -0600
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Forces
in Afghanistan Capture Terrorism Suspects
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:06:00 -0600
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Fort
Hood Offers 24-Hour Grief Counseling
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:21:00 -0600
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Kansas
City Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Fort
Hood Press Conference
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:44:14 -0600
Investigators are expected to announce charges stemming from
last week's shooting at Fort Hood, TX.
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ETA - Advisories - Training and Employment
Notices (TEN) for United States Department of Labor. TEN 13-09:
Anticipating and Responding to the Influenza Pandemic has recently
been added to the ETA Advisory database and is available at http://wdr.doleta.gov/directives/corr_doc.cfm?DOCN=2817.
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EPA Cites 14 Municipalities for Stormwater
Violations
(PHILADELPHIA – November 12, 2009) The U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency has cited 14 municipalities in Pennsylvania
and Maryland for stormwater violations, nine of which are within
the Chesapeake Bay watershed.
“EPA, in partnership with the states, is taking clear steps
to protect the water quality of local streams and rivers,”
said Jon M. Capacasa, director of the Water Protection Division
for EPA’s mid-Atlantic region. “Because many of these
municipalities are in the Chesapeake Bay watershed, this action,
along with others will also help protect and restore the Bay,"
Urbanized areas contain large portions of impervious surfaces
such as roads, rooftops and parking lots that channel stormwater
directly into local streams, rivers, and other water bodies.
Improperly managed stormwater runoff from urbanized areas often
contains high levels of nutrients, sediment, toxic metals, volatile
organic compounds, and other pollutants.
EPA requires the cited municipalities to correct problems with
their respective municipal separate storm sewer (MS4) programs
and come into compliance with their state-issued discharge permits.
MS4s are publicly owned drainage systems designed to collect
and convey stormwater from urbanized areas.
In Pennsylvania, EPA issued orders to Birdsboro Borough and Ontelaunee
Township in Berks County; Mechanicsburg Borough in Cumberland
County; Atrim Township in Franklin County; East Donegal Township,
Terre Hill Borough, Pequea Township, Akron Borough and East Earl
Township in Lancaster County; Myerstown Borough in Lebanon County;
and, Monaghan and Newberry Townships in York County.
In Maryland, EPA issued orders to Baltimore City and Anne Arundel
County.
Several of these municipalities have already taken steps to comply
with the orders.
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Enforcement
Report for November 11, 2009
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:11:00 -0600
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Secretary
Sebelius Releases New Report on Health Insurance Reform and Diabetes
in America
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:01:00 -0600
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Honoring
and Serving America's Veterans
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:02:14 -0600
On a day meant to honor the service and sacrifice of America’s
veterans, we wanted to highlight a handful of service member-specific
initiatives at the Justice Department. The Justice Department’s
Civil Rights Division works to protect the rights of those who
have protected us -- America's veterans -- by enforcing laws
that defend their employment, voting and financial security rights.
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Hasan
Charged with 13 Counts of Murder
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:04:00 -0600
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Anchorage
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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New
York Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Cotton-on-Call
for CFTC.gov
The Cotton On-Call Report # 45 is now available.
See previous weeks in Historical
Cotton On-Call Reports.
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Federal
Register Notices for CFTC.gov
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MCECC
Blood Drive
"For the victims of the Fort Hood slayings."
What: Rally
Start Time: Tomorrow, November 13 at 1:00pm
End Time: Tomorrow, November 13 at 4:00pm
Where: 5281 Casa Bella, San Antonio, TX 78249
To see more details and RSVP
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Vietnam,
Iraq Vets Recall War Experiences
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:44:00 -0600
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Federal
Regulators Reopen Comment Period for Correspondent Concentration
Risks Guidance
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The
United States Welcomes the United Nations' Creation of Mandela
Day
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 12, 2009
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New
Orleans Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Memphis
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Battlefield
Success Depends on Technology Development
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:03:00 -0600
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Economic
Recovery Act of 2009 for U.S. Department of Homeland Security
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
Recovery Act data for November 10, 2009 now available.
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The Live Meeting recording of the November
11th DM-Framework Virtual Operations, Planning and Sharing Center
(VOC) Demonstration is now available for download from:
http://www.disasterhelp.gov/disastermanagement/library/archive/presentations.shtm
The Live Meeting recording is a large file
in Windows Media Video (.wmv) format and requires Windows Media
Player
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx
or Windows Media Components for QuickTime
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx
Thanks to all who participated.
Regards,
Amy Sebring
DM Team
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Firearms:
Industry News for The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available. Recent ruling posted:
ATF has issued a ruling that authorizes licensed manufacturers
who perform a manufacturing process on the firearms for, or on
behalf of, another licensed manufacturer not to place their serial
numbers and other required identification markings on the firearms,
provided such firearms have already been marked as required and
that all of the other requirements stated in the ruling have
been met. Read Ruling 2009-5 – Firearms Manufacturing Activities
– Identification Markings of Firearms - 11/12/09
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Assistant
Secretary Eric P. Schwartz Traveling to Iraq, Jordan and Syria
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 12, 2009
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Verdict
in the Court Case of Imprisoned Youth Activists Emin Milli and
Adnan Hajizade
Ian Kelly
Department Spokesman Washington, DC
November 11, 2009
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School
Officials Cite Prevention in Curbing H1N1 Flu
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:24:00 -0600
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NIAID
Announces New Award to Study the Effects of Radiation and Aging
on the Human Immune System
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:20:00 -0600
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Philadelphia
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Inventors
to Compete for $400,000 in NASA Astronaut Glove Challenge
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 -0600
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New
Haven Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
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and is now available.
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Statement of Comptroller of the Currency
John C. Dugan Following Tour of San Francisco Small Businesses
SAN FRANCISCO — Following a November 10 tour of successful
community economic development projects in San Francisco, Comptroller
of the Currency John C. Dugan issued the following statement:
Today I visited small business enterprises in the San Francisco
area and saw first-hand the positive impact that banks, community
development financial institutions, and non-profit organizations
are making on the availability of economic development opportunities.
I toured the Mission District, an economically diverse San Francisco
neighborhood, and visited a microenterprise that is giving low-and
moderate-income entrepreneurs an opportunity to own and run their
own green business. The company provides its worker-owners with
over 150 hours of entrepreneurship training as well as instruction
on environmentally friendly cleaning techniques. This worker-owned
cooperative was established through a partnership between a green
cleaning products company and an organization that promotes the
social and economic empowerment of low-income women in the San
Francisco Bay Area through cooperative business ownership. The
cooperative received its financing from a community development
financial institution that had been capitalized by banks. The
cooperative was able to establish and expand its operations because
of the financing it received through national banks and their
partners.
I also visited an incubator kitchen whose mission is to train
and develop food entrepreneurs. This commercial kitchen space
helps enhance market opportunities by providing caterers and
potential restaurant owners with instruction on food preparation
and business management. Many of these budding entrepreneurs
are making the transition from home-based businesses to a professional
catering or restaurant business.
I continue to be impressed with how important bank and community
economic development partnerships are to creating and preserving
jobs that stabilize communities. When national banks partner
with community-based organizations they are able to pull together
resources and meet the business credit needs of borrowers who
don’t fit traditional credit profiles. In securing investment
capital and responsible credit for growing enterprises, these
bank partnerships bring jobs and opportunity back to economically
distressed communities. They are adding to the economic well-being
and vitality of cities across the country.
Since assuming office in 2005, Comptroller Dugan has met with
community leaders from across the country and toured community
development projects in Pittsburgh, Chicago, New York, Washington,
D.C., Los Angeles, Dallas, and San Francisco.
Related Link:
Event Photos (http://www.occ.gov/cdd/bustour_sanfrancisco.htm)
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Gates
on Berlin Wall
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:12:17 -0600
Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, speaking at the 20th Anniversary
of the Fall of the Berlin Wall at the Library of Congress in
Washington, DC.
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Atlanta
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
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and is now available.
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Federal
Regulators Reopen Comment Period for Correspondent Concentration
Risks Guidance
WASHINGTON — The federal bank and thrift regulatory agencies
today announced they are reopening the comment period on proposed
guidance on correspondent concentration risks, originally published
on September 25. The comment period will be open until November
27, 2009, an additional 30 days after the original comment period
closed.
A copy of the proposed guidance, along with the notice to reopen
the comment period, are attached.
Attachments:
Proposed
Guidance
Notice
to Reopen the Comment Period
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DoD
Identifies Marine Casualty
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:20:00 -0600
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AHRQ
Draft TA for review
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:49:00 -0600
Date: 11/12/2009
Subject: AHRQ Draft TA for review
Content: and Treatment of Secondary Lymphedema
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Washington
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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The U.S. Department of Justice Environment
and Natural Resources Division has updated its Press Releases
page
Settlement Reached to Clean up Idaho’s St. Maries Creosote
Superfund Site (09-1213)
This information has recently been updated, and is now
available.
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Secretary Chu Announces Determination
of No Adverse Material Impact for Uranium Transfer to Fund Portsmouth
Cleanup
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary Chu announced today that the
Department of Energy has issued a final determination and market
impact study for the proposed uranium transfer to fund accelerated
cleanup activities at the Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio, which
will create between 800 to 1,000 new jobs for the community.
The market review and determination confirms that the proposed
transfer of uranium will not have an adverse material impact
on the domestic uranium industries.
Under the determination, DOE’s Office
of Environmental Management will be able to transfer as much
as 300 metric tons of uranium per quarter in calendar years 2009
and 2010 for cleanup at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant,
so long as the total transfer during that period does not exceed
1,125 metric tons of uranium. The uranium transfers will be consistent
with the policies reflected in the Department's Excess Uranium
Management Plan and will comply with all applicable laws to ensure
minimal impact on the domestic uranium market. The Department
believes that the proposed uranium transfer would raise $150-$200
million per year.
The Secretary’s Determination is based on a market impact
analysis performed by Energy Resources International, Inc. (ERI),
evaluating the potential effect from transferring specific quantities
of the Department’s excess natural uranium hexafluoride
(UF6) on the commercial nuclear fuel markets in order to fund
the accelerated cleanup work at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion
Plant. The determination and analysis took into account the uranium
transfers under the Office of Environmental Management along
with scheduled transfers by the National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA).
This Secretarial Determination of No Adverse Material Impact
refers only to the proposed action to transfer excess uranium
to fund the 2009 and 2010 cleanup efforts activities. A separate
determination will be required later regarding possible transfers
of uranium to fund decontamination and decommissioning activities
at the Portsmouth Plant after calendar year 2010.
A copy of the Secretarial Determination is available HERE
and the market impact analysis is available HERE.
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Denver
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Revised
CDC Estimates of 2009 H1N1 Influenza Cases, Hospitalizations
and Deaths in the U.S., April - October 17, 2009
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0600
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Gates
Gives Pep Talk to M-ATV Production Plant Workers
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:15:00 -0600
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Today
in the Department of Defense, 11/13/2009
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:09:00 -0600
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DoD
Contracts for November 12, 2009
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:07:00 -0600
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New
Orleans Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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C-SPAN Daily Alert
Programming Information for Thurs. 11/12 - Fri. 11/13, 2009
**********************************************************************
C-SPAN Highlights
Tonight:
* Center for Disease Control H1N1 Influenza Update (8pm)
* Sen. Reed (D-RI) Remarks at Bloomberg Link Washington Summit
(8:35pm)
* General Petraeus Remarks on Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan
(9:05pm)
Tomorrow:
* U.S. House: Not in Session
* Federalist Society National Lawyers Convention (10:15am)
**********************************************************************
C-SPAN2 Highlights
Tonight:
* Nat'l Governors Assn. Press Conference on Fiscal Survey of
States (8pm)
* Former Pres. George W. Bush Remarks on Public Policy Institute
(8:25pm)
* Federalist Society Discussion on Redistribution of Wealth (9:20pm)
Tomorrow:
* U.S. Senate: Not In Session
* Canadian Supreme Court Hearing on Guantanamo Bay Detainee (9am)
- LIVE
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C-SPAN3 Highlights
Tonight:
* NGA Press Conference on Fiscal Survey of States (7pm)
* President Obama Statement on the Economy (7:15pm)
Tomorrow:
* Deputy Treasury Sec. Neal Wolin Remarks at ABA Conference (9:15am)
- LIVE
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Newark
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Sacramento
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Task
Force to Focus on Afghan Roadside Bomb Threat
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:44:00 -0600
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Students
Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis
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Ames
to Host Live Broadcast of Space Shuttle Launch
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 -0600
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Media
Availability with Secretary Gates from Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:17:00 -0600
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Free
Spirit: Plotting an Escape
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0600
NASA's long-running Mars rover Spirit will begin critical drives
for escaping a sand trap.
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NASA
to Begin Attempts to Free Sand-Trapped Mars Rover
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 -0600
NASA will begin transmitting commands to its Mars exploration
rover Spirit on Monday as part of an escape plan to free the
venerable robot from its Martian sand trap.
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Kansas
City Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Philadelphia
Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Employment
Research & Statistics for Disability.gov
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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New
York Press Releases for Federal Bureau of Investigation
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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CBP
News Videos
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:37:07 -0600
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Marine
Resources
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:37:08 -0600
CBPs Office of Air and Marine utilizes over 360 marine agents
through the coordinated use of air and marine forces to detect,
interdict, and prevent acts of terrorism and the unlawful movement
of people, illegal drugs and other contraband toward or across
the borders of the United States. The OAM operates with more
than 220 vessels including the 39-foot Midnight Interceptor.
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Aviation
Resources
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:37:08 -0600
CBP's Office of Air and Marine is the largest aviation and maritime
law enforcement organization in the world, utilizing over 700
pilots, operating more than 290 aircraft of 22 different types
including the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).
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What's
New at AHRQ for Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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What's
New at HCUP User Support for Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ)
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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Special
Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard C. Holbrooke's
Travel
Ian Kelly
Department Spokesman Washington, DC
November 12, 2009
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HHS
Secretary Appoints Members to AHRQ National Advisory Council:
Council Scheduled to Meet on November 13
Mon, 12 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0500
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Students
Send Microbe Experiment on Space Shuttle Atlantis
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:00:00 -0600
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"Innovative
Engagement with Advocacy Groups on Sudan"
Scott Gration
Special Envoy to Sudan Washington, DC
November 12, 2009
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U.S.
and Angola Hold Strategic Partnership Dialogue Meetings
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 12, 2009
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Economic,
Energy, Agricultural and Trade Issues: U.S. and Angola Hold Strategic
Partnership Dialogue Meetings
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:24:59 -0600
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FDA
Expands Approved Use of H1N1 Vaccines to Include Infants and
Children
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:58:00 -0600
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FDIC Board Approves Final Rule on Prepaid
Assessments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2009 Media Contact:
Andrew Gray at (202) 898-7192
Email: angray@fdic.gov
The Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today voted to require insured institutions
to prepay slightly over three years of estimated insurance assessments.
The pre-payment allows the FDIC to strengthen the cash position
of the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) immediately without immediately
impacting earnings of the industry.
"I am pleased, but not surprised, by the industry's willingness
to step up to the task of rebuilding and strengthening the cash
reserves of the fund," said FDIC Chairman Sheila C. Bair.
"In September, I expressed confidence that the industry
was up to this challenge and the industry has not disappointed.
The comment letters we received over this past month made clear
that the FDIC and the industry are of the same mind: we will
do whatever it takes to maintain the public's confidence in insured
institutions and we remain committed to maintaining the independence
of the Deposit Insurance Fund through direct industry funding."
Payment of the prepaid assessment, along with the payment of
institutions' regular third quarter assessment, will be due on
December 30, 2009. The FDIC estimates that it will collect approximately
$45 billion from total prepaid assessments. The payments will
come from the industry's substantial liquid reserve balances,
which as of June 30, totaled more than $1.3 trillion, or 22 percent
more than a year ago.
Unlike a special assessment, which the FDIC collected on September
30, this prepayment will not immediately affect bank earnings.
Banks will book the payments at the end of each quarter. While
the prepayment will immediately improve the FDIC's liquidity,
it will not have an impact on the fund balance.
Chairman Bair emphasized that "the public should know that
the discussions over the past several months have never been
about the FDIC's ability to fulfill its commitment to depositors,
but rather how that would be done. The FDIC's commitment to depositors
is absolute, and we and the industry have more than enough resources
to make good on that commitment. No depositor has ever lost a
penny of an insured deposit and no depositor ever will."
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Greek
Shipowners Discuss Piracy off the Coast of Somalia at U.S. Department
of State
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 12, 2009
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Greek
Shipowners Discuss Piracy off the Coast of Somalia at U.S. Department
of State
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 12, 2009
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The
United States Responds to Asia-Pacific Disasters
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
November 12, 2009
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Around
the Services
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:12:27 -0600
Authorities officially charge Army Maj Nidal Hassan with 13 counts
of premeditated murder. ISAF forces and Afghan National police
seize 250 tons of bomb making material in Kandahar.
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Fighting
IEDs
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:46:21 -0600
A look at key ways to defeat IEDs.
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COL
Lusk Briefing
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:46:10 -0600
Voters in Iraq are preparing for the upcoming elections.
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Veterans
Employment
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:32:22 -0600
The new Veterans Employment Initiative is bringing together several
federal agencies to work toward the same goal of helping veterans
find a job.
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Oklahoma
Doctor Indicted in Louisiana on Health Care Fraud Charges
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:44:57 -0600
Dr. Gregory Khoury, of Oklahoma City, was indicted on charges
of committing more than $1 million in health care fraud while
he was practicing in the New Orleans area.
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Consultant
Pleads Guilty in $6 Million Foreign Bribery Scheme
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:10:32 -0600
Paul G. Novak, a former consultant for Willbros International
Inc., a subsidiary of Houston-based Willbros Group Inc., pled
guilty to engaging in a conspiracy to pay more than $6 million
in bribes to government officials of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria and officials from a Nigerian political party.
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Connecticut
Investor Sentenced for Scheme to Bribe Government Officials in
Azerbaijan
Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:07:59 -0600
Frederic A. Bourke Jr., of Greenwich, Connecticut, was sentenced
in Manhattan to one year and one day in prison for his role in
a scheme to bribe senior government officials in Azerbaijan with
several hundred million dollars in shares of stock, cash, and
other gifts, to ensure that those officials would privatize the
State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic in a rigged auction
that only Bourke, fugitive Czech investor Viktor Kozeny, and
members of their investment consortium could win, to their massive
profit.
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Obama
Visits Alaska, Pledges Commitments
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:27:00 -0600
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Primary
Care Practice-Based Research Networks for Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ)
This information has recently been updated,
and is now available.
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What
are some resources for caregivers?
Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:59:19 -0600
This is National Family Caregivers Month. Visit the FAQ at USA.gov
for resources, including information on Medicare and caring for
people with special needs.
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TEXT your vote on health insurance reform
Message from Senate Majority leader Harry
Reid:
Last weekend health insurance reform took
another big step forward when the House passed their bill on
Saturday night. With each passing day, we're getting closer to
finally fixing our tragically broken system.
The bill we merged from the Finance and
Health committee versions is being scored by the CBO this week,
and hopefully next week we'll be able to begin debate and continue
moving this monumental legislation forward.
Our petition in support of a public option
has been so successful (thank you 50,000+ signers!), I want to
continue our conversation about health insurance reform. So today,
we're launching an informal mobile survey that you can participate
in via text message or online.
To vote, simply take out your cell phone
and choose an option below, or participate online by clicking
here. We'll text you the results, and you'll be registered to
receive mobile updates from my campaign in the future.
What's the most important aspect of health insurance reform?
TEXT A to 42779 for:
Making sure people with preexisting conditions can get affordable
insurance
TEXT B to 42779 for:
Prohibiting insurance companies from dropping people when they
get sick
TEXT C to 42779 for:
Creating a public insurance option to lower costs by creating
competition
TEXT D to 42779 for:
We should not reform health insurance, status quo is ok by me
TEXT your answer (A,B,C or D) to 42779 (HARRY) to vote
If you'd prefer you can take our mobile
survey online by clicking here. Either way, thanks so much for
participating, we'll be in touch with results soon.
Thank you for your time, and all you do!
Heather Brown
President, Young Democrats of Nevada
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