Politics & Government Week back issues from August 2008:
Prudential Affinity Alliance Established to Deliver Long Term Care Insurance to the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, and Transgender LGBT Community.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Prudential Financial, Inc.'s (NYSE:PRU) Group Insurance business announced a groundbreaking marketing program to market Prudential's Long-Term Care Insurance product to LGBT individuals. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the first LGBT organization that has agreed to participate in the ...
Statement from Joseph and Valerie Wilson in Response to Pres. Bush's Assertion of Executive Privilege to Protect V.P. Cheney.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "Today the president took the unprecedented step of asserting executive privilege to thwart congressional efforts to review Vice President Cheney's interview with Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald concerning the betrayal of Valerie Wilson's covert CIA identity. We agree with ...
CREW Releases New Study.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) has released its newest study, Those Who Dared: 30 Who Stood Up for Our Country, recognizing the brave individuals who have acted and spoken out against unethical and dishonorable conduct in the Bush administration. ...
Remarks by the President at Funeral Service for Tony Snow.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception 10:16 A.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Archbishop Wuerl, Father O'Connell, Mr. Vice President, members of the Cabinet and my administration, members of Congress, distinguished guests; most importantly, the Snow ...
Another Bad Week for McCain - Apparently It CAN Get Worse, Says Democratic National Committee.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Another week of bad news, bad reviews and campaign chaos for the McCain campaign. The only change: the campaign's increasingly desperate response. In what has become a recurring theme, McCain's week was dominated by foreign policy gaffes, misleading attacks, terrible reviews ...
Steelworkers Join Los Angeles Activists in Demanding Occidental Petroleum Stop its Complicity of Human Rights Abuses in Colombia.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Members of the United Steelworkers (USW), labor and community activists demonstrated in front of Occidental Petroleum headquarters today in support of a people's tribunal in Bogota, Colombia that is hearing evidence of murders and death threats against union activists involving the ...
Pelosi, Boehner Announce Appointments to New Office of Congressional Ethics.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Republican Leader John Boehner announced joint appointments to the board of the new Office of Congressional Ethics. With these appointments, for the first time in the history of the House, private citizens will be entrusted with an active role in the ethics ...
RNC Chairman Launches 'Victory 2008 Tour'.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Robert M. "Mike" Duncan today launched a three week "Victory 2008 Tour" to meet with state GOP leaders and discuss John McCain and the Republican Party's strategy for victory in 2008. During his tour, Chairman Duncan will travel to target states ...
Impact Film Festival Announces Slate at This Summer's Democratic and Republican National Conventions.
Aug 04, 2008 ... The Impact Film Festival announced its slate of films set to screen for lawmakers, candidates and delegates at the national political conventions. Each film will have a panel discussion featuring members of the filmmaking community alongside policy makers and other issue experts during the ...
National Urban League Congratulates the Congressional Black Caucus for Its Heroic Efforts to Expand Housing Counseling Services in the 'American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008'.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League, today applauded Congress, and the Congressional Black Caucus in particular, for providing resources in legislation to address the severe housing crisis that disproportionately impacts the African-American community. This landmark ...
Transformation Begins at Xcel Energy Center for the 2008 Republican National Convention.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Today marks the handover of the Xcel Energy Center to planners for the 2008 Republican National Convention, beginning a six-week transformation in advance of the September 1-4 event. During the next 42 days, convention staff will oversee the build-out of the Xcel Energy Center ...
Los Angeles Mayor to Speak at Human Rights Campaign Gala Dinner in San Francisco.
Aug 04, 2008 ... The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, announced that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will deliver the keynote political address at the organization's gala dinner on Saturday, July 26th. ...
Coalition for a Democratic Workplace Releases Findings from New Statewide Polls.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... As Election Day nears, new research shows troubling signs for candidates who support the misnamed Employee Free Choice Act - or union "card check" legislation. The surveys conducted in the battleground states of Louisiana, New Hampshire and New Mexico are consistent with nationwide voter ...
House of Representatives Passes H.R. 4049, 'Money Services Business Act of 2007'.
Aug 04, 2008 ... The MSB Coalition, representing money services businesses (MSBs) from across the country, today strongly commended the House of Representatives for passage of H.R. 4049, the "Money Services Business Act of 2007." This legislation would address the ongoing problem of bank discontinuance, ...
PA Treasurer Unveils State Government Contracts Online Database.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Pennsylvania Treasurer Robin L. Wiessmann today publicly unveiled a searchable database that allows the public greater access to state government contract information through the Pennsylvania Treasury Department's Web site, patreasury.org. The Treasury Department created the ...
Scripps Reports Second Quarter Results.
Aug 04, 2008 ... The E. W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), which on July 1 spun off its national lifestyle television networks and global interactive services businesses into a separate publicly traded company, reported consolidated operating results for the second quarter of 2008. The earnings ...
AWWA Testifies Before House of Representatives on Carbon Sequestration.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Don Broussard, water operations manager for Lafayette, La., Utilities System, today testified at a Congressional hearing on Geologic Carbon Sequestration (GCS) on behalf of the American Water Works Association (AWWA). The hearing was held by the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and ...
Hudson Conference on Continuation of Foreign Policy in the Next Administration.(Conference news)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Polls around the world indicate that the international public expects -- and wants -- Barack Obama to radically alter American foreign policy if he is elected president. In their new book, After Bush: The Case for Continuity in Foreign Policy, Timothy Lynch and Robert Singh argue the next ...
Oil Prices Drop on President Boyle 'No Strike First' Peace Plan.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Thomas Boyle, the composer, real estate economist, former US House Page and democratic nominee wannabe for president, said, "The movement in the markets and diplomacy just four days after my Peace Plan announcement may indicate we are on the right track but we have a long way to go. Those ...
PA Gov. Rendell, Mayor Bloomberg Announce Expansion of Building America's Future Infrastructure Coalition.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell and New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg, co-chairs of the Building America's Future Coalition, announced the expansion of the coalition that's building support for the federal government to play a larger role in the funding of America's ...
Gun Rights Dean Anticipates National Support for Capitol Hill Effort to Torpedo Washington, D.C. Assault on United States Supreme Court Heller Decision.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "America's 80 million law-abiding gun owners will support a developing congressional effort to thwart politicians in the Nation's Capital seeking to undermine the Supreme Court decision in the historic District of Columbia v. Heller case," right to self-defense advocate John M. Snyder said ...
CAPS Calls for the Resignation of San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and a Show of Support for Mrs. Bologna by California Senators Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Californians for Population Stabilization (CAPS) President Dr. Diana Hull called for San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom to accept his responsibility in the murder of Anthony, Michael and Matthew Bologna. "Sanctuary for illegal aliens is misguided policy at its most irresponsible, permitting ...
Senator Barack Obama to Speak at UNITY.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama will appear in front of thousands of journalists next week at the UNITY: Journalists of Color quadrennial convention in Chicago. Sen. Obama, the apparent Democratic presidential nominee, will appear on stage Sunday morning, July 27th ....
DMA Names Linda A. Woolley Executive Vice President, Government Affairs.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Direct Marketing Association (DMA) President & CEO John A. Greco, Jr. announced that Linda A. Woolley will join DMA as Executive Vice President, Government Affairs. Reporting directly to Greco, Woolley will begin on Monday, August 11, 2008, and will be based in DMA's Washington, DC office ....
Funny How PowerPoint Technology Comes Back to Bite You, Says Michigan Chamber of Commerce to Byrum & Fisk Firm.
Aug 04, 2008 ... When Byrum and Fisk Advocacy Communications and their employee, Thomas Morgan, were creating a PowerPoint presentation on a government reform ballot proposal back on November 21, 2007, at 4:08 p.m., little did they know it would come back to bite them, reports the Michigan Chamber of ...
High-Impact Firms Create Alabama's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Alabama's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
High-Impact Firms Create Missouri's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Missouri's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
PumpTop TV Gets Political.
Aug 04, 2008 ... As Election Day approaches, voters continue to turn out on a regular basis ... to the gas pump. And political media dollars are heading there as well. Media buyers are embracing PumpTop TV, the nation's largest TV network at the gas pump, as a potent complement to their ...
Reorganization Will Streamline Agency Operations, PA Secretary Cortes Says.
Aug 04, 2008 ... As part of Governor Edward G. Rendell's ongoing effort to optimize commonwealth resources and best serve its citizens, the Department of State has reorganized four senior-level department positions, Secretary of the Commonwealth Pedro A. Cortes said. "These key staff changes are ...
2008 Release Schedule for American Community Survey Data.
Aug 04, 2008 ... The U.S. Census Bureau will release data from the 2007 American Community Survey (ACS) beginning Aug. 26. Similar to last year's release, the 2007 ACS will include one-year estimates available for the nation, 50 states and the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, every ...
Rocky Brands, Inc. Receives Contracts for $7.2 Million from U.S. Military.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Rocky Brands, Inc. (NASDAQ: RCKY) announced that it has received a $6.0 million extension to an existing contract in addition to a new $1.2 million contract from the U.S. Military. The $6.0 million contract is an extension of a $6.4 million contract awarded to Rocky Brands in ...
Fitch Rates NYSERDA Pollution Control New York $63.5MM Refunding Revs 1994 Series C 'AA/F1+'.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Fitch Ratings has assigned 'AA/F1+' ratings to the $63,500,000 New York State Energy Research and Development Authority Pollution Control Refunding Revenue Bonds (New York State Electric & Gas Corporation Project) 1994 Series C. The rating is based on the support provided by an ...
Robert Mason Endorsed By Local Newspaper for City Council Seat.
Aug 04, 2008 ... As voters prepare to go to the polls for August 5th's election, Farmington Hills' hometown newspaper, The Observer, has made their message clear, "Keep Mason on council in Aug. 5 election." Yesterday, the observer published their endorsement of Robert Mason for the open City ...
The Bumper Book of Government Waste 2008: Essential Report on the Government's Poor Performance.
Aug 04, 2008 ... Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/136811/the_bumper_book_of) has announced the addition of the "The Bumper Book of Government Waste 2008" report to their offering. It's back and, depressingly, the figure is even bigger than last time. ...
Transit systems are not well-integrated into local emergency plans.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... Millions of people each day rely on transit, yet few urban area emergency plans have focused on its role in an emergency evacuation, says a new report from the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board. Transit systems could play a significant role in transporting carless ...
Researchers from Tilburg University detail new studies and findings in the area of social science.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "In two studies it is demonstrated that people's self-construal level may influence the extent to which they spontaneously produce divergent ideas," investigators in Netherlands report. "In Study 1, it is shown that construing the self at a personal level (''I'') induces the ...
Researchers from University of Wisconsin detail findings in social science.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "This paper explores the effects of emotional suppression toward a stereotyped target as a function of the perceivers' prejudice. Heterosexual male participants watched a video of a gay couple with emotional suppression instructions or no instructions," investigators in the United States ...
Research on regional studies published by scientists at Hebrew University.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to recent research published in the journal Regional Studies, "The paper stresses the importance of accounting for regional heterogeneity in the dynamic analysis of regional economic disparities. Studies of regional growth mainly presume that regions are homogeneous in their ...
Reports from W. Lorenz et al highlight recent research in social work.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Italy, "This paper treats the case of social pedagogy, which is an important but widely misunderstood member of the social professions, as an example of how only by exploring the historical roots and trajectories of methods paradigms can we hope to understand ...
High-Impact Firms Create Alaska's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Alaska's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
High-Impact Firms Create Pennsylvania's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Pennsylvania's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the ...
Research from University of Queensland has provided new data on public administration.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "This article explores a sociological account of practical wisdom in public administrations. Very little research on contemporary applications of wisdom exists, and what research there is has a cognitive bias, largely ignoring sociology," investigators in Brisbane, Australia report. ...
Research from University of Warwick in the area of social work published.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to a study from Coventry, the United Kingdom, "Social work is often seen as a straightforward response to self-evident human needs and problems or as the outcome of 'professional projects' pursued by social workers. However, consideration of social work's history suggests that it ...
High-Impact Firms Create Colorado's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Colorado's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
Scientists at Umea University discuss research in regional studies.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "The main purpose of the paper is to analyse if the Swedish municipal reform in 1952 affected subsequent income growth and population movements. The empirical analysis is conducted using data for the period 1953 to 1959," scientists in Umea, Sweden report. "The main result is ...
High-Impact Firms Create Florida's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Florida's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
New findings from Ohio University in the area of social science published.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "When people unambiguously outperform another person, they subsequently rate that person's ability higher than do uninvolved observers. Lassiter and Munhall (2001) contend that this genius effect occurs because people spontaneously use the self as a reference point in evaluating a defeated ...
High-Impact Firms Create South Carolina's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create South Carolina's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the ...
Researchers from Texas A&M University publish findings in public administration research and theory.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... "The president's role as chief executive depends on the quality and tenure of political appointees who assist with the constitutional charge to ''take care that the laws be faithfully executed.'' This study explores the determinants of the duration of political appointee service. Using an ...
High-Impact Firms Create Hawaii's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Hawaii's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
Data on public administration research and theory published by researchers at University of Illinois.
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to a study from the United States, "In this article, I investigate whether or not there is variance in public managers' perceptions of worker quality and work life, by sector. Specifically, I investigate whether state-level public managers perceive the public sector or the ...
High-Impact Firms Create Kentucky's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Kentucky's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
High-Impact Firms Create Louisiana's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Louisiana's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
Researchers from University of Leuven discuss findings in urban planning.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "Land use in a 208 ha representative catchment in the Tigray Highlands, Dogu'a Tembien district in Northern Ethiopia was studied in relation to soil geography. Typical soils are Vertisols, Vertic Cambisols, Cumulic Regosols, Calcaric Regosols and Phaeozems," scientists in Heverlee, Belgium ...
High-Impact Firms Create Virginia's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Virginia's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
High-Impact Firms Create Iowa's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Iowa's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
High-Impact Firms Create Georgia's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Georgia's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
High-Impact Firms Create Maryland's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Maryland's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
Research results from O.G. Mwangi and co-authors update knowledge of african studies.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "This article examines political corruption and political party financing in multiparty Kenya. It uses the Goldenberg and Anglo-Leasing mega-scandals to demonstrate the existence of political corruption, particularly campaign financing, arguing that it has increased under multiparty rule ...
Research from Florida State University has provided new data on public administration research and theory.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "Under political uncertainty, legislative coalitions have incentives to insulate policy from future coalitions. While there is evidence of legislators' use of agency design to insulate the bureaucracy from elected officials, little is known about the ultimate consequences of such design ...
High-Impact Firms Create California's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create California's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...
New findings from University of Georgia describe advances in public administration.(Report)
Aug 04, 2008 ... According to recent research from the United States, "Are there conditions under which minority bureaucrats are less likely to provide active representation? The authors address this question by testing the link between passive and active representation for race in a police department and ...
Scientists at University of Venice target life sciences.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "This paper deals with the idea that the production structure and knowledge diversification define the feasible set of conditions for income distribution and elite concentration. The evidence supports the notion that a diversified knowledge structure generates and distributes rents in a ...
New public administration study findings recently were reported by researchers at North Carolina State University.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "What type of oversight should states exercise over local units in order to prevent fiscal crises? This article discusses a sequence of three best practices that some states use to prevent fiscal emergencies," scientists writing in the journal Public Administration Review report. ...
High-Impact Firms Create Ohio's Jobs and Growth.
Aug 04, 2008 ... "High-impact" firms create Ohio's new jobs and growth, according to a study recently released by the Office of Advocacy of the U.S. Small Business Administration. Distributed across all industries, high-impact firms account for almost all employment and revenue growth in the national ...