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The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the Fiscal Year 2013 Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) for the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) and a deadline has been set. MONROVIA, Indiana (PRWEB) April 09, 2013 Prosperity Consulting is a full-service funding opportunities firm which aids entrepreneurs, communities, universities, trade associations, and cooperatives in obtaining funds through the use of government or foundation programs in the areas of...
WILKES-BARRE, Pa., Feb. 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett continued his budget announcements today by visiting the Osterhout Free Public Library to discuss his plan to increase outreach and enrollment for the state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). "CHIP has been providing health insurance coverage for two decades now and it is helping Pennsylvania kids grow up healthier," Corbett said. "We are re-energizing our CHIP outreach and enrollment...
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that the following voluntary recall alert was posted in cooperation with the firm listed below. Recalls can be viewed at www.cpsc.gov. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO) Company Name Product Name Quantity Hazard Club Precedent i2 and Signature The fuel hose could Car,...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Jan. 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The state Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) celebrated its 20th year of providing coverage today by announcing that $8.5 million in funding will be proposed in Governor Corbett's 2013-14 budget to focus on expanding the number of insured children in Pennsylvania. CHIP has provided quality health care coverage to more than one million children in Pennsylvania since benefits and coverage began in 1993. "CHIP is a...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today hailed the U.S. Senate introduction of the Immigration Innovation Act, offered by Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Chris Coons (D-Delaware), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Dean Heller (R-NV), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), John Hoeven (R-ND) and...
DAVIE, Fla., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- As Washington took last minute action to avoid the so-called 'Fiscal Cliff', businesses are changing their outlook for the next year. Avoiding the Cliff means that the Bush Tax Cuts will remain in place for 98% of Americans. The Cliff, an artifice manufactured by Congress to force action on the budget, would have raised taxed and cut federal spending across the board. By putting a deal together at the 11(th) hour, Congress was able to...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging parents of young children to anchor and stabilize their televisions, furniture, and appliances to prevent tip-over related incidents. In a quest to reach a toy, TV or game remote, or other desired item, young children are using dressers and tables as climbing devices and the results are tragic. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO) A new CPSC...
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that the following voluntary recall alert was posted in cooperation with the firm listed below. Recalls can be viewed at www.cpsc.gov. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20030904/USCSCLOGO ) Company Name Product Name Quantity Hazard Deere & Company of Utility Vehicles About 4,340 The fuel filter can Moline, Ill....
Since 2007, U.S. Senators Barack Obama, Frank Lautenberg and U.S. Representatives Frank Pallone and Peter King introduced stillbirth research legislation with no action. The MISS Foundation that represents parents who lost a child due to stillbirth want to prevent future devastation to families through stillbirth research. With the 2012 elections suspending congressional action and the session ending soon, grieving parents see another session ending with no action. (PRWEB) October 18, 2012...
WASHINGTON, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Leading NGO alliance InterAction is heartened by the international affairs spending bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee today and urges the House to follow the Senate's lead when the two bills are reconciled. The Senate committee approved the bill with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 29-1. "This bill shows the wisdom and courage to invest in international development and humanitarian assistance programs....
