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BELLEVUE, Wash., April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- New York Senator Charles Schumer's remarks over the weekend about provisions that could be added to an alternative bill regarding background checks are "demonstrably false and delusional," the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today. The perennially anti-gun Schumer told reporters that a concealed carry reciprocity amendment that may be offered to the alternative bill sponsored by Senators Joe...
House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa requests feedback on bipartisan bill at legislation.nextgov.com WASHINGTON, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Nextgov today launched an online tool that allows readers to comment on draft language of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA). Passed unanimously by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on March 20(th), FITARA will next be considered by the full House. The Nextgov feedback tool, available at...
WASHINGTON, March 12, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) was honored last night by the American Psychological Association Practice Organization (APAPO) for his advocacy work and legislative accomplishments on mental health issues. APAPO recognized Senator Whitehouse with the 2013 Outstanding Leadership Award, given annually to a member of Congress who has prominently championed the goals of professional psychology. "Senator Whitehouse has been a...
ROLLING MEADOWS, Ill., March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CEANNATE Corp., an outperformer for business process outsourcing services providing key expertise in the financial environment surrounding higher education in the United States, today announced the hiring of Walter Pryor as Vice President of Government Relations. CEANNATE's subsidiaries focus on education portfolio receivables management, education loan servicing and government payment integrity solutions. Pryor is an attorney...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Google announced on Tuesday that it would begin offering free public Wi-Fi service to people in the western portion of New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood, where the company has its local headquarters. The 13-block coverage zone includes areas between Gansevoort Street and West 19th Street, from 8th Avenue to 10th Avenue. Google CIO Ben Fried made the announcement in Manhattan, alongside New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online In the worst form of hypocrisy, a Senate bill went from tightening up security on your email account, to instead giving federal agencies martial law on all your Internet accounts. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary committee, proposed a legislation called the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2011. The original wording of the legislation makes it harder for law enforcement to peek in on your...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today issued the following response to the Commonwealth Court ruling on voter identification: "Now that the court has upheld the constitutionality of the law, we can continue to focus our attention on ensuring that every Pennsylvania citizen who wants to vote has the identification necessary to make sure their vote counts.'' Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele, whose department oversees elections...
HARRISBURG, Pa., July 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele issued the following statement on the Philadelphia Voting Irregularities Report which was released earlier today: "As the state's chief election official, I commend Philadelphia City Commissioner Al Schmidt on his efforts to investigate alleged election crimes in Philadelphia. His report is a chilling reminder of the many ways in which election fraud has been committed in our...
WASHINGTON, June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the reaction of U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., chairman of the State Department and Foreign Operations Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on the conviction Wednesday in Ethiopia of journalist Eskinder Nega: "The Ethiopian Government's use of vague anti-terrorism laws to silence the press has been widely and rightly condemned. The conviction of Eskinder Nega and other journalists, who are accused...
Michael Harper for redOrbit.com Steve Jobs may or may not have once declared “thermonuclear” war on Google’s Android. Now, it seems the two California companies have found themselves in a brand new kind of battle. The two smartphone makers are accustomed to duking it out over marketshare and units sold. How they got into the almost yawn-worthy battle of Mapping could be less interesting than the battle itself, if that’s even possible. So, while Apple has left Google to make their...
