NOAA-certified Print-on-Demand partners will continue to sell up-to-date paper nautical charts Most mariners now use Print-on-Demand nautical charts that are up-to-date to the moment of printing. High resolution (Credit: NOAA) NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey, which creates and maintains the nation’s suite of over a thousand nautical charts of U.S.[Read More…]
Year: 2013
Aaron’s Rent-To-Own Chain Settles FTC Charges That it Enabled Computer Spying by Franchisees
Aaron’s Prohibited from Using Monitoring Technology, Must Obtain Consumer Consent Before Using Location-Tracking Software Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013. Aaron’s, Inc., a national, Atlanta-based rent-to-own retailer, has agreed to settle FTC charges that it knowingly played a direct and vital role in its franchisees’ installation and use of software on rental[Read More…]
Ensuring Cities Are Prepared 1 Year After Superstorm Sandy
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013. Today, a week before the one-year anniversary of Superstorm Sandy—a catastrophic event that caused more than 150 deaths and $65 billion in damages and economic losses along the East Coast— making landfall in New Jersey, the Center for American Progress released two reports that promote actions[Read More…]
Poll Shows Americans Embracing Diversity and Strongly Supporting Steps to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Inequality
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013. New public opinion research conducted by the Center for American Progress and PolicyLink and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation found that Americans are much more open to diversity and supportive of steps to reduce inequalities between racial and ethnic groups than is commonly portrayed in politics and[Read More…]
Center for American Progress’ Economist Adam Hersh on September 2013 Jobs Report
Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013. Today, Center for American Progress Economist Adam Hersh issued the following reaction to the announcement of September’s employment figures: Released 18 days late due to the government shutdown, today’s Department of Labor report is a stark reminder that it’s time for Congress to focus on the[Read More…]
Investigative Report Finds Soaring Pesticide Use and Poisoning Linked to GE Crop Production
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013. Nearly a week after plant geneticists from the world’s largest agrichemical companies accepted the World Food Prize, an Associated Press (AP) investigation links the effect of their work to soaring pesticide use and resulting health problems. According to the AP, the advent of “no-till” farming methods in Argentina[Read More…]
Energy Department Announces $60 Million to Drive Affordable, Efficient Solar Power
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013. Building on President Obama’s broad-based plan to cut carbon pollution and support clean energy innovation across the country, Energy Secretary Moniz announced today about $60 million to support innovative solar energy research and development. As part of the Department’s SunShot Initiative, these awards will help lower the[Read More…]
Remarks by Secretary of State Kerry With Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid al-Atiyah Before Their Meeting
Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013. SECRETARY KERRY: Thank you very much. I want to thank Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius for his gracious hospitality here in Paris, and I will be meeting with him tomorrow morning. I look forward to that meeting. And I want to express my deep appreciation to Secretary[Read More…]
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Publishes Procedures to Ensure Consumers Making Remittance Transfers are Protected
Bureau Also Releases Tool to Help Make Regulations Easier to Understand WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2013. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) today published the procedures it will use in examining institutions that make remittance transfers for consumers. The Bureau is also releasing eRegulations, an online tool designed to make regulations easier[Read More…]
Open Registration Now in Progress for the 2014 Spring Semester at South Suburban College
SOUTH HOLLAND, IL—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2013. Open Registration for the Spring 2014 Semester at South Suburban College is now in progress with classes starting on Monday, January 13, 2014. Students are encouraged to register early to ensure a seat in a class section of choice. Students who plan to use[Read More…]
