Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Releases 48 Findings and 91 Recommendations to Implement Best Practices at the Philadelphia Police Department Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. The Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) today announced the release of its initial report on the Philadelphia Police Department’s[Read More…]
Author: Gary Kopycinski
Remarks by President Obama at the SelectUSA Investment Summit
National Harbor, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015 – 2:39 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you. Please have a seat. Well, thank you, everybody. And let me begin by thanking Penny Pritzker for her outstanding leadership. We’ve got six Cabinet Secretaries and dozens of U.S. ambassadors here, which[Read More…]
Remarks by President Obama at 2015 White House Science Fair
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015 – 12:15 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Hello, everybody! (Applause.) Hello, hello! Thank you. Everybody have a seat. Thank you. Hello, scientists. (Laughter.) So this has got to be the most fun event of the year. (Laughter.) At least in the top three. And before I go[Read More…]
Consumer Protection News: Credit-Reporting Agencies to Improve Medical Debt Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–March 23, 2015. In Case You Missed It: This month brought big news for consumers, with credit-reporting agencies agreeing to major changes in how they treat medical debt. The three big credit-reporting agencies, Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion, will now have to wait 180 days before adding medical debt[Read More…]
Rep. Jan Schakowsky: 16.4 Million Reasons to Celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Obamacare
Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. “Five years ago President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act into law. What is crystal clear today is that the ACA, which I proudly call Obamacare, is working. There are 16.4 million Americans all across our country who now have affordable, quality health insurance[Read More…]
Representative Blumenauer and Senator Markey Introduce Legislation to Reduce Spending on Nuclear Weapons Programs
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. Today, Representative Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) introduced the Smarter Approach to Nuclear Expenditures (SANE) Act – a bill that would save the United States approximately $100 billion over the next 10 years by reducing or eliminating unnecessary nuclear weapons programs. As Congress considers the FY 2016 budget,[Read More…]
Remarks by Defense Secretary Carter and Afghan President Ghani to Servicemembers and Veterans in the Pentagon Courtyard
U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, shakes hands with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani at the Pentagon, March 23, 2015. Carter hosted Ghani and Afghan Chief Executive Dr. Abdullah Abdullah for a visit. During remarks in the Pentagon’s courtyard, Ghani thanked U.S. service members and veterans who served in Afghanistan for[Read More…]
Palestinian Conflict Continues to Destroy Human Life, Dignity – UN Rights Official
Displaced Palestinians with their belongings, following Israeli authorities demolition of their structures in Ein al Hilwa (Tubas Governorate) in the Jordan Valley on 30 January 2014. Photo: OCHA oPt GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–23 March 2015 – Violations of human rights “fuel and shape the conflict” in the occupied Palestinian territories, a senior United[Read More…]
New UN-backed Report Finds ‘Far Too High’ Levels of Elephant Poaching Across Africa
African elephant populations continue to face an immediate threat to their survival from high-levels of poaching for their ivory, especially in Central and West Africa where the situation appears to have deteriorated. Photo: CITES GENEVA–(ENEWSPF)–23 March 2015 – An ongoing decline in overall elephant numbers remains likely as the poaching[Read More…]
Durbin, Democrats Call For Crude-By-Rail Safety Investments
WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)—March 23, 2015. U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter today with 20 other Senators calling on the Senate Appropriations Committee to support robust investment for a Safe Transportation of Energy Products program to address increasing safety concerns related to the transportation of Bakken crude and other energy[Read More…]
