Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013.  The Satellite Sentinel Project, which George Clooney founded along with John Prendergast in 2010, is issuing a human security warning for civilians living south of Kadugli in Sudan’s South Kordofan state and for those in the hotly contested Abyei area. Satellite images reviewed by DigitalGlobe Analytics show[Read More…]

Damascus–(ENEWSPF)–22 October 2013 – The Syrian Government has been fully cooperating with the destruction of its chemical weapons programme, the head of the joint mission of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and the United Nations today said. “To date, the Government of Syria has fully cooperated[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 22, 2013. Secretary of Labor Thomas E. Perez issued the following statement about the September 2013 Employment Situation report released today: “The economy added 148,000 total nonfarm jobs in September. With the addition of 126,000 private-sector jobs, that makes a total of over 7.6 million new private-sector jobs over[Read More…]

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…]

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…]

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 22, 2013, NOTE: The release of these data occurs about 2 weeks later than originally scheduled because of the recent partial Federal government shutdown. Data collection for the estimates in this release had been completed prior to the shutdown in accordance with our normal schedule. However, the processing[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013 – 12:50 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for being here, as ever.  Happy Monday to you.  I’m sure you were able to hear the President’s remarks a little earlier about the Affordable Care Act.  Before I take your questions I[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013. Index for Today’s Briefing FRANCE Ambassador Rivkin’s Meeting with French Officials / NSA Allegations / Intelligence EGYPT Condemnation of Attack in Cairo / Religious Freedom Engagement with Interim Government / Aid PAKISTAN Release of Aid / Security Assistance Dr. Shakil Afridi Counterterrorism Cooperation SYRIA Chemical Weapons[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013.  Today, Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR), as well as Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Mark Warner (D-VA), Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), Jon Tester (D-MT), Pat Toomey (R-PA), and Mary Landrieu (D-LA) called on U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Mary Jo White to quickly issue[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 21, 2013.  The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently announced the availability of $29 million in competitive research funds for innovative public transportation projects that will help ensure safe and reliable transit service for riders of America’s public transportation systems. The grants will help transit agencies[Read More…]