Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013.  Today, a report released by the Center for American Progress finds that the leading natural resource revenue sharing proposal in Congress, called the Fixing America’s Inequities with Revenue, or FAIR, Act, would cost U.S. taxpayers more than $49 billion of lost offshore drilling revenue between 2014[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013.  Today, as Americans wait for the House of Representatives to take up immigration reform, new analysis from the Center for American Progress (CAP) shows the substantial impact that the passage of reform would make. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity,[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–Noveber 7, 2013.  As the debate continues in Congress and the Department of Defense as to how we should address sexual assault and criminal justice system reform in the military, the Center for American Progress released a report that takes a historical look at the problem and offers recommendations.[Read More…]

WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2013.  The Federal Aviation Administration today announced its rules for the testing of domestic drones in six areas around the country. The rules say that the state or local agencies overseeing the test sites must have publicly available plans for privacy, data use, and data retention, and that[Read More…]

ANN ARBOR–(ENEWSPF)–November 5, 2013.  Using the high-tech tools of a new field called neurogenetics and a few simple questions for parents, a University of Michigan researcher is beginning to understand which boys are simply being boys and which may be headed for trouble. “When young children lie or cheat or[Read More…]

BERKELEY–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2013.  The outsourcing of airport jobs that once sustained middle-class careers has left many airport workers in jobs characterized by insecurity and low wages, according to a new UC Berkeley study released Monday, Nov. 4. According to the study, this trend poses problems for workers, the communities surrounding[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 4, 2013.  Given the levels of funding involved, it is no surprise that from its inception procurement reform at the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, has been contentious and that there have been a series of distortions around its rationale, goals, and efficacy. Today, the Center[Read More…]

Polls of Eight Congressional Districts Show Benefit of Voting for Reform WASHINGTON, DC –(ENEWSPF)–October 29, 2013.  New Public Policy Polling (PPP) polls of eight congressional districts, commissioned by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), show that Republican House members can begin to rebuild the damage to their popularity caused by[Read More…]

Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013. The recent explosion in judicial campaign cash and the growing use of “soft-on-crime” attack ads in state supreme court elections is impacting states’ criminal justice systems, according to a new report out today from the Center for American Progress. “Criminals and Campaign Cash” explores how, as[Read More…]

Ownership of tablets jumped from 8% to 40% among families with young kids; infants and toddlers spend more than twice as much time with screen media as with books. SAN FRANCISCO–(ENEWSPF)–October 28, 2013.  Common Sense Media today announced the release of “Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America 2013,”[Read More…]