Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. Last night, we added several dozen software fixes to the HealthCare.gov website, as we continue to make steady progress towards ensuring that the site works smoothly for the vast majority of users by the end of November. These fixes address key functions of the site: improving[Read More…]
Day: November 21, 2013
Community Activist Terrence Stevens and Mass Incarceration Featured on Henry Louis Gates’ Groundbreaking PBS Series, The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross
PBS Highlights Stevens and His Organization’s Inspiring Work Helping Children With Incarcerated Parents; November 26: Final Episode Features Stevens, Colin Powell, Chuck D, and New Jim Crow Author Michelle Alexander New York, New York—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013.Terrence Stevens, a disabled drug law reform activist – who is also the founder and[Read More…]
Improving Consumer Information – New Letters Make Health Insurance Choices Clear, Nov. 21, 2013
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. Today, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) took a major step to give consumers across the country new, standardized information about their options and rights when it comes to health insurance. This effort is a direct response to the President’s concerns that the small[Read More…]
Open Studio Day at Union Street Gallery on Saturday December 7th
Linda Lane Haynes studio space, 3rd floor CHICAGO HEIGHTS–(ENEWSPF)– Union Street Gallery is hosting its first ever open studio day! Come join the Union Street Gallery studio artists for a day and get a behind the scenes look at the artists creative process. You will be able to watch them[Read More…]
Superseding Indictment Returned Charging Father and Son with Sex Trafficking Offenses
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. A federal grand jury in Milwaukee has returned an 11-count superseding indictment adding David B. Moore, 45, as a defendant in the federal sex trafficking case involving his son, Najee Moore, 22. Both men are charged with conspiracy to engage in the sex trafficking and forced[Read More…]
Durable Medical Equipment Clinic Owner Pleads Guilty in Miami for Role in $11 Million Health Care Fraud Scheme
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. The former owner of a defunct durable medical equipment (DME) clinic based in Miami pleaded guilty today for his role in an $11 million Medicare fraud scheme. Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer of the[Read More…]
Two Executives Indicted for Roles in Fixing Prices on Automobile Parts Sold to Toyota to Be Installed in U.S. Cars
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—November 21, 2013. A Cleveland federal grand jury returned an indictment against two executives of a Japanese automotive supplier for their roles in an international conspiracy to fix prices of automotive anti-vibration rubber parts sold to Toyota and installed in U.S. cars, the Department of Justice announced today. The[Read More…]
Senators Warren, Rubio Propose Stronger Financial Protections For Veterans
Introduce Amendment to Crack Down on Scams Targeting VA’s Aid and Assistance Benefit WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) today introduced a bipartisan amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would help protect older veterans from financial scams. The legislation directs[Read More…]
New Proposals for Post-fire Logging Fail to Protect Northern Spotted Owls
WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013. In a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, a coalition of forest and wildlife conservation groups today called on the Obama administration to implement measures in the final “Northern Spotted Owl Recovery Plan” to protect post-fire forest habitats and[Read More…]
University of Oregon Receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Research in Global Health and Development
EUGENE, Oregon–(ENEWSPF)–November 21, 2013 — The University of Oregon announced today that it is a Grand Challenges Explorations winner, an initiative funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Richard Chartoff, research professor in the University of Oregon Department of Chemistry and director of the Polymer Characterization and Thermal Analysis[Read More…]
