Day: February 26, 2015

Guidance Issued on Protecting Student Privacy While Using Online Educational Services

Model Terms of Service Offer Direction on Guarding Student Data Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015.  The U.S. Department of Education today released model terms of service guidance and a training video aimed at helping schools and districts protect student privacy while using online educational services and applications. The guidance offers examples[Read More…]

Senators to Education Department: Stop Profiting Off Student Loans and Fulfill Congressional Directives to Help Struggling Borrowers

WASHINGTON, DC —(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015.  Noting that “(i)t is not the job of the Department of Education to maximize profits for the government at the cost of squeezing students who are struggling to get an education,” United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Richard Blumenthal[Read More…]

Planned Parenthood on Report Showing Use of IUDs and Implants Increased Nearly Fivefold Over the Last Decade

CDC Data Reflects Trend in Planned Parenthood Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota (PPMNS) Patients St. Paul, MN —(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015.  This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a  report on the use of long-acting, reversible contraception (LARC) methods among women in the U.S. The report found that[Read More…]

Wisconsin Anti-worker Bill Hurts Families, State’s Economy; Gov. Walker Shouldn’t Sign

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015.  In response to the Wisconsin legislature’s passage of anti-worker “right-to-work” legislation, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry issued the following statement: “This terrible legislation hurts families and it hurts the economy in Wisconsin. Gov. Walker and his out-of-touch allies in the legislature have dealt a blow to working[Read More…]

NASA Spacecraft Prepares for March 12 Launch to Study Earth’s Dynamic Magnetic Space Environment

NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observatories are shown here in the clean room being processed for a March 12 launch from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Image Credit: NASA/Ben Smegelsky Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015. Final preparations are underway for the launch of NASA’s quartet of[Read More…]

Mercedes-Benz Recalls 5,586 Vehicles, Feb. 26 2015

Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—February 26, 2015 SUMMARY: Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC – DBA Sprinter (Sprinter) is recalling certain model year 2015 Sprinter 2500 and 3500 vehicles manufactured July 1, 2014, to October 14, 2014. In the affected vehicles, the abutting wedge, a component attached to the door jam to make opening the door[Read More…]

Cosco Recalls Convertible Hand Trucks Due to Injury Hazard

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015 Cosco Model 12-301 ABL and 12-301 ABL1 hand truck Recall Summary Name of product:  Hand trucks Hazard:  The wheel hub can separate or break and eject pieces during inflation, posing a risk of injury to the consumer and bystanders. Remedy:  View Details Repair Consumer Contact:  Cosco[Read More…]

Center for American Progress: Social Security Too Important to Be Held Hostage to Congressional Politicking

Washington, D.C. —(ENEWSPF)–February 26, 2015.  Rebecca Vallas, Director of Policy for the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress, released the following statement yesterday in advance of the House Ways and Means Committee’s hearing on the Social Security Disability Insurance program: Social Security Disability Insurance has been a[Read More…]

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