How best to start developing a strategy for United States activities in outer space? A specially-convened workshop of experts has initiated a dialogue on how to develop a U.S. National Space Strategy.
Baylor Law Professor Mark Osler has joined with the ACLU and other groups and individuals nationwide preparing a petition calling on the Obama Administration to commute the sentence of a grandmother serving her 17th year of a 27-year federal prison sentence for a first time, non-violent crack cocaine conspiracy offense.
Workplace equality for women boils down to not only whether women are included in the workforce but on how they are included.
Rafael Reuveny, a professor of public and environmental affairs at Indiana University, says President Obama should bypass the gridlocked Congress and issue an executive order to cut greenhouse gases.
University of Oregon authors focus on key perspectives and experiences, provide roadmap for changes.
The American Psychological Association urged both the Pentagon and Congress today to move swiftly to end the restrictions on gays and lesbians serving openly in the military, noting that there are decades of scientific research demonstrating no threat to military readiness or morale.
Funding will ensure that scientists continue transformational research, leading to technologies that spur innovation and generate clean energy jobs to keep the nation competitive in a global economy.
“The tobacco industry has always been very nimble and aggressive in its responses to new regulations, and Altria’s current attempts to market smokeless tobacco as ‘less harmful’ are no exception,” says Douglas Luke, Ph.D., professor and director of the Center for Tobacco Policy Research at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. “Part of what we're seeing here is the tobacco industry trying to position smokeless tobacco products so that they either do not come under the new Food and Drug Administration regulations or they come under weaker regulations.”
Michael Middleton, associate professor of education at the University of New Hampshire, is available to discuss the sweeping changes proposed by the Obama Administration to the No Child Left Behind Act and the elements of the original act that educators have found problematic.
NASA is set to unveil the space agency’s fiscal year 2011 budget on Monday, February 1st. Dr. Ray Williamson, Executive Director of Secure World Foundation, is prepared to respond to reporter questions regarding the proposed NASA budget.
National Wildlife Federation applauds Obama State of the Union.
A University of South Carolina researcher in experimental psychology can discuss his studies and the science that supports federal and state bans on texting while driving.
Count on more political attack ads in 2010 after a Supreme Court ruling lifting the ban on corporation and labor donations, according to political scientist John Geer.
A new study offers a scathing critique of a U.S. immigration enforcement program that targets migrant workers. The report states that the program, Operation Streamline, violates the civil rights of defendants and diverts resources from fighting border violence: drug smuggling and human trafficking.
A University of Iowa free speech expert is available to discuss the Supreme Court decision expected this week in a case that could overturn limits on campaign spending by some organizations.
For every $100 of taxpayer money spent on refrigerators under the federal appliance rebate program, $6 is entirely lost, say two University of Delaware economists.
As President Obama wraps up his first year in office, how has his government affected the United States’s relations with its largest trading partner? What will President Obama’s direction be during the next four years and what impact will that have on Canada? Ryerson University experts can provide their insight on these and other questions in the lead-up to President Obama’s state-of-the-union address in February.
A list of faculty experts to serve as sources for reporters covering the upcoming State of the Union Address.
The United States Senate, in a historic Christmas Eve vote, passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 (H.R. 3590). The Women's Health Office Act (WHOA), SWHR’s signature piece of legislation, was included as a provision in the health reform bill, marking a tremendous accomplishment for women’s health and women's health research and an advancement of SWHR’s advocacy work.
States that received funding from two obesity prevention programs founded by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention implemented more than twice as many obesity-prevention policy initiatives as states that did not receive funding, according to a study by researchers from RTI International.
The overwhelming majority of Americans support action to limit carbon pollution and move the U.S. toward a clean energy future, according to a new poll released today by National Wildlife Federation.
As the debate over health reform continues, please remember that faculty members of The George Washington University (GW) Medical Center Department of Health Policy are available to comment on topics regarding health reform, including: general policy/political analysis, Medicare, Medicaid, compliance, community health centers, state health reform, affordability, finance, health technology information.
James Martin, who specializes in the study of infrastructure for increased resilience to natural or terrorist activities, advocates community-based leadership to minimize disasters. "Government must coordinate efforts but ... we need the transportation, water, power, and other industries to share the leadership."
One year ago this week, Siemens (a global powerhouse in the industry, energy and healthcare sectors) agreed to pay $800 million in combined U.S. fines and penalties to settle Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) charges for a pattern of bribery the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”) termed “unprecedented in scale and geographic scope.” The charged conduct involved improper payments to obtain or retain (among other business) transportation, telecommunication, energy and health sector contracts in (among other places) Argentina, China, Mexico, Nigeria, Russia, and Venezuela.
More than twenty of our nation’s premiere physician organizations applaud Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) for introducing an amendment to The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590). The amendment delays by one year the implementation of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to eliminate the use of consultation codes.
Earlier this week, Don Fisher, PhD, President and CEO of the American Medical Group Association (AMGA), wrote to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), urging him to oppose the recently revealed idea for a Medicare “buy-in” plan. Reid had asked a group of 10 Senators, chaired by Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), to address the public plan option. As part of the group’s work, a plan has been developed to allow a “buy-in” to Medicare for those 55 to 64 years of age and without other insurance coverage.
Research parks’ role in job creation will be the focal point this Wednesday, December 9th as the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation hears testimony on Senate Bill 583 Building A Stronger America Act.
The Endocrine Society commends Representative Jim Moran (D-VA) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) for introducing the Endocrine Disruption Prevention Act of 2009 (H.R. 4190; S. 2828). The bill, endorsed by the Society, amends the Public Health Service Act by authorizing the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to conduct a research program on endocrine disruption aimed at preventing and reducing the production of and the public’s exposure to harmful chemicals.
On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB. Indiana U. legal expert Donna Nagy has been researching and writing about the constitutional status of the PCAOB for years and can comment on the case.
President Obama launched the “Educate to Innovate” campaign, a nationwide effort to motivate U.S. kids to excel in math and science. Jeffrey Choppin, Ph.D., believes that this initiative is a great way to engage students in mathematics outside the classroom. He suggests that the initiative should help students grapple with problems that are authentic and mathematically intriguing, with an underlying goal of connecting the ways students experience the world with formal mathematical concepts.
Lee Goldman, M.D., executive vice president for health and biomedical sciences and dean of the faculties of medicine and health sciences at Columbia University testified today on medical malpractice reform before the New York State Senate Committees on Codes, Health and Insurance in Albany, New York.
The growth of global space capabilities and the importance of emerging space Sates is addressed by Dr. Ray Williamson, Executive Director of Secure World Foundation, before a U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics.
The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources today approved legislation expanding key watershed and environmental education programs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Nationwide, 14 percent of open homicide cases and 18 percent of open rape cases contain forensic evidence that has not been sent to a crime lab for analysis, according to a new study conducted by RTI International for the Office of Justice Programs' National Institute of Justice.
Harvard University event targets social, legal history of crack cocaine.
On Nov. 21, 2009, Americans with a genetic medical condition will no longer live in fear of discrimination from their employers because of their unique genetic code. On that date, The Genetic Information Nondiscrimation Act (GINA) goes into effect, prohibiting employers from discriminating in terms of hiring, promotion, firing or any other terms and conditions of employment based on an individual’s genetic code.
The new study calls for Congressional action to cap payday lender interest rates at 36 percent.
Law enforcement officers who are exposed to child pornography as part of their investigative work report experiencing mental health problems that impact both their work and home lives, according to new research from the University of New Hampshire Crimes against Children Research Center.
Latin American expert discusses Honduran coup and upcoming election.
For questions about what a modern “smart” grid would look like or how it would function, please consider the research expertise of Alan Mantooth, professor of electrical engineering and executive director of the National Center for Reliable Electric Power Transmission (NCREPT) at the University of Arkansas.
A Complaint filed October 22, 2009 in Federal District Court in Tampa, Florida alleges that Bank of America was at the center of yet another Ponzi scheme. The operator of this scheme, 27 year-old Beau Diamond, defrauded hundreds of investors from Florida and around the country of at least $37 million. He claimed to be an experienced trader in off exchange foreign currencies. In truth, he had no such experience and was not registered to sell securities or trade foreign currencies for others.
The United States should create a high-level independent council to analyze and communicate critical issues to energy policymakers and the public, a group of 27 leaders in academia, government, and the private sector recommends in a new report.
Samuel Totten, an internationally known genocide scholar and author and editor of numerous books about genocide, is available to comment on the new Obama administration's policy in Sudan.
Yeonhwa Park, the only food scientist on the national committee reviewing school lunch and breakfast nutrition standards, brought special expertise in reducing sodium and increasing whole grains in school meals at an affordable price. Reducing sodium over 10 years is worth a try, she says.
Washington and Lee University's School of Law has partnered with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development to explore the prevention and efficient management of investment treaty disputes.
The federal government’s role in health care has served as a contentious topic for at least 150 years.
Jails could be a point of strategic intervention in helping homeless people access treatment for substance abuse and mental health problems, according to a study at the University of Arkansas.
Hand-held phone use was an estimated 65 percent lower in Connecticut, 24 percent lower in New York, and 43 percent lower in the District of Columbia than would have been expected without the laws.
University of Arkansas psychology professor Jeffrey Lohr and colleague David Tolin have documented the history and criticisms of the ethics policy of the American Psychological Association and recommended remedies to restore ethical standards to the profession.
A new study by researchers at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Estimating the Economic Gains for States as a Result of Medicaid Coverage Expansions for Adults, finds that the Medicaid expansions under consideration in Congress not only will improve the health and well-being of previously uninsured individuals and families but also will generate significant economic returns in new business activities, jobs, salaries, and wages. The report concludes that the rate of return is between two and six dollars for every dollar invested.
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