WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (TNSAwa) -- The National Association of Broadcasters issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2022: Former National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) President and CEO Gordon Smith will receive the organization's Distinguished Service Award (NAB DSA) during the 2022 NAB Show in Las Vegas. Smith will receive the award - NAB's highest honor - at the NAB Show Welcome session on Monday, April 25. Smith served as president and CEO of NAB from November 2009 until his transitio more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43625) on Feb. 8, 2022, entitled "SBA Office of Advocacy: Overview, History, and Current Issues" by Robert Jay Dilger, American national government senior specialist: * * * Summary The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) is an "independent" office within the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) that advances "the views and concerns of small businesses before Congress, the White House, federal agencies, th more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (TNSRep) -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following report (No. 83) on Feb. 3, 2022, entitled "Beware the Siren Song of Socialism". The report was written by Lee Edwards, distinguished fellow in conservative thought. * * * For more than a century, socialism has failed everywhere it has been tried, from the Soviet Union to Venezuela. Yet zealous progressives are trying to convince Americans, especially young Americans, that "democratic socialism" is the solution to soci more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 (TNSRep) -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following report (No. 3678) on Feb. 7, 2022, entitled "Combating Big Tech's Totalitarianism: A Road Map". The report was written by Kara Frederick, research fellow in the Center for Technology Policy. * * * Here are excerpts: KEY TAKEAWAYS * The growing symbiosis between Big Tech and government gives these companies undue influence over Americans' daily lives and undermines their rights. * Big Tech has increasingly exercised more PR

MACDILL AFB, Florida, Feb. 10 -- The U.S. Air Force MacDill Air Force Base (6th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news on Feb. 9, 2022: Team MacDill and the Department of Defense join the nation in celebrating Black History Month during February. Black History Month is an annual celebration of achievements by African Americans. It is a time for recognizing their immeasurable impact on United States history. The Association for the Study of African American Life and History theme for 202 more PR

ORLANDO, Florida, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Val Demings, D-Florida, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2022: Today the U.S. House passed H.R. 4445, the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act. This legislation would allow sexual harassment and sexual assault survivors to elect to file a case in a court of law rather than be subject to mandatory, pre-dispute arbitration ("forced arbitration") provisions. Rep. Demings supported H.R. 4445 through the Judiciary Committe more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2022: Last week on the Senate floor, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet asked for unanimous consent (UC) to pass his Amache National Historic Site Act, which he introduced with U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) in April 2021. U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) and Ken Buck (R-Colo.) introduced companion legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives, which passed by 416-2 in  more PR