NEW YORK, Nov. 18 (TNSsel) -- Columbia University issued the following news: * * * President Bollinger, Jelani Cobb, Natalia Herbst, and Zeynep Tufekci joined in the global event. * * * Yesterday, the Obama Foundation, in partnership with Columbia University and the University of Chicago, hosted the Democracy Forum in New York City, "a global convening focused on the ideas that are essential to our democracy." The event featured panel discussions and speeches. The participants came from arou more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following fact sheet on Thanksgiving (No. R44279) on Nov. 22, 2022, by reference librarian Audrey Celeste Crane-Hirsch: * * * Introduction Thanksgiving is a federal holiday observed on the fourth Thursday in November. It began in 1621 as a harvest celebration between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians and has become a time for families and friends to gather to reflect and to express gratitude. In 1789, Presiden more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Fertilizer Institute has issued a public comment to the U.S. Department of Labor. The comment was written on Nov. 14, 2022, and posted on Nov. 15, 2022. The comment, on Docket No. OSHA-2013-0020, was sent to James S. Frederick, deputy assistant secretary of Labor for occupational safety and health. * * * The Fertilizer Institute (TFI), on behalf of its member companies, submits these comments addressing the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) r more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24 -- Howard University issued the following news release: Howard University officially launched the Center for Journalism & Democracy, in a day-long Democracy Summit on November 15. The event brought together center founder Nikole Hannah-Jones, democracy experts, journalists, students, and faculty. At the summit, the Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist spoke about the fragility of American democracy, the need for new directions in journalism education, the highly polarized poli more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The House Natural Resources Committee issued the following written statement by Manuel Laboy, executive director of the Puerto Rico Central Office for Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency, involving a hybrid hearing on Nov. 17, 2022, entitled "Puerto Rico's Post-Disaster Reconstruction and Power Grid Development": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to present on behalf of the American Citizens of Puerto Rico an update of our island's reconstruction and power grid dev more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 -- The Institute for Governance and Sustainable Development has issued a public comment to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. The comment was written on Nov. 14, 2022, and posted on Nov. 15, 2022. The comment, on Docket No. IRS-2022-0023-0001, was sent to Secretary Janet L. Yellen and Charles P. Rettig, commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service. Here are excerpts: * * * These comments are submitted on behalf of the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development ( more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. has issued a public comment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The comment was written on Nov. 14, 2022, and posted on Nov. 15, 2022. The comment was on Docket No. USDA-2022-0015. Here are excerpts: * * * On behalf of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) we submit the following comments in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Notice of Request for Public Comment on Section 22007 of more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 26 -- The National Association for Equal Opportunity In Higher Education with three collaborators have issued a public comment to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The comment was written on Nov. 14, 2022, and posted on Nov. 15, 2022. The collaborators are Amesite Inc., Black Shopping Channel and ECRID Inc. The comment was on Docket No. USDA-2022-0015-0001. Here are excerpts: * * * The National Association for Equal Opportunity In Higher Education (NAFEO), the Voice for B more ST

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 (TNSper) -- The National League of Cities issued the following news release: The National League of Cities (NLC) has elected Mayor Victoria Woodards of Tacoma, WA as its new president. She stepped into her new role at NLC's 2022 City Summit held last week in Kansas City, MO. Woodards will serve a one-year term with a special focus on partnerships related to affordable housing and workforce development. "I am so proud to be stepping into this important role at a time in whi more PR

PRINCETON, New Jersey, Nov. 22 (TNSconf) -- Princeton University issued the following news: New York University Professor of Philosophy and Law Kwame Anthony Appiah has been selected as the University's 2023 Baccalaureate speaker. Appiah, a renowned philosopher and cultural theorist, previously taught at Princeton and is the Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Emeritus. Baccalaureate, an end-of-year interfaith service that is o more PR

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25 (TNSrep) -- Sen. Mark Warner, D-Virginia, issued a 36-page report in November 2022 entitled "Cybersecurity is Patient Safety: Policy Options in the Health Care Sector." Here are excerpts: (Continued from Part 1 of 4) * * * IMPROVING FEDERAL LEADERSHIP AND OUR NATIONAL RISK POSTURE CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION In order to understand whether any reforms are needed to the federal government's health care cybersecurity prevention and response capabilities, one must first unders more ST