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Politics: President John F. Kennedy Newsletter for 2019-08-25 ( 4 items )  
Andrew Goodman Foundation: Leading Civil Rights Organizations File Motion for Preliminary Injunction (10)
MAHWAH, New Jersey, Aug. 19 -- The Andrew Goodman Foundation issued the following news release: On August 16, The Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and its pro bono partner Hogan Lovells US, LLP, filed a motion for an immediate preliminary injunction to prevent the state of Tennessee from implementing a voter suppression law signed by the Governor in May. The law is set to take effect on October 1, 2019, but poses immediate repercussions. The law places arbitrary and excessive burde more PR

Department of Labor's Hall of Honor Ceremony Date Announced (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * - Former U.S. Senator Robert Griffin, Former NLRB Member Howard Jenkins, Jr. to be Inducted in Ceremony on September 26, 2019 * * * The U.S. Department of Labor's Hall of Honor ceremony, which will include the inductions of former U.S. Senator Robert Griffin and former National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) member Howard Jenkins, Jr. based on their work on the landmark Labor-Management Reporting and D more PR

DLA-General Services Agency Partnership to Manage Federal Supply Classes Spans History (10)
FORT BELVOIR, Virginia, Aug. 21 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Logistics Agency issued the following news: By Colin Williams Former President Herbert Hoover led two commissions to analyze the efficiency of the federal government in post-World War II America. The first resulted in the creation of the General Services Agency in 1949; the second laid the foundation for the establishment of the Defense Supply Agency in 1961. While GSA consolidated property-related activities across th more PR

Peace Corps to Re-Establish Program in Kenya (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- The Peace Corps issued the following news release: Over five years after the suspension of its program in Kenya, the Peace Corps announced today it will re-open its doors in the East African country. "Since the departure of our volunteers in 2014, the Government of Kenya, the Peace Corps and the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi have been steadfast in our desire to return to the important work volunteers were doing throughout the country," said Jody Olsen, Director of the Peace Co more PR