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Business and Trade Association Leaders to Testify at National Regulatory Fairness Hearing
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Carol Chastang of U.S. Small Business Administration, +1- 202-205-6987 SBA Administrator Steve Preston Will Give Opening Remarks WASHINGTON, March 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was issued today by the U.S. Small Business Administration: WHAT: The U.S. Small Business Administrations Office of the National Ombudsman will...
Tags: fairness, MARKETING, Transportation, U.S. Small Business Administration
Research articles 2008-03-11
Business and Trade Association Leaders to Participate in First National Regulatory Fairness Hearing
To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Carol Chastang of the U.S. Small Business Administration, +1-202-205-6987 WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Office of the National Ombudsman at the U.S. Small Business Administration will host its second national regulatory fairness hearing in Washington D.C. on March 12, at 10 a.m. This event,...
Tags: agency, fairness, MARKETING, U.S. Small Business Administration
Research articles 2008-02-22
Sanity And Sentencing
The ‘get tough’ policies of the 1980s don’t work; they undermine faith in the fairness of the justice system. For two decades, the federal government has pursued, prosecuted and sentenced cocaine offenders in a way that borders on insanity—targeting petty criminals over serious drug dealers and, in doing so,...
Tags: fairness, Government, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-12-24
Coin Collectors Sue U.S. State Department
To: POLITICAL EDITORSContact: Wayne Sayles, Executive Director of Ancient Coin Collectors Guild, +1-417-679-2142, director@accg.us GAINESVILLE, Mo., Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ancient Coin Collectors Guild ACCG, an advocacy group for private collectors and independent scholars, announced the filing today of a Freedom of Information Act FOIA lawsuit against the U....
Tags: DOS, fairness, lawsuit, U.S. Department of State
Research articles 2007-11-15
SBA to Host Live Web Chat on Regulatory Fairness for Small Businesses
To: NATIONAL EDITORSContact: Cecelia Taylor of the U.S. Small Business Administration, +1-202-401-3059 WASHINGTON, Oct. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being issued by the U.S. Small Business Administration:WHO: SBA National Ombudsman Nicholas Owens will host the October Webchat on Regulatory Fairness and Your Small Business.Owens, who also serves...
Tags: fairness, MARKETING, U.S. Small Business Administration, Web
Research articles 2007-10-12
Don't Let Liberals Re-Impose the Fairness Doctrine
(ProQuest: ... denotes text stops here in original.) The American people love a fair fight and so do I. especially where the issues of the day are debated. In a free market, fairness should be determined based upon equal opportunity, not equal results. Some voices are calling for Congress to...
Tags: airwave, broadcaster, fairness, FCC, MARKETING, radio, regulation
Research articles 2007-08-27
Reversing the Reagan Revolution
CULTURE For the past 20 years or so, liberals and conservatives alike have loved to complain about the content of the broadcast media, albeit for different reasons. Rarely have they recognized that their complaints have a common root cause, or that they could have a common solution-the Media...
Tags: broadcaster, fairness, FCC, Government, MARKETING, media, radio
Research articles 2007-08-01
Air Wars Break Out Over Fairness Doctrine (Broadcasting and Cable)
With a talk lineup that includes Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, WMALAM Washington was among the column of conservative talk-radio stations that helped last month to dash President Bush's dreams of signing an immigration-reform bill. Now the station is joining the fight over an issue that speaks directly...
Tags: broadcasting, cable, Democrat, fairness, FCC, Government, MARKETING, radio, Rep., Republican, Sen.
Research articles 2007-07-09
Letters to the editor
The Washington, D.C., junta is tearing apart the U.S. economy, society and international goodwill. America deserves, and urgently needs, a new social contract based on the notions of fairness, sustainability and international cooperation. The White House needs a new resident, of the stature and vision of FDR, with a New...
Tags: fairness, goodwill, Strategy, sustainability, White House
Research articles 2007-06-29
The "desert" model for sentencing: its influence, prospects, and alternatives
INTRODUCTION THE DECLINE OF THE REHABILITATIVE ETHOS IN SENTENCING THEORY in the post-1960s is a story that has been told often (see, for example, Allen, 1981) and need not be rehearsed here. * Penal treatment programs, once tested for their effectiveness, showed scant success--or at most, succeeded only in...
Tags: Andrew, Anthony, aspiration, conception, conduct, disposition, Electronic Data Systems Corp., fairness, punishment, REFORM, Richard, sanction, severity, University of Oxford
Research articles 2007-06-22
Business and Trade Association Leaders to Participate in First National Regulatory Fairness Hearing
To: BUSINESS EDITORSContact: Carol Chastang of Office of the National Ombudsman at the U.S. Small Business Administration, +1-202-205-6987 WASHINGTON, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- The Office of the National Ombudsman at the U.S. Small Business Administration will host a national regulatory fairness hearing in Washington D.C. on March 16 from 10...
Tags: agency, fairness, SOFTWARE, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Small Business Administration
Research articles 2007-03-07
Coalition Continues Fight for Tort Reform
CHARLESTON - One year ago, a group of business interests called West Virginians for Fairness asked lawmakers to make some changes in how asbestos- and silica-based personal injury lawsuits could be pursued.The group didn't get very far. The 2006 legislation never even got out of committee in the House of...
Tags: asbestos, Cox, Fairness, Jones, lawyer, Litigation, monitoring, U.S. Senate
Research articles 2007-01-19
110th Congress
New faces, new leadership, and renewed hope for equality, fairness, peace and prosperity are on the horizon, and NOW has our "to do" list ready. The voices, needs, hopes and fears of women were heard loud and clear in November's elections. Women voted in large numbers, and they cast their...
Tags: fairness, U.S. Congress, women, workplace
Research articles 2007-01-01
Rights groups ask Egypt to reconsider Sinai death sentences
CAIRO AFP — Rights groups have urged Egypt to reconsider death sentences handed to three men for their involvement in the October 2004 suicide bombings in Sinai, questioning the fairness of the trials. "President Hosni Mubarak should immediately order a retrial for three men convicted of playing a role in...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Egypt, fairness, Government, torture
Research articles 2006-12-13
Government could send us back to 19th century.
Byline: Joe Isaac Aug 28, 2006 (The Age - ABIX via COMTEX) -- The Australian Government's WorkChoices reforms have been touted as promoting a simpler, fairer and flexible industrial relations system. However, the 1,300 pages of Acts and regulations contain complex provisions. ...
Tags: fairness, FINANCE, Government, Regulations, World Economic Forum
Research articles 2006-08-28
Canadian Labour Congress: If it's good for BC and Quebec, it's good for Canada.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Jun 8, 2006 CCNMatthews via COMTEX -- After the first debate on Bill C-257 - An Act to amend the Canada Labour Code replacement workers - Canadian working families feel more confident that Parliament will finally adopt legislation to ban the use of scabs ...
Tags: Canada, fairness, U.S. Congress, worker
Research articles 2006-06-08
US envoy urges Kuwait to treat expat labour fairly
KUWAIT CITY AFP — The US ambassador to Kuwait urged the oil-rich emirate to respect the basic rights of two million foreign labourers living here and to treat them with fairness. "All workers, Kuwaiti and expatriate, both in the formal sectors of the economy and in households, need to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Benefits, fairness, Kuwait, worker
Research articles 2006-05-09
As Torino Turns Our take on the Olympic drama.(News)
Byline: Stacy St. Clair Gold: To fairness. It was nice to see the judges rightly award the gold to Japan's Shizuka Arakawa. Of course, after Sasha Cohen and Irina Slutskaya became human Zambonis, they didn't have much of a choice. ...
Tags: fairness, Japan, NBC Universal Inc.
Research articles 2006-02-24
To Ensure Justice for All, Impose Moratorium on the Death Penalty
Greco, Michael Forward 12-16-2005 Michael Greco is president of the American Bar Association. On Tuesday, Stanley "Tookie" Williams was executed, despite a nationwide outpouring of support for clemency in his case. Those arguing on his behalf maintained Williams' s innocence,...
Tags: American Bar Association, fairness, Williams
Research articles 2005-12-16
Statement by Rafael Palmeiro
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a statement of Rafael Palmeiro: Since I was informed last May that I tested positive for steroids, I have fully cooperated with Major League Baseball and Congress in their respective inquiries into this matter. I have done so because I have nothing...
Tags: congressman, fairness, Games, MLB
Research articles 2005-11-09