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- Industry fights restrictions on T&M contracts.(United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services)(time and materials)(Brief article)
- A coalition of industry groups is fighting new restrictions on time-and-material and labor hour contracts for commercial services. A coalition of industry groups is fighting new restrictions on time-and-material and labor hour contracts for commercial services.
- Research articles 2007-11-09
- You Want State Regulation Of Insurance? Then Prove It!(Brief Article)
- It is rapidly becoming "put up or shut up" time for those industry groups that claim to favor state regulation of insurance. The recent statements by two Republican leaders in Congress that they are willing to consider federal insurance r It is rapidly becoming...
- Research articles 2000-08-07
- Chemical Groups Urge Congress to Reauthorize HMTA. (Markets).(Hazardous Materials Transportation Act )(Brief Article)
- THE AMERICAN Chemistry Council ACC and more than two dozen other industry groups urged Congress last week to approve a White House plan to reauthorize the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act HMTA. The Bush administration's legislative p THE AMERICAN Chemistry...
- Research articles 2001-12-10
- Call to Congress: Terrorism insurance needed
- An industry group is calling on Congress to address without delay the need for comprehensive and affordable terrorism insurance in commercial real estate markets.
- Research articles 2002-05-15
- IECA presses US congress to ensure an affordable energy supply. (News).(Industrial Energy Consumers of America )
- AN INDUSTRY group is calling on Congress to "stem the national energy crisis" by passing legislation that would lead to increased production of natural gas and lower prices for the key feedstock. In a letter to Congressional leaders, AN...
- Research articles 2003-02-17
- Chemical industry calls for immediate steps to avert natural gas crisis.
- AS PRICES FOR energy products continue to soar, the chemical industry, the nation's largest industrial consumer of natural gas, is calling on the Bush administration and Congress to take "immediate steps to avert a looming natural gas crisis. AS PRICES FOR energy products...
- Research articles 2003-03-10
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- Foreign, U.S. automakers unite with labor to fight new fuel economy rules
- WASHINGTON -- Domestic and foreign, management and labor, the U.S. auto industry will present a rare united front to Congress today in its battle against sharply higher fuel efficiency rules for cars and trucks. In what appears to be a first, the leaders of General Motors,...
- Research articles 2007-03-14
- U.S. Funds Sought For Security R&D
- The latest round of pocketbook policy-making has the Bush administration and lawmakers being urged to pay more budget attention to funding programs on cyber security concerns. The Cyber Security Industry Alliance CSIA recently urged the White House and the U.S. Congress to escalate cyber security research ...
- Research articles 2005-08-15
- Online Ads: Spyware or Teasers? Congress to Decide
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. marketers and consumer advocates are preparing for battle over the rules governing online advertising tailored to individual browsing habits, often tracked and collected without notice or permission. The U.S. Congress is due to intervene in the issue in the coming weeks, with a bill in...
- News items 2009-10-07
- U.S. charm offensive at Copenhagen climate conference: Will it work?
- by Keith Schneider COPENHAGEN—Lisa Jackson, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, pushed through a crush of visitors at the U.S. Center late this morning, stepped to the podium in front of a packed meeting room, and became the first of President Obama's senior advisors...
- News items 2009-12-09
- RIAA opposes fair use bill: recording industry trade group fears piracy.(LEGAL)
- With the popularity of sites such as YouTube, there's been a lot of talk lately about the concept of fair use. A new bill in the U.S. Congress aimed at protecting fair use rights for consumers of copyrighted material, however, would "legalize hacking," in the words...
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- GMAC gets $5-billion in U.S. bailout funds
- WASHINGTON — ? The U.S. Treasury Department said that it will provide $5-billion (U.S.) to GMAC Financial Services LLC, the ailing financing arm of General Motors Corp., in a move expected to stave off a bankruptcy protection filing at the company but also severely limit GM's control over it. In...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Former U.S. Commerce Secretary William Daley to Deliver Keynote At 3G World Congress in Hong Kong
- Business Editors and High-Tech Writers HONG KONG--BUSINESS WIRE--May 7, 2001 Largest Wireless Conference in Asia Brings Industry Leaders Together to Discuss Next Generation Wireless Services Former U.S. commerce secretary and global electronic commerce champion William Daley will deliver the keynote address at this year's 3G World...
- Research articles 2001-05-07
- Industry sees open stance from Congress on China
- Washington -- U.S. Congressmen are taking a more open view to pleas by electronics manufacturers to pressure China to revalue its currency. "I think the Representatives are becoming attuned to manufacturing and our industry," Matt Holzmann, president of Christopher Group (christopherweb.com), told CIRCUITS ASSEMBLY. "There's a growing awareness that...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- ATC--the JPDO perspective: the issues: funding, modernization; and the potential for 'a perfect storm'.(INSIDE THE INDUSTRY)(Interview)
- The U.S. Congress, in Vision 100, created the FAA's Joint Planning and Development Office JPDO, a coordinating group between various federal agencies and industry. Its mission: To facilitate the modernization of the U.S. air traffic control system, an issue that is at the center of the...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Nukes, Coal and the National Security Argument
- When the standard let's-save-the-environment argument failed to motivate Congress members to pick up the climate change legislation flag, advocates turned to the economy and job creation. Now a bipartisan group of former Congressmen and U.S. foreign policy leaders -- with resumes tough to ignore -- is pushing...
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- IT Group Defends Microsoft To Congress.
- WASHINGTON, DC, U.S.A., 2001 JAN 12 NB -- By Martin Stone, Newsbytes. A letter signed by presidents and CEOs of 60 emerging technology companies has been sent to the incoming administration and Congress, urging an end to what it termed the misapplication of antitrust law in...
- Research articles 2001-01-15
- As Congressional Deadline Nears, U.S. Scrambles for System to Track Foreigners.
- By Bruce Finley, The Denver Post Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Aug. 11--A system to track foreign visitors as they enter and leave the country, which Congress has ordered to be up and running by year's end, is far from ready. ...
- Research articles 2003-08-11
- INDUSTRY GROUP SCRUTINIZES SCIENCE OF OZONE, PM AIR QUALITY STANDARDS
- The science supporting the Clean Air Act CAA will come under additional scrutiny in coming months, as will the scientific basis for enacting multi-pollutant legislation, a specialist at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce predicted. The business group will keep the debate alive as EPA approaches a new round of revisions...
- Research articles 2002-03-04
- Financial Regulation and Supervision after the Crisis: The Role of the Federal Reserve
- At the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston 54th Economic Conference, Chatham, MassachusettsOctober 23, 2009 The theme of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston's Economic Conference this year–reevaluating regulatory, supervisory, and central banking policies in the wake of the crisis–is certainly timely. Not much more than a year ago, we and...
- News items 2009-10-23
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