With the Affordable Care Act up and running consumers can sign up for insurance coverage directly by going through the Healthcare.gov website, but there are also volunteers and paid employees who act as federal navigators who can help them. Sadly fraudsters are posing as navigators in some cases to scam people out of money, by offering […]
Contrary top public opinion NSA’s telephone metadata program was “approved” by federal judges and overseen by Congress
Contained within the pages of the FISA Improvement Act of 2013 are sobering comments indicating, among other things that the telephone metadata program was , contrary to public opinion, given proper oversight by Congress. There were also comments regarding the unauthorized disclosures concerning these “lawful programs have provided al-Qa’ida and others with a roadmap of […]
“Federal workers already under sustained attack from the Republicans, said Rep. Doggett of Texas
On October 5, 2013 Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas asked for and was granted permission to address the United States House of representatives for one minute regarding the government shutdown. His comments centered around the incredible oddity (or should I say insanity) of actually paying government workers “not to work”, during the shutdown in which […]
GPO & FEDERAL JUDICIARY ENHANCE PUBLIC ACCESS TO FEDERAL COURT OPINIONS
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO) and the Federal Judiciary are launching a one-year pilot program providing free public access to court opinions through GPO’s Federal Digital System (FDsys). The joint project was approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States and GPO’s Congressional oversight committee, the Joint Committee on Printing. When fully implemented, […]
Federal Judge Rules Bible Handouts At Public Schools Violates First Amendment
US District Judge Carl J. Barbier, in New Orleans, Louisiana, issued a ruling in the favor of the Louisiana branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) as it filed a suit against the Tangipahoa Parish School Board. The ACLU claims that the allowing of Bible handouts in public schools violates the First Amendment of […]
Keep Your Child and the General Public Safe with Vaccinations–National Infant Immunization Week is April 22-29
Widely considered one of the greatest medical achievements of modern civilization, vaccines have prevented countless cases of disease and saved millions of lives. Lauren Snabb, M.D., pediatrician on staff at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan DMC, says that because vaccinations have been so effective in preventing many infectious diseases, parents may not realize that the […]
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