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Nearly 80 Consumer, Energy, Housing, Health, Manufacturing, and Environmental Organizations Call on FHFA to Lower Housing Costs for Renters and Homeowners by Updating Energy Codes
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (TNScapv) -- The National Consumer Law Center issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023:
Today, nearly 80 consumer, energy, housing, health, manufacturing, and environmental organizations sent a letter calling on the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to update energy code requirements to lower costs and make housing safer, healthier and more resilient. Among the many benefits of updating energy codes, the organizations note that it would lower housing costs, increase resilience to climate disasters, improve health outcomes, reduce emissions, and reduce risk of default.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 (TNScapv) -- The National Consumer Law Center issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2023:
Today, nearly 80 consumer, energy, housing, health, manufacturing, and environmental organizations sent a letter calling on the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) to update energy code requirements to lower costs and make housing safer, healthier and more resilient. Among the many benefits of updating energy codes, the organizations note that it would lower housing costs, increase resilience to climate disasters, improve health outcomes, reduce emissions, and reduce risk of default.
Inthe letter, the organizations call on FHFA to require that all new homes with mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the "Enterprises") meet updated energy codes. The organizations write:
"Requiring new homes to meet the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) or ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2019 energy codes would build on FHFA's strong performance in ensuring that the Enterprises address the threats of climate change to the U.S. housing finance system and invest safely and soundly in communities. Adopting the code would also allow FHFA to act in concert with other federal agencies, creating consistent energy requirements for nearly all federally backed mortgage financing.
The outcome will reduce risk to the Enterprises and protect homeowners, while expanding access to affordable homeownership, addressing the racial home equity gap, and reducing home energy burdens. However, absent the new energy code, low-income households will continue to be saddled with decades of energy waste, high utility bills, and poor resilience, making housing less affordable long-term."
Dozens of organizations across many industries have been outspoken in support of federal agencies adopting these updated codes, and helped lead the successful campaign to defeat a harmful and expensive amendment that sought to block the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) from implementing these same updated energy efficiency standards for new housing financed by HUD programs.
Adopting up-to-date building energy codes can lower housing costs, including utility costs, and even save lives during extreme weather events. Research shows that homes built to updated energy standards help people to stay in their homes longer, with lower delinquency rates for loans and significantly lower default risks.
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To: The Honorable Sandra Thompson, Director, Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), Tenth Floor, 400 Seventh Street SW, Washington, D.C. 20219
Dear Director Thompson,
The 78 undersigned affordable housing, consumer, health, energy efficiency, environmental, and business organizations urge the FHFA to require that all mortgages for new homes backed by the Government Sponsored Enterprises (Enterprises) meet the energy code requirements currently proposed by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for their mortgage products.
Requiring new homes to meet the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC) or ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2019 energy codes would build on FHFA's strong performance in ensuring that the Enterprises address the threats of climate change to the U.S. housing finance system and invest safely and soundly in communities. Adopting the code would also allow FHFA to act in concert with other federal agencies, creating consistent energy requirements for nearly all federally backed mortgage financing. The outcome will reduce risk to the Enterprises and protect homeowners, while expanding access to affordable homeownership, addressing the racial home equity gap, and reducing home energy burdens. However, absent the new energy code, low-income households will continue to be saddled with decades of energy waste, high utility bills, and poor resilience, making housing less affordable long-term.
Home energy standards would increase household resilience to climate-driven risks. The Federal Emergency Management Agency found that by 2040 building codes will avoid $132 billion in damage, like the destruction we have seen in so many recent storms. Building energy codes also increase resilience by allowing residents to safely stay in their homes for far longer during a power outage with extreme heat or cold, as well as by avoiding moisture and mold damage. A joint 2023 study by three national laboratories (PNNL, LBNL, and NREL) and the Department of Energy (DOE) found that building to the 2021 IECC would protect residents during extreme heat and cold events, reducing deaths and doubling the length of time residents can safely stay in their homes.
Home energy standards would improve resident health outcomes. Up-to-date energy codes will yield healthier indoor air quality and more comfortable homes. Exposure to indoor and outdoor air pollutants from fossil-powered home heating equipment and mold in homes can lead to detrimental health effects including increased risk of heart disease and heart attacks, stroke, COPD, lung cancer, type 2 diabetes, lower-respiratory infections, and childhood asthma. By reducing exposure to pollutants, updated energy codes can help mitigate disparate health impacts in the U.S.: Black people and other historically disadvantaged groups are at higher risk of asthma and associated respiratory symptoms due to living in disinvested communities with poor quality housing stock.
Home energy standards would deliver savings to residents. According to Fannie Mae, utilities are one of the highest monthly homeownership costs, comparable to property taxes and home improvements, especially for first-time low-income homeowners. Black, Hispanic, and Native American households are disproportionately impacted by these costs and face higher energy burdens and rates of energy insecurity. Hundreds of thousands of new homes are being built each year to outdated energy codes. These homes generally have inadequate insulation and air sealing, along with outdated heating and cooling equipment. The proposed energy code would significantly reduce energy bills and total housing costs: HUD and USDA found an average of $14,536 life-cycle cost savings for single-family homes, $5,266 per low-rise multifamily unit, and $5,886 per high-rise unit compared to their current requirements.
Initial costs are small and will generate value to the homeowner. Added initial costs to meet the codes are small compared to home prices and energy savings: HUD and USDA found the cost of updating their requirements is only 2% of the average cost of a new home supported by their programs, and pays for itself in less than 3 years on average. For states with more stringent baseline energy codes, this share will be even less. Once amortized, the added monthly costs will generally be lower than the monthly energy savings. Additionally, homes built to the newest energy code are less likely to need expensive retrofits to manage increasing energy bills and future extreme weather impacts: building to a strong energy code is cheapest at the time of construction.
Home energy standards would reduce risk to the Enterprises. By lowering monthly costs, improved energy codes can ease mortgage payments. Freddie Mac found that delinquency rates for high debt-to-income ratio loans were lower for homes with energy efficiency ratings. The University of North Carolina found a much larger impact during a period of market turbulence and high delinquencies. As the climate changes, mortgage repayment rates are at risk from increasingly destructive weather events and escalating energy burdens for low-income households. The codes will help to reduce energy costs and harm to households, which can reduce the significant financial risks for the stability of the Enterprises.
Consistency between the agencies will improve effectiveness and reduce risk. Consistent requirements between FHFA, HUD, USDA, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) would create a norm for new construction (at least that aimed at low- and moderate-income home buyers) as builders would likely not want to lose potential buyers. Given the collective market share of these loans (70%) and the evidence that builders can meet the code, adopting these requirements should not affect loan volume.
Builders and the Enterprises can implement the codes. The energy codes are developed by experts from around the country through an extended consensus process and are designed to be effective and achievable across the country. Multiple states and cities have already adopted the 2021 IECC or ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2019, and more states are in the code-adoption process. New federal funding is available to support builders in meeting the new codes, and tax incentives for going beyond the code. HUD and USDA have already demonstrated a compliance mechanism for mortgages, and FHFA can use its representations and warranties for this purpose.
Home energy standards would reduce emissions. Homes built to the newest energy codes will dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in alignment with Federal goals. ACEEE found that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac adopting the energy codes would yield almost 200 million metric tons in reduced carbon dioxide emissions from homes built through 2050, equivalent to the emissions from 25 million homes in one year.
The undersigned urge FHFA to act now to adopt the 2021 IECC and ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2019 for new homes that secure Enterprise mortgages. Taking this step in conjunction with HUD, USDA, and VA will help lower costs for homebuyers and renters, especially those in underserved communities and with lower incomes, and strengthen the financial stability of the Enterprises.
We look forward to supporting FHFA as it continues to deliver on its mission to safeguard housing finance and community investment in the face of growing climate-driven risks.
Sincerely,
350.org
AjO
Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments
Alliance to Save Energy
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
American Lung Association
Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund
ARCH Community Health Coalition
ASHRAE
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Bodaken & Associates
CAC of Fayette County, Ohio
California Efficiency + Demand Management Council
cdcb | come dream. come build.
Ceres
Climate Nexus
Community Ventures
Consumer Action
Dance With Todd Inc
Earth Advantage
Earthjustice
Elevate
ENERSTRUCTA
Enterprise Community Partners
Evergreen Action
Fauquier Habitat for Humanity
George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communication
Green & Healthy Homes Initiative
Greenbank Associates
Guadalupe Economic Services Corporation
Habitat for Humanity Northeast Michigan
Habitat for Humanity of Bulloch County
Health Collaborative Dan River Region
Housing Assistance Council
Housing Sustainability Advisors
I'm HOME Network
Indiana Environmental Clean Energy J40
Institute for Market Transformation
Just Solutions
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
Low Income Investment Fund
Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)
Midwest Building Decarbonization Coalition
Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA)
Minnesota Housing Partnership (MHP)
Moscow Affordable Housing Trust
National Association for Latino Community Asset Builders
National Association of Local Housing Finance Agencies
National Coalition for the Homeless
National Community Action Partnership
National Consumer Law Center (on behalf of its low-income clients)
National Environmental Health Association
National Housing Law Project
National Housing Resource Center
National NeighborWorks Association
Network for Oregon Affordable Housing
New Buildings Institute
New York Geothermal Energy Organization/NY-GEO
North American Insulation Manufacturers Association
NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council)
Partners for Rural Washington
Physicians for Social Responsibility
Public Citizen
Rewiring America
Richmond Metro Habitat for Humanity
Rise Economy (formerly California Reinvestment Coalition)
RMI
Salem Housing Authority
Self-Help Enterprises
Self-Help Housing Corporation of Hawaii
Sierra Club
Southern Environmental Law Center
Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
The Passive House Network
Tierra del Sol Housing Corporation
U.S. Green Building Council
Under Gods Care Inc
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Original text here: https://www.nclc.org/nearly-80-consumer-energy-housing-health-manufacturing-and-environmental-organizations-call-on-fhfa-to-lower-housing-costs-for-renters-and-homeowners-by-updating-energy-codes/
[Category: Law/Legal]
National Business Aviation Association: GA Stakeholders Urge Passage of Long-Term FAA Reauthorization Bill
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The National Business Aviation Association issued the following news release:
Several general aviation (GA) groups today advised Congress that continued short-term extensions of authorization for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would "challenge the certainty that industry and the FAA depend on to enable long-term planning and investment in many critical areas required to ensure the safety of the NAS and America's global leadership in aviation."
The agency is currently authorized through Dec. 31. In July, the House of Representatives passed bipartisan reauthorization
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The National Business Aviation Association issued the following news release:
Several general aviation (GA) groups today advised Congress that continued short-term extensions of authorization for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would "challenge the certainty that industry and the FAA depend on to enable long-term planning and investment in many critical areas required to ensure the safety of the NAS and America's global leadership in aviation."
The agency is currently authorized through Dec. 31. In July, the House of Representatives passed bipartisan reauthorizationlegislation for the FAA through 2028. That legislation is awaiting Senate action.
The GA organizations submitted a written statement to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation's hearing titled, "Turbulence Ahead: Consequences of Delaying a Long-term FAA Bill." Read the full statement to the subcommittee.
The statement highlights the many ways the general aviation industry is vital to the U.S., including its role in providing jobs, connecting communities, helping during times of natural disasters and more.
"The general aviation industry contributes an estimated $247 billion in economic output and supports 1.2 million jobs in the United States while supporting critical services and providing an essential lifeline to thousands of communities nationwide.
The organizations' statement went on to commend the House for passage of its FAA reauthorization bill, the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership in American Aviation Act, H.R. 3935.
"This bill enables the FAA to move forward on areas of significant importance to general aviation including workforce development, regulatory process improvement, airspace modernization, and the development and enabling of new technologies," according to the statement.
"As we have seen in the past, short-term extensions challenge the certainty that industry and the FAA depend on to enable long-term planning and investment in many critical areas required to ensure the safety of the NAS and America's global leadership in aviation," the groups added.
In addition to the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA), the statement was signed by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA), Helicopter Association International (HAI), the National Air Transportation Association (NATA) and the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO).
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Founded in 1947 and based in Washington, DC, the National Business Aviation Association (NBAA) is the leading organization for companies that rely on general aviation aircraft to help make their businesses more efficient, productive and successful. The association represents more than 10,000 company and professional members and provides more than 100 products and services to the business aviation community, including the NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (NBAA-BACE), the world's largest civil aviation trade show. Learn more about NBAA at nbaa.org.
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Original text here: https://nbaa.org/2023-press-releases/ga-stakeholders-urge-passage-of-long-term-faa-reauthorization-bill/
[Category: Transportation]
MBA Statement on the Veterans Affairs Voluntary Foreclosure Moratorium
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The Mortgage Bankers Association issued the following statement on Nov. 30, 2023:
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MBA's President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released the following statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) voluntary foreclosure moratorium:
"MBA and its members share the VA's commitment to helping distressed Veteran borrowers stay in their homes through a more affordable and sustainable mortgage payment. We also believe that restoring the VA's standalone partial claim program - which worked successfully for Veterans and servicers until it was sunset in October 2022 -
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The Mortgage Bankers Association issued the following statement on Nov. 30, 2023:
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MBA's President and CEO Bob Broeksmit, CMB, released the following statement on the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) voluntary foreclosure moratorium:
"MBA and its members share the VA's commitment to helping distressed Veteran borrowers stay in their homes through a more affordable and sustainable mortgage payment. We also believe that restoring the VA's standalone partial claim program - which worked successfully for Veterans and servicers until it was sunset in October 2022 -needs to be part of the VA's long-term plans to assist borrowers facing hardships.
"In the meantime, we have significant concerns on the implementation of the voluntary foreclosure moratorium. Servicers provided relief to struggling borrowers during the pandemic by advancing the payments owed on their mortgages and are willing to do so again. However, the VA needs to provide a detailed plan on how servicers will be reimbursed for advancing payments on behalf of borrowers."
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Original text here: https://www.mba.org/news-and-research/newsroom/news/2023/11/30/mba-statement-on-the-veterans-affairs-voluntary-foreclosure-moratorium
[Category: Financial Services]
IEEE Computer Society Announces 2024 Class of Fellow
LOS ALAMITOS, California, Dec. 2 -- The IEEE Computer Society issued the following news on Nov. 30, 2023:
The IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) announced that 45 IEEE CS members and 17 IEEE members evaluated by the IEEE CS Fellow Evaluation Committee will be elevated to IEEE Fellow grade in 2024. The grade of IEEE Fellow recognizes exceptional distinction in the engineering profession.
The IEEE Board of Directors elevated 323 members to Fellow status for 2024. IEEE CS members and associates recommended for Fellow status in 2024 include:
* Sameer K Antani - for contributions to medical imaging
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LOS ALAMITOS, California, Dec. 2 -- The IEEE Computer Society issued the following news on Nov. 30, 2023:
The IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS) announced that 45 IEEE CS members and 17 IEEE members evaluated by the IEEE CS Fellow Evaluation Committee will be elevated to IEEE Fellow grade in 2024. The grade of IEEE Fellow recognizes exceptional distinction in the engineering profession.
The IEEE Board of Directors elevated 323 members to Fellow status for 2024. IEEE CS members and associates recommended for Fellow status in 2024 include:
* Sameer K Antani - for contributions to medical imagingresearch in high-morbidity disease screening
* Terry V Benzel - for leadership in establishing the field of cybersecurity experimentation
* Swarup Bhunia - for contributions to the design of secure and trustworthy microelectronic systems
* Zhipeng Cai - for contributions to resource management and scheduling for high-performance computing
* Enhong Chen - for contributions to context-aware data mining and recommender systems
* Songqing Chen - for contributions to Internet streaming, content delivery, and security
* Wen-Huang Cheng - for contributions to intelligent multimedia computing and applications
* Bin Cui - for contributions to large-scale data management, processing and analytics
* Sven J Dickinson - for contributions to shape representation, processing, and classification in computer vision
* Xin Luna Dong - for contributions to knowledge graph construction and data integration
* Junping Du - for contributions to modeling and intelligent analysis of big data
* Niklas E Elmqvist - for contributions to mobile, ubiquitous, and immersive technologies for data visualization
* Joan Feigenbaum - for contributions to trust-management systems and Internet algorithmics
* Dan Feng - for contributions to data storage systems
* Xinbo Gao - for contributions to hybrid augmented intelligence and image quality assessment
* Reza Ghanadan - for leadership in robust artificial intelligence technologies and applications
* Sergiu R Goma - for contributions to hardware implementation of image processing for color cameras in mobile phones
* Maoguo Gong - for contributions to collaborative learning and optimization
* Qi He - for contributions to knowledge engineering and business applications
* Tsung-Yi Ho - for contributions to design automation and test of microfluidic biochips
* Shimin Hu - for contributions to computational visual media and geometric processing
* Axel A Jantsch - for contributions to modeling and algorithms for Networks-on-Chip
* Yu-Gang Jiang - for contributions to large-scale video analysis and open-source datasets
* Alex K Jones - for contributions to sustainable computing
* Yongdae Kim - for contributions to cellular and distributed system security
* Hyesoon Kim - for contributions to resource modeling and partitioning in heterogeneous computing systems
* Rakesh Kumar - for contributions to energy-efficient processor architecture and design
* Ashish Kundu - for contributions to data security, privacy, and compliance in cloud systems
* Benjamin C Lee - for contributions to the design of microprocessors with machine learning and game theory
* Xiao-Li Li - for contributions to machine learning models
* Zhiqiang Lin - for contributions to automated vulnerability discovery, code hardening, and monitoring in mobile and systems security
* Hang Liu - for contributions to the development and standardization of wireless mesh networking and video streaming technologies
* Chang-Tien Lu - for contributions to spatial informatics and urban computing
* Huchuan Lu - for contributions to visual object tracking and salient object detection
* Siwei Ma - for contributions to video coding technologies and standards
* Bradley A Malin - for contributions to data engineering, privacy, and security in biomedicine
* Klaus D Mueller - for contributions to image reconstruction and visualization
* Max Muhlhauser - for contributions to distributed software engineering
* Dimitrios S Nikolopoulos - for contributions to dynamic execution environments and multiprocessor memory management
* Gopal C Pandurangan - for contributions to theory and algorithms for distributed computing and networks
* Bijaya Ketan Panigrahi - for design of intelligent tools for power quality improvement and MPPT for solar energy systems
* Sudeep Pasricha - for contributions to design and optimization of chip-scale communication architectures for manycore computing
* Ioannis Pavlidis - for contributions to contact-free physiological measurements and affective computing
* Denys Poshyvanyk - for contributions to integrating software analyses and machine learning
* Vijay Raghunathan - for contributions to design of low power and energy harvesting embedded systems
* Narendran Ramakrishnan - for contributions to algorithms and systems for event modeling and forecasting
* Rajiv Ranjan - for contributions to quality-of-service-aware resource management in cloud computing systems and big data analytics
* Larry J Rosenblum - for leadership in developing mobile augmented reality and visualization, and in visual analytics
* Karthikeyan Sankaralingam - for contributions to identifying and mitigating the challenges of dark silicon
* Jianbing Shen - for contributions to computer vision for video analysis and visual understanding
* Forrest J Shull - for contributions to software engineering research
* Padhraic J Smyth - for contributions to machine learning and data science
* Karin Strauss - for contributions to storage systems
* Yufei Tao - for contributions to large-scale data processing
* Zhi Wei - for contributions to knowledge discovery from biological data
* Bin Xiao - for contributions to wireless and system security
* Jing Xiao - for contributions to the multiple modality knowledge mining technologies
* Wenyuan Xu - for contributions to embedded systems for automobile security
* Hengyong Yu - for contributions to tomographic image reconstruction
* Hao Zhang - for contributions to shape analysis and synthesis in visual computing
* Fumin Zhang - for contributions to autonomy of robotic sensing networks and control of marine robots
* Sheng Zhong - for contributions to incentive-compatible and privacy-preserving mechanisms in distributed systems
The Board of Directors confers the title of Fellow upon a person of outstanding and extraordinary qualifications and experience in IEEE-designated fields, who has made important individual contributions to one or more of those fields.
To view the full list of the 2024 Fellow Class, learn about the process, or nominate a senior member, visit the Fellow website at https://www.ieee.org/membership/fellows/index.html.
To view the current 2023 IEEE Computer Society Fellow Evaluating Committee or past Fellow Class lists elevated by the IEEE Computer Society Evaluating Committee, visit http://www.computer.org/volunteering/awards/fellows.
At the time the nomination is submitted, a nominee must:
* have accomplishments that have contributed importantly to the advancement or application of engineering, science and technology, bringing the realization of significant value to society;
* hold Senior Member or Life Senior Member grade at the time the nomination is submitted;
* have been a member in good standing in any grade for a period of five years or more preceding 1 January of the year of elevation.
The nominee cannot be a member of the IEEE Fellow Committee, an IEEE Society/Technical Council Fellow Evaluating Committee Chair, or a member of IEEE Society/Technical Council Fellow Evaluating Committees reviewing the nomination.
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Original text here: https://www.computer.org/press-room/2024-fellows-announced
[Category: Computer Technology]
Choice announces the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2023
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 2 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release:
MIDDLETOWN, CT - The Choice Outstanding Academic Titles (OAT) list for 2023 has been announced. This prestigious list, released today, reflects the best scholarly titles reviewed by Choice during the previous calendar year, as chosen by the editors. This year's list features 499 books from 109 publishers.
Bill Mickey, Choice editorial director, remarked, "After sorting through the several thousand titles we reviewed this year, we're proud to present the best of the bunch. Congratulations
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CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 2 [Category: Libraries] -- The American Library Association posted the following news release:
MIDDLETOWN, CT - The Choice Outstanding Academic Titles (OAT) list for 2023 has been announced. This prestigious list, released today, reflects the best scholarly titles reviewed by Choice during the previous calendar year, as chosen by the editors. This year's list features 499 books from 109 publishers.
Bill Mickey, Choice editorial director, remarked, "After sorting through the several thousand titles we reviewed this year, we're proud to present the best of the bunch. Congratulationsto the authors, editors, and publishers on this incredible collection of scholarship."
As in previous years, Choice editors will present a weekly series of "sneak peeks" into the 2023 OAT list, providing an overview of the year's best academic nonfiction in select subject areas. While the Outstanding Academic Titles list in its entirety is only available to Choice magazine and Choice Reviews subscribers, these curated mini-lists continue to be available to non-subscribers via email newsletter and also on the Choice 360 website.
Visit the Choice website at http://www.choice360.org each week for a new mini-list of the 2023 OATs -- featuring themes such as top 10 titles, subject-specific selections, or timely collections. If you prefer to receive a weekly list snippet in your inbox, you may sign up for the Outstanding Academic Titles newsletter at http://www.choice360.org/newsletter-signup.
About Choice
As a publishing unit of the Association of College and Research Libraries, Choice supports the work and professional development of academic librarians by providing tools and services that help them become more effective advocates for their patrons. Through its over-fifty-year history, it has established itself as an authoritative source for the evaluation of scholarly resources and as the publisher of trusted research in areas of interest to a changing academic library community. Today, Choice works to bring librarians, scholars, publishers, and the reading public together, facilitating a shared concern for the discovery, management, and preservation of scholarly information. Please visit Choice at http://www.choice360.org for more information.
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Original text here: https://www.ala.org/news/member-news/2023/12/choice-announces-outstanding-academic-titles-2023
CGA Safe Facility Awards Submission Period Now Open
MCLEAN, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- The Compressed Gas Association issued the following agency statement on Nov. 30, 2023:
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We're excited to announce the kick-off of the submission period for the highly anticipated Compressed Gas Association's (CGA) Safe Facility Performance Awards! These awards are designed to honor exceptional safety achievements among U.S. and Canadian facilities associated with participating CGA member companies.
Eligibility Criteria: Facilities vying for recognition must showcase an outstanding safety performance record by maintaining a "lost workday case free safety performance"
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MCLEAN, Virginia, Dec. 2 -- The Compressed Gas Association issued the following agency statement on Nov. 30, 2023:
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We're excited to announce the kick-off of the submission period for the highly anticipated Compressed Gas Association's (CGA) Safe Facility Performance Awards! These awards are designed to honor exceptional safety achievements among U.S. and Canadian facilities associated with participating CGA member companies.
Eligibility Criteria: Facilities vying for recognition must showcase an outstanding safety performance record by maintaining a "lost workday case free safety performance"either for a consecutive worked hours period or over several years.
Submission Deadline: Calling all CGA member companies! If your facility exemplifies a commitment to safety excellence, now's your chance to shine. The submission deadline for the Safe Facility Performance Awards is Wednesday, January 31, 2024.
How to Throw Your Hat in the Ring: Ready to showcase your organization's dedication to safety? Submissions should be sent by each member company's CGA Official Representative or their designee. Direct all entries to Krista Lee at klee@cganet.com.
NOTE: Members who have previously submitted facilities for recognition will receive an Excel master list. This master list must be updated and submitted by the deadline noted above. This master list must be updated with new facilities for recognition and/or previously recognized facilities that have achieved a new awards level.
To enter click here (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/t79t088aw8uodtsgieh8d/h?rlkey=3zvmciabxke56c6s7xojgs5jp&dl=0) and download the instructions and form.
This is a golden opportunity to spotlight your organization's commitment to safety and set a shining example for the industry. We invite all eligible CGA member companies to participate, making this year's Safe Facility Performance Awards the most celebrated yet.
Don't miss out on the chance to spotlight your safety standards and contribute to the overall well-being of our industry!
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Original text here: https://www.cganet.com/cga-safe-facility-awards-submission-period-now-open/
[Category: Energy]
ASA Statement on PCAOB Enforcement Actions on China-Based Firms
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The American Securities Association issued the following statement on Nov. 30, 2023:
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The American Securities Association (ASA) today issued the following statement from President & CEO Chris Iacovella regarding the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) enforcement actions on firms based in China and Hong Kong:
"We find it remarkable that the PCAOB could 'investigate' the audits of Chinese companies last year, when mainland China and Hong Kong were both completely locked down," said ASA President & CEO Chris Iacovella. "Our question is: Why is this SEC
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The American Securities Association issued the following statement on Nov. 30, 2023:
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The American Securities Association (ASA) today issued the following statement from President & CEO Chris Iacovella regarding the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) enforcement actions on firms based in China and Hong Kong:
"We find it remarkable that the PCAOB could 'investigate' the audits of Chinese companies last year, when mainland China and Hong Kong were both completely locked down," said ASA President & CEO Chris Iacovella. "Our question is: Why is this SECtaking the word of Chinese authorities who have repeatedly withheld material financial information and asserted 'state secret' privileges to stop Chinese companies from complying with U.S. laws? If the SEC wants to protect U.S. investors, then it's time to end this charade."
The PCAOB announced three settled disciplinary orders sanctioning three China-based firms and four individuals for violations of the U.S. securities laws and PCAOB rules and standards.
ASA and ASA President & CEO Chris Iacovella has been very vocal on the economic threat China poses to the United States.
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About the American Securities Association
American Securities Association, based in Washington, DC, represents the retail and institutional capital markets interests of regional financial services firms who provide Main Street businesses with access to capital and advise hardworking Americans how to create and preserve wealth. ASA's mission is to promote trust and confidence among investors, facilitate capital formation, and support efficient and competitively balanced capital markets. This mission advances financial independence, stimulates job creation, and increases prosperity. The ASA has a geographically diverse membership of almost one hundred members that spans the Heartland, Southwest, Southeast, Atlantic, and Pacific Northwest regions of the United States.
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Original text here: https://www.americansecurities.org/post/asa-statement-on-pcaob-enforcement-actions-on-china-based-firmsC
[Category: Financial Services]
