WASHINGTON, Dec. 22 -- The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation issued the following news on Dec. 21: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman Aimee Jorjani today toured the site of what will be the National World War I Memorial in Washington, D.C. Located in Pershing Park one block from the White House, the memorial is expected to open to the public in April 2021. Of the four major wars of the 20th century, World War I is the last to have a national memorial in the nation's capi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 -- Jorge Loweree, director of policy at the American Immigration Council, has issued a public comment on the Customs and Border Protection Bureau notice of proposed rulemaking entitled "Collection of Biometric Data from Aliens upon Entry to and Departure from the United States". The comment was written on Dec. 21, 2020, and posted on Dec. 22, 2020: * * * The American Immigration Council (Council) submits the following comments in opposition to the above-referenced Departmen  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Dec. 22 -- Bend the Arc Jewish Action issued the following news release: Bend the Arc: Jewish Action released the following statement on Monday in response to Sen. Kelly Loeffler's "open letter to the Jewish community," accusing Democratic challenger Raphael Warnock of antisemitism while focusing exclusively on policies relating to Israel: "Kelly Loeffler is either unable or unwilling to understand the simple fact that Jewish Americans are Americans, period," said Stosh Cotle  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 24 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued the following news release: The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on Wednesday announced its 2021 board of directors, effective Jan. 1. Christina Hull Paxson, president of Brown University, will serve as the new chair of the board after serving as deputy chair since 2019. Corey Thomas, chair and chief executive officer of Rapid7, will join the board and serve as deputy chair. Additionally, Jeanne A. Hulit, president and c  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The Center for American Progress issued the following news release on Dec. 23: A new report from the Center for American Progress urges fiscal policymakers to consider the impact of climate change in the federal budget process. Despite seeing the effects of climate change in real time and experts' growing understanding of how it might affect the economy in future decades, little progress has been made in reimagining how to think about the fiscal impacts of climate change  more

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina, Dec. 22 -- Discovery Education, a division of Discovery Communications, issued the following news release on Dec. 21: Discovery Education--the Charlotte, North Carolina based global leader in standards-aligned digital curriculum resources, engaging content, and professional learning for K-12 classrooms--today announced the appointment of Scott Kinney as its new Chief Executive Officer and Kelli Campbell as the company's new President. Kinney succeeds Paul Ilse, who wi  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The Military Officers Association of America issued the following news: President Donald Trump on Dec. 23 vetoed the FY 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which passed the House 335-78 and the Senate 84-13 before reaching his desk. The bill includes several MOAA-backed provisions, which are outlined in detail at this link. The 4,517-page conference report on the bill can be viewed at this link (PDF). The president outlines his reasons for the veto in this s  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 22 (TNSPer) -- The New York University School of Law issued the following news on Dec. 21: Professor of Law David Kamin '09 will take a public service leave to serve in the White House. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris today announced Kamin's appointment as deputy director of the National Economic Council in the White House. In his scholarship, Kamin has focused on budget and tax policy, and he has written on areas including taxation of capital, t  more