SHELTON, Connecticut, March 17 -- BPA Worldwide, an assurance provider, issued the following news release: IEEE Spectrum, the flagship website of the IEEE, the world's largest professional organization devoted to engineering and the applied sciences, is the latest brand to join the BPA Media Exchange - the only programmatic platform of audited, brand-safe sites and business audiences. "The BPA Media Exchange will be a great addition to the portfolio of digital sales tools available to our mark  more

EAST GREENBUSH, New York, March 19 -- The Center for Internet Security issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: The Center for Internet Security, Inc. (CIS(R)) testified before the Commerce Committee of the State of Connecticut General Assembly today at a hearing to consider a bill that would incentivize the voluntary adoption of cybersecurity best practices. The bill, introduced by Representative Caroline Simmons, provides a safe harbor for organizations that implement reasonable c  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSRep) -- Save the Sound issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: Save the Sound has released a report spotlighting the impending retirement cliff that could see the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection lose a quarter of its staff by July 2022. "Protecting Connecticut's Future: Overcoming the 2022 Environmental Cliff" examines the threat of lost staff capacity and expertise, and makes recommendations for urgent planning to   more

NORWALK, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSPer) -- The Financial Accounting Foundation issued the following news release: The Board of Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation (FAF) has announced the appointment of Robert W. Hamilton to the Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council (GASAC). He is the statewide accounting and reporting manager for the state of Oregon. Mr. Hamilton was nominated by the National Association of Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (NASACT) and will assume  more

NORWALK, Connecticut, March 18 -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release: The Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) met on March 11, 2021, and deliberated the following topics: * Issue No. 19-B, "Revenue Recognition--Contract Modifications of Licenses of Intellectual Property"--The Task Force agreed to refer this Issue back to the Board for its consideration. This Issue relates to the accounting for (a) contract modifications under which the contract term for ex  more

SAN FRANCISCO, California, March 20 -- The Freedom of the Press Foundation issued the following news: By Parker Higgins, Advocacy Director Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut made the claim just after Inauguration Day: Biden is "making transparency cool again," presumably in comparison to four years of the Trump administration and its contemptuous approach to transparency in general and the press in particular. But as we said in January, Biden's transparency record should be judged not by its  more

MIAMI, Florida, March 19 -- The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce issued the following news document: Subway is moving some of its operations from Milford, Connecticut, to Miami, according to the company. The new Miami office is scheduled to open in spring 2022. The New York Post reported consumer-facing departments will make the transition, such as culinary, marketing, and global transformation. Meanwhile, finance, legal, development, and human resources and business services will remain in C  more

WEST HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 18 -- The International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators issued the following news: IACLEA Vice President for Finance John Ojeisekhoba received recognition from multiple law enforcement and civic agencies on March 13; the recognition included the Achievers Award from SoCal NOBLE (National Association of Black Law Enforcement Executives) and award recognitions from the state of California Highway Patrol, the Los Angeles Police Commission, and  more

BETHEL, Connecticut, March 19 -- The Journal of Vibration and Control, a peer-reviewed journal of analytical, computational and experimental studies of vibration phenomena and their control from the Society of Experimental Mechanics, published research articles on the following topics in its April 2021 edition: Review: * Line spectra chaotification of the nonlinear vibration isolation system on the flexible foundation based on the open-plus-nonlinear-closed-loop method Articles: * New gene  more

STAMFORD, Connecticut, March 20 -- Keep America Beautiful issued the following news release: Keep America Beautiful(R), the nation's leading community improvement nonprofit organization, will launch its 23rd annual Great American Cleanup(R) (GAC) on Saturday, March 20, the first day of spring. The GAC, which continues through June 20, will engage the Keep America Beautiful network of nearly 700 community-based affiliates and partner organizations in a spring-cleaning movement to beautify and un  more

WINDSOR, Connecticut, March 19 (TNSRes) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: While total life insurance new annualized premium fell 3% in 2020, the number of policies sold in 2020 increased 2% for the year, driven by strong whole life and term sales, according to LIMRA's U.S. Individual Retail Life Insurance Sales Survey. "In 2019, fourth quarter premium jumped 15% ahead of the mandatory adoption of the 2017 CSO tables and principle-based reserving that would be implemented on January 1  more

BOULDER, Colorado, March 18 -- The National Education Policy Center issued the following news release: In this month's episode of the NEPC Talks Education podcast, NEPC Researcher Christopher Saldana interviews Drs. Bruce Baker and Preston Green, leading experts in K-12 school finance and school choice policy. Baker is a professor in the Department of Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration at Rutgers University. Green is the John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education at the Neag S  more

DANBURY, Connecticut, March 17 (TNSRep) -- The National Organization for Rare Disorders issued the following news release: The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)(R), together with KrabbeConnect, The Legacy of Angels Foundation, Partners for Krabbe Research, Hunter's Hope and with additional support from Gain Therapeutics, Magneta Therapeutics, PassageBio and Neurogene, has published the "Voice of the Patient" report sharing the stories of patients and families impacted by Krabbe di  more

NEWTOWN, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSRep) -- The National Shooting Sports Foundation issued the following news release: The total economic impact of the firearm and ammunition industry in the United States increased from $19.1 billion in 2008 to $63.5 billion in 2019, a 232 percent increase, while the total number of full-time equivalent jobs rose from approximately 166,000 to over 342,330, a 106 percent increase in that period, according to a report released by the National Shooting Sports Found  more

HAMDEN, Connecticut, March 19 -- The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: As elected officials turn up the pressure on New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign over multiple allegations of sexual harassment and inappropriately touching women, nearly half of voters (49 percent) in New York say that he should not resign while 43 percent say he should resign, according to a Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh- pea-ack) University poll of registered voters in  more

HARTFORD, Connecticut, March 18 (TNSRep) -- The Connecticut Business and Industry Association issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: Connecticut businesses are cautiously optimistic about their COVID-19 recovery and growth prospects, according to a new survey released today. CBIA's 2020 Fourth Quarter Economic and Credit Availability Survey found that while a quarter of surveyed businesses suffered losses last year, more companies turned a profit than anticipated. Slightly less   more