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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Connecticut Newsletter for Sunday May 09, 2021 ( 7 items )  

Alliance for Automotive Innovation Industry Welcomes Governor Ned Lamont's Commitment to EV Success
WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSPol) -- The Alliance for Automotive Innovation issued the following news release: In a letter to Governor Ned Lamont, the Alliance for Automotive Innovation (Auto Innovators) praised Connecticut's commitment to provide the necessary conditions to successfully build a strong, sustainable market for zero emission vehicles (ZEVs), and outlined key measures needed for Connecticut to achieve the ambitious goals. "State actions to implement programs and policies that support an  more

BPA Worldwide: Data Privacy Management - We're Over Confident and Under Prepared
SHELTON, Connecticut, May 5 (TNSRes) -- BPA Worldwide, an assurance provider, issued the following news release: BPA Worldwide recently surveyed its members to learn about their data management practices, given the rapidly changing data privacy and protection landscape. The results range from expected, to surprising, to confusing, which pretty much mirrors the current data privacy environment. Most of the press coverage on data privacy is focused on the FAANG companies (Facebook, Amazon, Apple  more

CWA: Frontier Communications Refusing to Offer Equal Pay and Guaranteed 40-Hour Work Week to Its Navajo and Hopi Workers
WASHINGTON, May 5 (TNSOps) -- The Communications Workers of America issued the following news release: Over a year after a small unit of Frontier Communications workers on the Navajo Nation in Arizona & New Mexico voted to form a union with the Communications Workers of America (CWA) in the face of an aggressive, expensive union busting campaign from the company, they are still stuck at the bargaining table trying to come to an agreement on a first contract with the Connecticut-based telecom.   more

FASB Issues Standard Clarifying Issuer's Accounting for Certain Modifications of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options
NORWALK, Connecticut, May 5 -- The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued the following news release on May 3, 2021: The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) today issued an Accounting Standards Update (ASU) that clarifies an issuer's accounting for certain modifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified written call options (for example, warrants) that remain equity classified after modification or exchange. The ASU is based on a consensus of the FASB's Emerging Issue  more

Journal of Vibration & Control Issues Research Articles in June 2021 Edition
BETHEL, Connecticut, May 4 -- 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, including the following topics, in its June 2021 edition: Review: * A sky-hook sliding mode semiactive control for commercial truck seat suspension Articles: * Compound fault diagnosis of rolling element bearings using multipoint spar  more

NAACP and ACLU Applaud Historic Senate Passage of Bipartisan Legislation to Abolish Prison Gerrymandering
HARTFORD, Connecticut, May 6 (TNSPol) -- The American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut issued the following news release on May 5, 2021: The Connecticut State Conference of the NAACP (NAACP CT) and the ACLU of Connecticut (ACLU CT) today celebrated the historic and bipartisan passage of S.B. 753, legislation to abolish prison gerrymandering, by the Connecticut State Senate. Thanks to the leadership of Senate President Pro Tempore Martin Looney, Government Administration and Elections Commit  more

Upcoming LIMRA Conference to Explore Marketing Innovation
WINDSOR, Connecticut, May 7 (TNSEve) -- LIMRA issued the following news release: Sharon Scanlon, senior vice president, Customer Experience and Producer Solutions, Lincoln Financial Group, will kick off the 2021 LIMRA Marketing Conference, held virtually on June 2-3, 2021. In her opening remarks, she will talk about how building a rewarding customer experience isn't just about an intuitive website or a friendly voice on the phone -- it's about making a measurable impact on customers' financial   more