ALBANY, New York, Feb. 19 (TNSOps) -- Albany Law School issued the following news: Albany Law School is excited to announce that Ambassador Bonnie Denise Jenkins, class of 1988, will deliver the keynote address at the Law School's 171st Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 20, 2022 at 10 a.m. Jenkins is the current Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, a position she assumed in July 2021. She is the first African American to ever serve as an Under Secretary of State at t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47033) entitled "Federal Pay: General Schedule Pay Adjustment Process, Amounts Provided Since 2010, and Issues for Congress" by American National Government analyst Barbara L. Schwemle: * * * SUMMARY The General Schedule (GS) is the basic pay schedule for federal civilian white-collar employees. The GS governs the establishment and adjustment of salaries for a workforce representing profession  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R44770) on Feb. 22, 2022, entitled "History, Evolution, and Practices of the President's State of the Union Address: Frequently Asked Questions" by Maria Kreiser, senior research librarian and Michael Greene, Congress and legislative process analyst: * * * Summary The State of the Union address is a communication from the President to Congress in which the chief executive reports on the current  more

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Feb. 26 (TNSOps) -- Harvard Law School issued the following news on Feb. 25, 2022: On Friday, President Joseph Biden nominated Ketanji Brown Jackson '96 to the Supreme Court of the United States. "Today I'm pleased to nominate Judge Jackson, who will bring extraordinary qualifications, deep experience and intellect, and a rigorous judicial record to the Court," said Biden, adding that he viewed Jackson as "a proven consensus builder, an accomplished lawyer, and a dist  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (TNSRep) -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following issue brief (No. 5248) on Feb. 22, 2022, entitled "Faulty Assumptions About the Global Nuclear Threat May Require Changes in U.S. Sea-Based Nuclear Force". The issue brief was written by Patty-Jane Geller, policy analyst for nuclear deterrence and missile defense, and Brent Sadler, senior fellow for naval warfare and advanced technology. * * * KEY TAKEAWAYS * The Obama Administration's controversial cuts in the flee  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (TNSRep) -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following report (No. 3686) on Feb. 17, 2022, entitled "The White House Plan to Make Gender Ideology a Central Theme of the American Experiment". The report was written by Jay W. Richards, the William E. Simon senior research fellow in DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society, and Grace Melton, senior associate for international social issues for DeVos Center. * * * KEY TAKEAWAYS * The Biden Administration's National Strat  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The House Administration Committee issued the following written testimony by Harvard Business School Professor Shoshana Zuboff involving a Feb. 16, 2022, hearing entitled "Big Data: Privacy Risks and Needed Reforms in the Public and Private Sectors": * * * Thank you for this opportunity to discuss the challenges of privacy law in a world without privacy. I have spent forty-three years studying the rise of the digital as an economic force driving our transformation into   more

APPLETON, Wisconsin, Feb. 25 (TNSOps) -- Lawrence University issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2022: The names on the list are iconic--Black leaders, educators, and performers who have helped move the world forward. Each of them has visited Lawrence University through the years, delivering a speech or performing on the Memorial Chapel stage. Lawrence is celebrating 175 years since its founding. As we also celebrate Black History Month during February, we applaud these impressive vi  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 22 (TNSOps) -- Mercer University issued the following news: The Phi Beta Kappa Society's Zeta Chapter of Georgia at Mercer University will host the fifth annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life March 24-25 in the Presidents Dining Room on the Macon campus. Dr. Andrew Delbanco, Alexander Hamilton Professor of American Studies at Columbia University and president of the Teagle Foundation, will present three lectures on the theme "What   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 (TNSPol) -- The National Organization for Women issued the following news release: President Biden is said to have narrowed his choice for the U.S. Supreme Court to three highly qualified Black women, fulfilling his campaign promise and correcting the shameful history of a Court where 94% of all Supreme Court Justices have been white men, 4% women, and less than 3% people of color. We're expecting a concerted, well-financed, and ugly campaign to oppose this nomination, bas  more

TROY, New York, Feb. 24 (TNSOps) -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute issued the following news on Feb. 23, 2022: In a recent essay in the MIT Technology Review Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson defines how big tech, academia and government can work together to present holistic and innovative ways to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, and provide substantive solutions to build a better and sustainable future. By Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson For the entirety of my adu  more

CHARLESTON, West Virginia, Feb. 26 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following statement on Feb. 25, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) today released the following statement regarding President Joe Biden's nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. "Evaluating Supreme Court nominees is an important constitutional duty, and one that I take seriously as a U.S. Senator. "Now tha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (TNSPol) -- Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy issued the following news on Feb. 21, 2022: Since 1796, nearly a dozen U.S. presidents have visited Georgetown's campus. The university's unique location at the center of the policy world has made it a particularly desirable place for presidential candidates and sitting presidents to amplify their policy positions on a number of issues -- from the environment and international peace to national security and   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued the following news release on Feb. 24, 2022: President Joe Biden announced his intent to appoint eleven U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) regional positions, including three Farm Service Agency (FSA) State Executive Directors and eight Rural Development (RD) State Directors. "I am thrilled to welcome these talented and experienced public servants to USDA at a critical time in the Biden-Harris administration," said Agriculture  more