ALISO VIEJO, California, April 13 (TNSawa) -- The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses issued the following news release: The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) will present Ernest J. Grant, PhD, RN, FAAN, with its AACN Pioneering Spirit Award. The AACN Pioneering Spirit Award, one of AACN's Visionary Leadership awards, recognizes significant contributions that influence progressive and critical care nursing and relate to the association's mission, vision and values. T  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45622) on April 3, 2023, entitled "Judicial Nomination Statistics and Analysis: U.S. Circuit and District Courts, 1977-2022" by American national government analyst Barry J. McMillion. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY In recent decades, the process for appointing judges to the U.S. circuit courts of appeals and the U.S. district courts has been of continuing Senate interest. The President and the Sena  more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45622) on April 3, 2023, entitled "Judicial Nomination Statistics and Analysis: U.S. Circuit and District Courts, 1977-2022:" (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * * * Nominees Whose Nominations Were Returned at the End of a Congress Table 6 provides data related to the number of U.S. circuit and district court nominees whose nominations were returned by the Senate to the President at the end of each Congre  more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Elizabeth Goitein, senior director of the Liberty and National Security Program of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, involving a hearing on March 23, 2023, entitled "Modernizing the Government's Classification System": * * * Thank you for this opportunity to testify on behalf of the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School   more