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Group to Unveil Voting Rights, Education Plan
Group to Unveil Voting Rights, Education PlanWill unveil voter-to-voter effort one day before N.C. primary The Voter Empowerment Action Project provides voters with information about their rights and requirements to legally cast ballots at the polls. The group will unveil Voter Connect, a program to connect voters in blue states with voters in red states. Participants:● Yvette Lewis is president of the Voter Empowerment Action Project. Lewis has chaired the Maryland Democratic Party since May 2011.● Mark Mellman is CEO of The Mellman Group, a polling and consulting firm for local, national…
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Responding to the Second Digital Divide
Responding to the Second Digital DividePanel to discuss growing percentage of Americans with advanced online access who have insufficient levels of digital skills (Washington, DC) – New research findings show that the digital divide is expanding, affecting far more than the disconnected—a growing percentage of Americans with advanced online access have insufficient levels of digital skills. Over the past 20 years, libraries—as welcoming institutions to all segments of society, including students, parents, job-seekers and seniors alike—have increased “digital readiness” by offering innovative…
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Campaign Boot Camp 2014: FEC Data Disclosure
The ongoing 2014 Campaign Boot Camp program continues on April 7 with the Federal Election Commission staff providing a refresher on how to find disclosure data on the agency's website, www.fec.gov. The program is free, but registration is required below. The program runs from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. This year's course is timed to take place a week before the filing deadline for the first of this year's quarterly disclosures of candidate contributions and expenditures. The FEC staff will take you through the campaign map tool, the candidate/committee viewer, and the variety of information in the…
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Council of Wisest Owls
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NPC History and Heritage Committee
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Obamacare After the Exchanges
Obamacare After the ExchangesHow the ACA will define health policy, business in 2014 and beyond Washington, DC – An expert panel of regulators, industry voices and advocates will debate and discuss what is still to come under national health reform — and what should happen next. While the Affordable Care Act exchanges are (mostly) up and running, many issues from Medicaid expansion to the Health Insurance Tax and beyond will be in focus in Congress, in the states and on the campaign trail in 2014 and 2016. Panelists:• Joel Ario led Obama administration development of health insurance…
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Senator Tom Harkin
Note: This livestream is audio-only At a Newsmakers press conference at the National Press Club on Thursday, January 30th, U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, Chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, will unveil bold new legislation to tackle the growing retirement crisis and rebuild the private pension system. The current retirement income deficit has reached at least $6.6 trillion—leaving many Americans vastly unprepared for retirement—and 75 million Americans do not have a retirement plan. Half of all Americans have less than $10,000 in savings. The Universal,…
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NPC History and Heritage Committee
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FBI Agents to discuss National Security Issues
FBI Agents to Discuss Sequestration, Furlough Impacts On Law Enforcement, National Security Issues Washington, DC – FBI agents will discuss how sequestration’s mandated budget cuts are affecting daily FBI operations and hampering criminal and national security investigations, as well as the risks associated with additional budget cuts and furloughs expected early next year, at a National Press Club Newsmakers news conference on Wednesday, December 4. Leaders of the FBI Agents Association (FBIAA) will also update the group’s recent report Voices from the Field: FBI Agent Accounts of the Real…
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New Member Orientation
New Member Orientation will be held this month on Friday, Nov. 15 with two options to attend. Breakfast Orientation at 8:00 a.m. or Lunch Orientation at 12:00 noon Each session will be around one hour and will go over information about your membership within the club and benefits associated. The orientation is open to any member of The National Press Club that would like to learn more about their membership opportunities. Please RSVP by Nov. 14th with the session you would like to attend by emailing Recruitment Manager, Allyson Cannon at [email protected] .
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