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Michele Tuck-Ponder, Esq. was named Executive Director of Destination Imagination, Inc. after serving as the Interim CEO since December 2017 Destination Imagination , a non-profit organization dedicated to teaching students the creative process through hands-on science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics and social entrepreneurship challenges, today announced the appointment of Michele Tuck-Ponder, Esq.
The Office of the Governor, Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Office of Public Assistance in coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency is highly encouraging local government entities and non-profit organizations who sustained property loss or damage from Typhoon Mangkhut to apply for Public Assistance. Public Assistance provides reimbursement grants to state/territorial and local governments, as well as certain non-profit entities to assist them with the response to and recovery from disasters.
The Supreme Court is refusing to hear an appeal from a California billionaire who doesn't want to open a road on his property so that the public can access a beach. The justices said Monday that they will not take up Vinod Khosla's appeal of a California appeals court decision.
The Supreme Court is refusing to hear an appeal from a California billionaire who doesn't want to open a road on his property so that the public can access a beach. The justices said Monday that they will not take up Vinod Khosla's appeal of a California appeals court decision.
API today announced the addition of a Vice President of Federal Affairs, Bill Koetzle, whose experience on legislative, regulatory and policy issues in the energy sector will deepen the bench of experience and talent the organization has added in recent months. Koetzle comes to API from the Chevron Corporation, where he served as Manager of Federal Government Affairs, leading advocacy for the company in Congress, the Administration and federal agencies on priority issues for Chevron.
Homeowners, renters and business owners in four counties may now apply for federal disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damages and losses resulting from Hurricane Florence. To be eligible for federal disaster aid, storm damage and losses from the hurricane and flooding must have occurred as a result of Hurricane Florence, beginning Sept.
Is it an invasion of your privacy and a violation of your First Amendment rights if the government requires nonprofit membership organizations that you join and contribute to - such as the NAACP, NARAL Pro-Choice America, the National Right to Life Committee, or Americans for Prosperity - to send your name to the government? Unfortunately, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals sees nothing wrong with such invasive mandates in a dubious decision that threatens the ability of Americans to support the causes and organizations they believe in that are an integral part of how our democracy works.
Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, is marking 40 years of Black Hawk service by encouraging people who have personal stories about the aircraft to share them using #MyBlackHawkStory on social media. Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin company, has kicked off its campaign marking the 40th anniversary of the Black Hawk helicopter, an iconic aircraft that is poised to continue to support military and search and rescue efforts around the world for decades to come with ongoing technology enhancements.
Additional downtown storefronts could potentially receive funding for facade improvements pending a grant application recently filed by the city. The Keystone Communities facade grant would provide $50,000 in funding to continue to implement the Downtown Facade Program, currently in its first phase.
Thomas J. Snee of Burke, Virginia has been commemorated with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide for his outstanding achievements and high level of success in the field of nonprofit associations. About Thomas J. Snee Thomas Snee retired after 31 years with the U.S. Navy.
Ever wanted to ask our elected officials what precisely they're doing to pull America back from the brink of madness? September's Texas Tribune Festival provides an excellent opportunity to do just that.
The Connecticut Coalition Against Gun Violence is asking Attorney General George Jepsen to stop a Texas nonprofit from releasing to the public its blueprints for 3D printing guns on Aug. 1. "On that date, anyone with access to a consumer 3D printer can potentially make guns at home, undetectable by metal detectors, untraceable by law enforcement," Jeremy Stein, executive director of CAGV, said. Groups like Connecticut Against Gun Violence and the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence worry the guns would be printed without background checks or serial numbers, making them untraceable and undetectable by metal detectors.
It's a Saturday evening in early July, and the North Central West Virginia chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America is getting together at a brewery outside of Rivesville. Everyone here has their own stories for how they came to socialism.
A former Democratic candidate for the 2nd Congressional District now running as an independent lied about donating more than $700,000 to her campaign, according to federal prosecutors. Shaun Brown of Virginia Beach, one of three people on the ballot Nov. 6, is set to stand trial this week in U.S. District Court in Norfolk on charges she stole at least $439,000 from a program established to feed needy children.
Social service nonprofit Cayuga Centers more than tripled its revenues from 2012 to 2016 through federal contracts that fund the company's services for unaccompanied migrant children. The foster care provider is a major player in the $1 billion annual U.S. industry serving undocumented children.
A group of Arkansas veterans hopes to soon transform a near-defunct prison complex into an enclave for recovering ex-military members. The 52-acre compound comprising the former Southeast Arkansas Community Corrections Center in Pine Bluff needs north of $10 million in repairs and renovations.
The businessman, a key figure in 1MDB investigation, signed documents for private equity firm Jynwel Capital and non-profit Jynwel Charitable Foundation this month Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho has been actively involved in the affairs of his two Hong Kong-registered companies even with Malaysian authorities in hot pursuit of him across several countries, the Post has learned. Meanwhile, his business associate Seet Li Lin, said to be a Singaporean from media reports, is living in Hong Kong and is connected to a Shanghai consulting firm owned by one of 37-year-old Low's companies.
Political spending in the U.S. is about to become even more secretive after the IRS this week dropped a requirement that many nonprofits have to provide lists of their major donors. The federal government will stop collecting donor information from certain types of nonprofit groups, including business associations, labor unions and "social welfare" organizations, which have become major players in the nation's politics over the past decade.
European regulators came down hard on another U.S. tech giant Wednesday, fining Google a record $5 billion for forcing cellphone makers that use the company's Android operating system to install Google search and browser apps. While Google can easily afford the fine, the ruling could undermine the company's business model, which relies on giving away its operating system in return for opportunities to sell ads and other products.
Four secretive political groups raised more than $2.6 million for ads targeting Republican primaries for Ohio House of Representative seats in the lead up to last May's election, new campaign finance filings show. The money was spent in roughly a dozen state legislative races that were a proxy fight to be Ohio's next House speaker.