CarterBaldwin Places Former Bush Secretary Cherie Harder as Chief Executive Officer at The Trinity Forum   Executive search firm CarterBaldwin recruits Laura Bush's Special Assistant Cherie Harder to serve as President of The Trinity Forum. 2008-04-01 (Friend of Issues Wire: 7)

60 Percent of Physicians Surveyed Fear Dramatic Increase In Patient Wait Time under a Universal Health Care Plan   Physicians polled on their opinions of the healthcare debate favor McCain's plan slightly over Obama or Clinton 2008-04-01

Full Disclosure Network® "Reality News" Features Special Series Covering Hot Topic Video Blogs on Cable TV and Internet   Full Disclosure Network®, The only "Reality News" tv program , is set to debut a special two-part cable tv series featuring six Hot Topic Video News Blogs on 45 cable channels starting March 30, 2008. Known as "the news behind the news" the Full Disclosure Network series feature national and local authorities who hold strong opinions on the issues addressed and in which they are directly involved and knowledgeable. 2008-03-31 (Friend of Issues Wire: 2)

Mike Turner Only VA-10th District Candidate to Endorse New Plan to End Iraq War
Retired Air Force Colonel Mike Turner, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress, is the first and only candidate in Virginia's 10th District race to endorse "A responsible plan to end the war in Iraq" -- a new plan that has garnered the support of 40 other congressional candidates, four Senate candidates, two retired generals, and two former Assistant Secretaries of Defense. A former top aide to General Norman Schwarzkopf in Operation Desert Storm, Turner pointed out the flaws in President George W. Bush's approach to Iraq as early as March 11, 2003 (National Public Radio) -- before the bombing began. For more information on Turner's background and his positions on major issues, visit: www.MikeTurnerforCongress.com. 2008-03-31

Scotland Week Showcases the Best of Scotland Across North America   The Scottish Government announce an extensive programme of events in North America to celebrate Scotland Week 2008. 2008-03-29

Rent to Own Industry Survey Shows Growth in All Areas   The Association of Progressive Rental Organizations rent to own industry's annual statistical survey showed growth in revenue, customers and store count. The growth in all areas reflects the rent to own industry's modernization of products and stores, flexible payment choices, no-debt transaction, market competition and improved image has paid off. 2008-03-27

2008 eLearning Symposium Brings Proven eLearning Strategies to the Forefront   eLearning has re-emerged as a solution for delivering significant value to corporations, educational institutions and governments. Attendees of the conference will learn how to capitalize on existing and future courseware and how to monetize knowledge investments to reach larger audiences. The conference will also provide techniques to take advantage of distance learning through online and mobile platforms. 2008-03-27

Obama, Clinton and McCain Beware: There's a New Kid in Town.
Bump for President and Vote for the Bump are the newest creations from SayBump, the edgy, sexy bump maternity fashion division of MommyLoves. 2008-03-26

Black Equity Alliance Selects Joyce S. Johnson as President and Chief Executive Officer   Black Equity Alliance appoints Joyce S. Johnson as its new president and chief executive officer. Johnson, a veteran of New York politics, is the former New York State Field Director for the Obama presidential campaign. She has worked in New York City government and the private sector for thirty years. Through Black Equity Alliance Johnson plans to work on leveraging the $74.9 billion buying power of New York's black community to help create sustainable social and economic change in the areas highlighted by the organization's report, "The State of Black New York City 2007." Black Equity Alliance is a federation of stakeholders in the human service, political, faith, business, cultural and philanthropic communities working in collaboration to improve living conditions for blacks in New York City, and New Yorkers in general. 2008-03-25

GRAS Proudly Announces Incredible Tool for Photometry is Now Available at New Mexico Facility   Photometrica is the first Browser-based Photometry Analysis Tool that is seamlessly integrated into the GRAS global network system at New Mexico. Photometrica is a GRAS proprietary, browser based, scientific software analysis application; a tool that provides the ability for GRAS subscribers to perform instant photometry of images taken with the remote telescopes at GRAS. Unlimited access to this service is provided as a monthly subscription at extra cost. 2008-03-25 (Friend of Issues Wire: 250)

Issues4Life Foundation African-American Leaders Must Do The Math
With an estimated 1,900 Black babies being aborted every day, African-American leaders must do the math, understand the impact of abortion on the African-American community and work together to demand the defunding of Planned Parenthood with U.S. taxpayer dollars. 2008-03-24

Americas Watchdog Suggests Wall Street's Talk About An Economic Turn Around Is A Big Lie   Americas Watchdog and its National Mortgage Complaint Center are warning consumers, and investors to not to buy into Wall Street's hype and suggestions that "the stock markets are about to rebound". According to Americas, we are at just the starting point of a biblical-type financial disaster for the United States that has all the earmarks of the greatest single financial disaster since the Great Depression in the late 1920's or even worse. 2008-03-24

Who Sleeps Better: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton or John McCain?
As things heat up on the presidential campaign trail, they're also bound to heat up in the bedrooms of the Commander-in-Chief hopefuls. Home and Bedroom Furniture offers some suggestions on how Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain can get a good nights sleep on the campaign trail. 2008-03-24

President of European Operations for Diamond Resorts International® Delivers Keynote at The Association of Timeshare Owners Committees' Conference
Martin M. Kandel ("Marty"), President of European Operations for Diamond Resorts International® (DRI), one of the largest vacation ownership companies in the world, addressed a full house at the annual convention of Europe's key vacation ownership lobby and consumer advocate group, The Association of Timeshare Owners Committees (TATOC). 2008-03-21

BiCOM Awarded Health Canada Governmental Approval for Tonometer Diaton, Unique Glaucoma Eye Test Through Eyelid; Aging Population is Rising Demand for Glaucoma Diagnostic   BiCOM's Diaton tonometer has been awarded with Canadian Government Certificate, Medical License of Health Canada #76513. Now, Health Canada approval in addition to USA Food & Drug FDA and CE MARK allows BiCOM Inc., a global distributor of the advanced Tonometer Diaton - unique tonometry (Glaucoma Eye Test) THROUGH THE EYELID to proceed with distribution to satisfy rapidly increasing demand for Glaucoma screenings in Canada and other countries. 2008-03-21

Cvent Announces Record Year in 2007
Cvent Reports 55% Increase in Sales and New Product Features 2008-03-21

Learn How to Apply the Baldrige Criteria in an Organization   Karen Trisko, President of Leading Excellence, will present a two-day workshop, "Internal Assessor Certification: Applying the Baldrige Criteria in Your Organization," on March 26-27, 2008 at the California Council for Excellence (CCE) 14th Annual Conference in Long Beach, California. 2008-03-21

MyOpinionNow.com Shares Public's Opinions on the Spitzer Scandal   Online survey site, MyOpinionNow.com, recently conducted a survey among panel members to get the public's opinions on the outrageous Governor Spitzer Scandal. Results to this survey have been released ensuring the country gets to have a say in the debacle. 2008-03-20

'The Reflecting Pool' A New 9/11 Investigative Drama That Challenges The Official Version Of 9/11 Events, Released on DVD   A new 9/11 investigative drama that challenges the official version of 9/11 events, 'The Reflecting Pool', is now available on DVD from reflectingpoolfilm.com. 'The Reflecting Pool' follows a journalist who teams up with the father of a 9/11 victim to investigate the official version of the events. Their findings pose a disturbing question that has no easy answer: To what extent was the U.S. Government at fault for the attacks? 2008-03-19

MessageSolution™ Launches Enterprise Email Archive™ for Novell GroupWise Server at BrainShare 2008, First to Support All Top Three Email Servers in the Market
MessageSolution™, Inc., the leading innovator in email and file archiving, launching Enterprise Email Archive™ for Novell GroupWise Server, making MessageSolution Enterprise Email Archive™ the first and only archiving solution to support all three enterprise email servers dominating the market. MessageSolution CTO Jeff Liang describes the development process and outlines the benefits of this product release. Enterprise Email Archive™ is an all-in-one software solution for compliance, e-discovery, litigation support, risk management, and storage optimization. Developed entirely in-house, Enterprise Email Archive™ is MessageSolution's email archiving software solution designed to address the various messaging environments and archiving requirements of today's organizations. Enterprise Email Archive currently supports all three top-selling enterprise email servers -- Microsoft Exchange, IBM Domino, and the recently added Novell GroupWise server -- in addition to Linux and UNIX-based email servers. 2008-03-18

Encore Data Products Expands into Education Market
Encore Data Products, Inc., national distributor of blank computer media, hard drives, and accessories, expands Hamilton and Buhl education product lines. 2008-03-18

Chicago Sister Cities International Designates TravNET as its Official Travel Service Provider   TravNET, the premier industry specialist for air travel to Greater China and all of the Pacific Rim, has been chosen by the Chicago Sister Cities International Program (CSCIP) as its official travel service provider. TravNET Chosen for its Commitment to Excellent Service, and Competitive First Class and Business Class Airfare 2008-03-18

New Study from Juniper Research Forecasts Mobile Search Revenues to Reach $4.8 Billion by 2013, but Cautions Against 'Advertising Overload' and Personal Data Security Concerns   Annual revenues generated by mobile search services are expected to reach $4.8bn by 2013, according to a new report from Juniper Research. 2008-03-18 (Friend of Issues Wire: 3)

eDynaQuote Is Approved by New Jersey's DLGS to Offer Online Procurement Services to Local Government Units
The New Jersey Department of Local Government Services has approved eDynaQuote to offer online procurement services to New Jersey local government units. The Local Unit Electronic Technology Pilot Program and Study Act (P.L. 2001, c.30.) allows the Department of Community Affairs to explore electronic commerce and embark upon a program to allow local units to experiment with purchasing commodities and services through means of the Internet and related technologies. 2008-03-18