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Cyber practitioners have long wondered when this would happen. Now it has. The President of the United States has finally realized that the threat from malicious actors in cyberspace has grown so significant that it bears mentioning in the State of the Union Address. In his January 24, 2012 State of the Union Address President Obama, while talking about America’s military strength, said: “To stay one step ahead of our adversaries, I have already sent this Congress legislation that will secure our country from the growing danger of cyber-threats.” It might be that I’m attaching more significance to this mention that it deserves. But many of us have wondered or decades why cyber threats have not warranted this level of attention. The threat of cyber attacks is significant, and the theft of intellectual property (which has an impact on the economy and jobs), is unrele... (more)

PatientsLikeMe Contributes Free Open-Source Parser to Blue Button Initiative

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/23/12 -- Today, PatientsLikeMe (www.patientslikeme.com) announces the contribution of a free open-source parser to better translate the heath data shared through the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs' My HealtheVet, a result of the Obama Administration's "Blue Button" initiative. Launched in 2010, Blue Button helps patients easily download their health information and share it with providers, caregivers and others. To help increase participation in the initiative and make the data shared more meaningful, the PatientsLikeMe parser will translat... (more)

Young Americans and the State of the Union - We Expect a Change of Course, Not More Rhetoric

  Only Thirty-One Percent Approve of the President's Handling of Youth Unemployment WASHINGTON, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Generation Opportunity today said that while young Americans are being courted and encouraged by the White House to listen to the State of the Union address this evening and to pose questions to administration officials through social media, young adults and their friends will actually be listening more closely for what represents either a true change of course or more rhetoric in defense of the status quo. After being unfairly and negativ... (more)

Assistant Secretary Martinez Meets With Disability Employment Leaders at Kessler Foundation

WEST ORANGE, NJ -- (Marketwire) -- 01/27/12 -- Kathleen Martinez, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), came to Kessler Foundation on Friday to learn more about employment programs supported by the Foundation and share her view on strategies for optimal employment policies for individuals with disabilities. Her visit follows Kessler Foundation's announcement of $2.7 million in grant funding to disability employment initiatives across the nation. "Kessler Foundation is the gas that fuels the programs that provide job opportunities for... (more)

California Clean Water Agencies Champion Clean Energy Initiative

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The California Association of Sanitation Agencies (CASA) is spearheading a statewide initiative to better educate the public, regulators, and local, state and federal leaders on the role they need to play in achieving new state and national clean energy goals. In Governor Jerry Brown's 2012 State of the State address, he called for "…a goal of 20,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2020." In President Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union address, he set a goal of having 80 percent of all Americans' electricity provided th... (more)