ASU to Hold Innovation Conference
Tweet byPearlie M. Bowser The Albany State University Center of Excellence for Innovation will hold a conference to explore the major industrial shifts that are redefining business and entrepreneurial ventures in the twenty-first century. At the conference industry leaders will share ideas on how to address the move toward more innovation. The conference will also [...]
Read More →Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany Earns ENERGY STAR Carbon Pollution Reductions, Energy Savings
Tweet Special to the Journal ATLANTA – Today, the Marine Corps Logistics Base (MCLB) Albany in Albany, Georgia is one of two federal facilities being recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) with the ENERGY STAR Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Award for their highly-efficient CHP systems, which increase the reliability of their electricity [...]
Read More →Feinstein, Chambliss Announce Committee Approval of Fiscal Year 2014 Intelligence Authorization
Tweet WASHINGTON—Last night, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) announced the committee has approved by a vote of 13-2 the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014. The legislation authorizes intelligence funding to counter terrorist threats, prevent proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, enhance counterintelligence, conduct covert actions [...]
Read More →Veterans with disabilities in Georgia are among those facing the longest lines.
Tweet to the Journal Allsup issues ranking of VA Regional Offices by pending appeals since 2008; provides 10 tips to veterans for getting through disability claims backlog Belleville, Ill.-Nov. 5, 2013-Veterans with disabilities in Georgia, Florida, Texas, California and North Carolina are among those facing the longest lines of pending appeals for service-connected disabilities at [...]
Read More →DoCo Kiwanis Hears Sheriff
Tweet by David Shivers One way to fight crime is to intervene in children’s to alleviate or prevent circumstances that could lead to trouble later on. That was the focus of a program Dougherty County Sheriff Kevin Sproul and sheriff’s Lt.Terron Hayes delivered for the Kiwanis Club of Dougherty County on November 4. Their remarks [...]
Read More →Isakson Demands Answers from CMS Director Over Disastrous Obamacare Rollout
Tweet Special to the Journal Raises Strong Concerns Over Health Care Affordability for Georgians in Rural Areas WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., today demanded answers from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Director Marilyn Tavenner at a hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. CMS oversees all health insurance [...]
Read More →For once, it’s bad news from another school system
Tweet The Journal has been relatively quiet on the subject of the Dougherty County School System. The reason is that there hasn’t been much reason to complain. Of course, if this was Richmond County, I’d have plenty of reason to complain. Last week, Tonya Mount, a mother who’s disabled child attends school in the system, [...]
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