Platinum Funding Group to Receive Financing by Citibank
Platinum Funding Group's line of credit with JPMorgan Chase has been increased to handle significant growth. Citibank has joined with JPMorgan Chase as a participating bank to provide Platinum with additional financing for its operations. 2007-12-11

Water District General Manager Announces Retirement   Santa Clara Valley Water District General Manager Stan Williams today announced his retirement from the district, effective Jan. 31, 2008 2007-12-11

New Web Registry Lets Voters Tell Politicians to Stop Calling Them at Home And Invading Privacy   Website Allows Voters to "Opt Out" of Receiving Political Calls or Choose the Type of Calls They Receive Voters can now take action to stop unwanted political calls. A website (www.StopPoliticalCalls.org) launched in late October by the National Political Do Not Contact (NPDNC) registry, a non-partisan, non-profit organization, is designed to stop politicians from calling voters at home, particularly automated (or "robo") calls. 2007-12-10

The Energy Daily to Report on UN Climate Change Conference Directly from Bali from December 10-14
The Energy Daily will provide exclusive coverage of the United Nations Climate Change Conference directly from Bali on www.theenergydaily.com/climate.html. 2007-12-10

Major Breakthroughs Regarding the Kennedy Incident on Elm Street
Detailed in the newly released book titled "My God, I'm Hit!" Investigating the Kennedy Incident on Elm Street From the Diagonal 2007-12-10

Environmental Leader, Top Green Trade Publication, Announces Site Re-Launch   New content and features make environmental leader the go-to source for B2B green news. 2007-12-10

Department Of Homeland Security (DHS) Begins Collecting 10 Fingerprints From International Visitors At Washington Dulles International Airport   The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now collecting additional fingerprints from international visitors as part of the department's upgrade from two to 10 fingerprint collection in order to enhance security and improve accuracy. Dulles International Airport became the first port of entry to collect additional fingerprints from visitors on November 29, 2007. Ten-fingerprint collection will begin at 287 other U.S. ports of entry by the end of 2008. DHS's US VISIT program, in cooperation with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is leading the transition to a 10 fingerprint collection standard. DHS uses biometrics--digital fingerprints and photographs--to prevent the use of fraudulent documents, protect visitors from identity theft and stop thousands of criminals and immigration violators from entering the United States. 2007-12-10

Aruspex and Starbucks Webcast to Examine Journey to Strategic Workforce Planning
Joint HR.com presentation will take place December 12 at VIEW event, HR industry’s first virtual conference 2007-12-10

ERI 2007 Great California Workplaces Winners Announced
The ERI Great California Workplaces Award, sponsored by the Employer Resource Institute (http://www.employeradvice.com), recognizes California employers of all sizes that have implemented unique, innovative, or exceptionally effective programs that make them stand out. The grand-prize winners of the ERI 2007 Great California Workplaces Award contest are Lundberg Family Farms (for-profit category) and California Pacific Medical Center (non-profit category). Honorable mentions went to La Costa Glen (for-profit) and California ISO (non-profit). 2007-12-10

Big Blue Turtle Holdings Launches BigBlueMortgage.com as Answer for Subprime Borrowers
Big Blue Turtle Holdings launches new business unit and website aimed at helping both prime and subprime borrowers find better mortgage programs and better mortgage rates. The website will contain mortgage based content helpful to borrowers as well as featured videos highlighting the week's news and notes. The new website will allow users to get matched with the top lenders in the marketplace as well as ask questions about their current fixed rate or adjustable rate mortgage. 2007-12-10

Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc. Announces the Release of KMx Version 5
Knowledge Management Solutions, Inc. (KMSI), a leader in Web-Based Training and eLearning Technology Solutions, today announced January 7, 2008 as the official release date for KMx Version 5, the next generation of Human Capital Management (HCM) technology. 2007-12-10

Day After Lawsuit Filed Against DEA, U.S. Congress Decides To Question Agency
One day after the Union of Medical Marijuana Providers filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court, Central District of California (case CV07-07951) challenging the DEA's tactic of sending threatening letters to hundreds of owners of Commercial Property who rent to Marijuana Providers, the House Judiciary Committee will question the agency about the practice. 2007-12-10

People Jam On-Line Job Fair
eJobFairs.net offers free make-up fair open to all employers in Washington, D.C. area. 2007-12-08

BUCL.org Joins Dr. Darsi Ferrer to Protest Apartheid-Like Policies in Cuba   Protest marches are scheduled Monday, December 10 in Havana and cities around the world. 2007-12-07

Secure Talent Executive Advisory Board Helps Business Communities across the United States
New association benefits executives and businesses nationwide. 2007-12-07

Congratulations Kevin 07 for Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol
A big thanks from us. On behalf of our hundreds of thousands of customers, 1000 Australian staff, and the environment, iPrimus would like to say a big thanks to our new PM Kevin Rudd for finally ratifying the Kyoto protocol. Finally the Australian Federal Government has begun to listen to the community's concerns about this issue. 2007-12-07

Civilian Funds Iraqi Arabic Language Training for All U.S. Troops
A civilian, who is a former Marine, partnered with Total Recall Learning to create a Quick Arabic language and culture computer-based training (CBT), now available free of charge to all U.S. troops. 2007-12-07

Did Russia Fool U.S. Intelligence on Iraq, Iran and Syrian WMD?
According to the Intelligence Summit, Saddam's secret archives prove he really did have WMD and the Russians helped him hide them in Syria. The Russian cover-up is beginning to collapse, the group says. Israel bombed Saddam's WMD storehouse in Syria on Sept. 6, 2007. The Intelligence Summit, a non patisan NGO, details the deadly documents that Saddam and the Russians tried to hide. 2007-12-07

Grand Re-opening for Sacramento's Texas Mexican Restaurant Amidst K Street Mall Controversy
Local restaurant re-opens on Sacramento's K Street Mall. 2007-12-07

Face Technologies, QiSQi and Innovatrics introduce a new generation of AFIS
Face Technologies, a world market leader in business solutions for effective identification focusing on biometrics and smart card technologies based in South Africa and QiSQi, a leading player in consulting, developing and manufacturing of materials, hardware and software for biometric identification and secure documents, based in France, UK and Belgium, today announce a prosperous partnership. 2007-12-07

WorkersCompensation.com Announces Two New State-Wide Partner Sponsors For It's State Information Portals
WorkersCompensation.com, the nation's most comprehensive and visited website in the Workers' Compensation industry, today announced it has added new partners who are serving as sponsors for two of it's state information portals - one in Florida, and the other in North Carolina. 2007-12-06 (Friend of Issues Wire: 5)

superworX Rolls Out Green Computing Program   superworX Incorporated, one of the fastest growing integrators of high performance integrated servers in Canada, announces the launch of their Green Computing Program. superworX, an authorized integrator for Supermicro, is at the forefront of the 'green computing' movement. The Supermicro line of Blade/ Rackmount / Tower servers, High End Graphics Workstations and Storage systems are considered the industry's best for performance, density and total cost of ownership. 2007-12-06

The Help Group's 11th Annual Teddy Bear Ball Honors The CW Network's Dawn Ostroff and Shelley & Dr. Frank Litvack   Dazzling Holiday gala lights up the season with a host of CW Network stars and Emmy Rossum to benefit The Help Group. 2007-12-06

Taxpayer Group Urges President Bush: Dont Impose Price Controls on the Housing Market
Lew Uhler, President and Founder of the National Tax Limitation Committee (http://www.limittaxes.org/), is urging President Bush not to freeze interest rates for certain classes of borrowers, which he announced today. 2007-12-06