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Forum One Honored With 11 Vega Awards

Forum One

The Vega Awards acknowledge those who create and continually expand the digital universe. NRDC combines the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of more than 700 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild.

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Here’s who Apple and Epic are calling to testify in next week’s trial

The Verge

Eric Gray, director of commerce and payments — covering the “design and operation of Apple’s payment processing policies and practices.” Lorin Hitt, professor of operations, information, and decisions, University of Pennsylvania Wharton. Francine LaFontaine , professor of economics, University of Michigan.

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How to Manage People Who Work Remotely

Tech Soup

That's where telework policies come in. Get Started with These Tips and Sample Telework Policies. " It is simple and short, and may be all you need to start crafting a policy. Tina Nacrelli's Telecommuting Policy Development — Top Ten Tips is also a good starting place. Benefits of Telework.

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Lessons from 2019 to maximize future disaster giving decisions

Candid

Putting this best practice into action, in 2019—two years after Hurricane Maria hit Puerto Rico—the Amgen Foundation awarded $257,500 to the University of Puerto Rico for rebuilding efforts. . Nonprofits need support to engage in activities that influence disaster-related policies. Enable advocacy and community organizing efforts.

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New Tax Law: Understanding the Impacts on Charities and Giving

ASU Lodestar Center

The Tax Policy Center projects that individual charitable giving will decrease by between 4 and 6.5 The Tax Policy Center projects that those who will get an itemized deduction for their charitable donation will be reduced from 37 million to 16 million in 2018. 3988, The Universal Charitable Giving Act of 2017. percent in 2018.

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Has a startup finally found one of food science’s holy grails with its healthy sugar substitute?

TechCrunch

As climate change becomes more of a threat, fears of increasing deforestation to meet the world’s demand — or to provide cover for other industrialization of virgin forests — have arisen thanks to new policies in Brazil. This is all the result of years of research that Simmons began at Cambridge University, he said.

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CountyHealthRankings.org Gives First County-by-County Snapshot of Health in Each State

Forum One

The site was unveiled at an event on Wednesday in Washington by its sponsors, the University of Wisconsin's Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The data and content were provided by policy staff at the University of Wisconsin with support from Burness Communications.