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    Getting serious online

    Americans increasingly use the Internet to conduct research for their jobs, to make transactions, and share worries and seek advice through emails WASHINGTON, D.C.-As Americans gain experience online, they use the Internet more for their jobs, to make more online purchases and carry out other financial transactions, and to write emails with more significant and […]

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    Moral Status of the Human Embryo

    9:30a.m. – 11:00a.m. National Press Club Washington, D.C. A discussion including: Ronald Cole-Turner, H. Parker Sharp Professor of Theology and Ethics, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary Kevin FitzGerald, Dr. David Lauler Chair in Catholic Health Care Ethics at the Center for Clinical Bioethics and Research Associate Professor, Georgetown University Medical Center Brent Waters, Director of The Center […]

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    Views of Business and Regulation Unchanged by Enron

    Introduction and Summary The American public increasingly recognizes the gravity of the Enron scandal — a greater percentage than in January has been following news about the case, and more now think the collapse of the Houston energy giant is of great importance to the nation. Yet the public’s underlying attitudes toward business and government […]

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    On First Anniversary, Report Assesses Progress and Prospects of Faith-Based Office

    “There’s a proverb that says one generation plants a tree and another gets the shade,” said Jim Towey, director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, reflecting on the office’s first year at an event sponsored by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life Wednesday afternoon. CONTACT Mary SchultzCommunications Manager202.419.4556mschultz@pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion “A […]

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    Can an Office Change a Country? The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, A Year in Review

    1:30 – 3:00 p.m. Washington, D.C. Participants Gregg Ivers, Professor and Chair, Department of Government, The American University Paul Light, Vice President and Director, Governmental Studies Program, the Brookings Institution Kathryn Dunn Tenpas, Associate Director, the University of Pennsylvania Washington Semester Program, and Guest Scholar, the Brookings Institution Jim Towey, Director, White House Office of […]

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    Event: Can an Office Change a Country?

    The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives On February 20, 2001, exactly one month into his administration, President Bush opened the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, a new office within the executive branch dedicated entirely to strengthening and expanding the work of community and faith-based organizations. Now, on the one-year […]