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6 Apr 2011, 6:39 pm by Phil
The following is an April 6, 2011 press release provided by Edge Communications: In a sharply-worded letter to leaders of both houses of Congress, a coalition of start-up entrepreneurs, faculty and independent inventors and technical professionals has called on lawmakers to reject or substantially modify the America Invents Act, now pending in the House of Representatives as H.R. 1249, addressing reform of the U.S. patent system. [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 7:21 am
ACORN, which stands for "The Association of Community Organization for Reform Now", has noble aspirations. [read post]
28 Sep 2011, 11:36 am by gstasiewicz
Washington, DC -- Judicial Watch, the public interest organization that investigates and prosecutes government corruption, today released “The Rebranding of ACORN,” a special report on the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) network, following an extensive investigation of the organization’s transformation into various “spinoffs” and affiliated organizations. [read post]
18 May 2024, 12:05 pm by Gene Takagi
ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now): Historically focused on issues such as affordable housing, voting rights, and fair wages, ACORN has been involved in legal battles to advance social and economic justice. [read post]
7 Jun 2012, 10:03 am by Irene
The Obama Administration has given a former director at the scandal-plagued Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) nearly half a billion dollars to offer “struggling” Illinois homeowners mortgage assistance, a Judicial Watch investigation has found. [read post]
19 Sep 2009, 8:04 am
ACORN, the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now, has gotten a significant amount of negative publicity in the last week. [read post]
27 Jul 2007, 6:24 am
The defendants, who were paid employees and supervisors of ACORN, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, concocted the scheme as an easy way to get paid, not as an attempt to influence the outcome of elections, King County Prosecuting Attorney Dan Satterberg said. . . . [read post]
28 Jun 2021, 8:06 am by Ana Popovich
Marcel Reid and Michael McCray, two whistleblowers who worked at the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), have been awarded the Cliff Robertson Sentinel Award at the 32nd Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. [read post]
5 Jul 2012, 6:08 am by David Stephanides
Their professional associations have been key advocates for employers in the health reform debate. [read post]
22 Feb 2014, 12:38 pm by Nadia Kayyali
  It now appears that the largest bar association in the country, the American Bar Association, may be following suit. [read post]
The National Sheriff's Association joined the National Fraternal Order of Police, International Association of Chiefs of Police, National Narcotics Officer's Associations' Coalition and the International Union of Police Associations, as well as over 150 civil rights, criminal justice, community-based, faith-based and civil liberties organizations, including the ACLU, who have already lent their support to this crucial… [read post]
23 Mar 2010, 12:46 pm by Judicial Watch Blog
The Obama-backed Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) has conveniently changed its name to shed its criminal history, but the scandal-plagued leftist group is still alive and quite active. [read post]
1 Dec 2011, 8:07 am by Judicial Watch Blog
A Justice Department program that annually distributes hundreds of millions of dollars to combat juvenile delinquency is under fire for giving a famously corrupt leftist group—Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)—money that was fraudulently spent. [read post]
29 Jun 2011, 11:49 am by Judicial Watch Blog
  A Judicial Watch investigation has found that the Obama Administration recently violated the ban on federal funding for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) by giving the famously corrupt group tens of thousands of dollars in grants to “combat housing and lending discrimination. [read post]