1/6/15 From: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing Washington, DC (January 5, 2015) – The Department of Treasury’s Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) is now accepting and processing applications nationwide from blind or visually impaired individuals who wish to receive a free currency reader. This initiative is one of a number of steps the […]
DNA info By Janet Rausa Fuller on October 30, 2014
1/6/15 From DNA info By Janet Rausa Fuller on October 30, 2014 5:18am Blind Chef Laura Martinez Readies Herself for New Role as Restaurant Owner LINCOLN PARK — Chef Laura Martinez, who is blind, made headlines when she was hired by the late Charlie Trotter fresh out of culinary school in 2010. For two years, […]
12/19/14 What You Need To Know About The Final Calorie Disclosure Rule
From Vending Market Watch – What You Need To Know About The Final Calorie Disclosure Rule Video Dec 19, 2014 Link to video: http://bcove.me/kgq4wbg1 Emily Refermat, editor of Automatic Merchandiser and VendingMarketWatch.com, asks NAMA’s Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Eric Dell to explain some key points of the FDA’s final rule on calorie disclosure […]
12/12/14 U.S. Mint Report Recommends No Change To Composition Of Coins
From Vending Times – U.S. Mint Report Recommends No Change To Composition Of Coins Issue Date: Vol. 54, No. 12, December 2014, Posted On: 12/12/2014 by Tim Sanford and Nick Montano WASHINGTON — The U.S. Mint has submitted its 2014 Biennial Report to Congress today on the research and development of alternative metals for the […]
12/09/14 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its final rules on menu labeling and calorie disclosure
by Terry Smith, NFBEI & NAMA Government Affairs Dear NAMA Member, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its final rules on menu labeling and calorie disclosure yesterday. Our team has been diligently working to review the 130-page rule on calorie disclosure requirements applicable to vending. As promised, we have put together a synopsis of […]
11/25/14 FDA finalizes menu and vending machine calorie labeling rules
Shared by Terry Smith, NFBEI – Hello All: See the press release below. You will note that for vending, the labeling requirements apply only to operators with 20 or more machines. We understood at the time of the enactment of the law that the 20 vending machine threshold applies to individual vendors and not to the state business […]
11/05/14 Nation’s first soda tax is passed
Shared by Kevin Dwyer –Nation’s first soda tax is passed Laura Mandaro, USA TODAY Network 9:08 a.m. EST November 5, 2014 Berkeley, Calif., became the first U.S. city to pass a law taxing sugary drinks including sodas. More than three-quarters of the votes cast were in favor of Measure D, according to the Alameda County […]
10/3/14 NAMA’s 2014 Public Policy Confab Apprises Congress About Coin Changes
From Vending Times – Emily Jed NAMA’s 2014 Public Policy Confab Apprises Congress About Coin Changes, Fit Pick And Micromarkets Issue Date: Vol. 54, No. 10, October 2014, Posted On: 10/3/2014 WASHINGTON — The National Automatic Merchandising Association’s 2014 Public Policy Conference in the nation’s capital was the largest, to date, with more participants and […]
7/11/14 National Federation of the Blind elects Mark Riccobono President
From Chris Danielsen, NFB FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE National Federation of the Blind elects Mark Riccobono President Baltimore, Maryland (July 11, 2014): The National Federation of the Blind (NFB), the nation’s largest organization of blind Americans, has elected Mark Anthony Riccobono as its new President, the Chief Executive Officer of the organization. The election took place […]
7/10/14 Congress Passes Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act
From Lawrence Carter-Long for the National Council on Disability For Immediate Release: July 10, 2014 Congress Passes Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act Significant Changes Ahead for NCD WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday July 9, the House of Representatives passed the Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) following Senate passage of the same by a vote of 95-3 […]