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Brain Injury Association of AmericaPolicy Corner E-Newsletter -- June 12, 2009A weekly update on federal policy activity related to traumatic brain injury__________________________________________________________________In This Issue:Cognitive Rehabilitation CoverageHealth Care Reform UpdateNIDRR Grant ForecastCoalition for Regenerative Stem Cell Medicine updateThe Policy Corner is made possible by the Centre for Neuro Skills, James F. Humphreys and Associates, and Lakeview Healthcare Systems, Inc. Brain Injury Association of America gratefully acknowledges their support for legislative action.Cognitive Rehabilitation CoverageThis week BIAA learned of two important victories centered around cognitive rehabilitation services. Anthem Insurance Companies (Anthem BC/BS, Anthem Health Plans) revised its cognitive rehabilitation coverage policy in December 2008 and cited BIAA's position paper among the authoritative sources consulted. Last month, United Health Care followed suit by publishing a coverage change in its May 2009 Network Bulletin .Also this week, BIAA sent a letter to President Obama urging TRICARE coverage for service members. This is a follow up to the summit hosted by the Defense Centers of Excellence in April 2009, which was prompted by Congressional inquiries BIAA initiated last summer.http://www.biausa.org/elements/policy/president_obama_letter_tricare_cog_rehab.pdfInsurance coverage of cognitive rehabilitation has been a centerpiece of BIAA's policy efforts for the past three years. The Anthem and United Health Care coverage policies are important victories for people with brain injury as they provide fuel for our TRICARE advocacy and health care reform fight.BIAA will continue to fight for TRICARE to cover cognitive rehabilitation services to ensure that our returning service members have access to the best health care available.Health Care Reform UpdateOn June 9, 2009, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee released a draft health care reform bill. In summary, the draft would expand Medicaid eligibility to those with incomes up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level, impose federal tax penalties on most individuals failing to purchase coverage, mandate a public plan option, require employers to provide coverage or pay into a pool, and stiffen regulation of private health insurance plans.Importantly, the plan eliminates life-time insurance caps as well as provides for the establishment of a medical advisory council that will submit a report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services including recommendations on essential health care benefits eligible for credits which includes rehabilitative services. In issuing the report, the council will ensure that the recommendations take into account the needs of diverse segments of the population including persons with disability.The HELP committee plans to begin considering this bill on June 16, 2009. BIAA will continue to monitor the situation carefully.NIDRR Grant ForecastThis week, The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) announced it will include two TBI grant programs in its forecast for 2009. http://www.ed.gov/fund/grant/find/edlite-forecast.html#chart7The first grant application notice, rehabilitation research and training centers (RRTC) on traumatic brain injury interventions, will be available on June 30, 2009, while the second, RRTC on developing strategies to foster community integration and participation for individuals with traumatic brain injury will be available on July 24, 2009.BIAA will report on the details of these applications when they are released.Coalition for Regenerative Stem Cell Medicine updateAs part of the Coalition for Regenerative Stem Cell Medicine, BIAA enthusiastically endorses two important pieces of legislation aimed at advancing the therapeutic potential of newborn stem cells, the unique stem cells that can be collected immediately following birth from umbilical cord blood and the cord itself, as well as helping to advance the use of one's own newborn stem cells in regenerative medicine.HR 1718 - The "Family Cord Blood Banking Act" amends Section 213(d) of the IRS Code to add cord blood banking services as a qualified medical expense. This change will allow individuals and couples to use tax advantaged dollars to pay for umbilical cord blood banking services through flexible spending accounts (FSAs), health savings accounts (HSAs) health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs) or the medical expenses tax deduction.The "Family Cord Blood Banking Act" will make cord blood banking more affordable for American families and provides incentives to ensure that this valuable health resource is never thrown away.HR. 2107 - The "Cord Blood Education and Awareness Act of 2009" will provide expectant mothers with straightforward, accurate and easy to understand information about the value of their child's umbilical cord blood stem cells. It will offer a government stamp of approval on all available cord blood banking options and will give expectant parents confidence in the information they are reviewing.Visit our Website-------------------------------------------------------------Each week, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law publishes the Legal Services E-lert, reaching a wide audience with the most important articles on civil legal aid and access to justice for low-income people.-------------------------------------------------------------THIS WEEK'S HEADLINES1. Four Years Later, Katrina & Rita Victims Can Buy Their Temporary FEMA Trailers for $1, or Obtain Vouchers for Rental or Public Housing, as FEMA Ends Emergency Program2. Class Action Settlement, Approved by Court, Should End "Chronic Delays" in Provision of Medicaid and Food Stamps in Suffolk County (NY)3. Foreclosures Harm Minorities, Three Lenders Responsible in 47% of Evictions & Steps Needed to Protect Tenants, Says Report by LSC-Funded Rhode Island Legal Services4. House Appropriations Committee Would Raise Federal LSC Funding to $440 Million, but Lift Only the "Attorneys' Fees Restriction," Despite Obama Recommendation to Also Lift Private Money Restriction and Class Action Restriction; Issue Now Moves to Senate5. Increased Court Fees in Civil Proceedings are Expected to Fill Gaping Hole in Legal Aid Budgets in Connecticut, Preventing Further Layoffs; Now Await Governor's Approval6. People Needing Lawyers in High-Stakes Cases are One Step Closer to a Civil Right to Counsel as Bill to Create Pilot Programs Clears California Assembly and Moves to Senate7. Lawyer at Maryland Legal Aid Bureau Writes Book, "Legal Aid Wealth: Surviving and Thriving on the Salary of a Public Interest Attorney;" Dedicates Proceeds to Loan Repayment Scholarships for Public Interest AttorneysTHIS WEEK'S STORIESFEATURE STORY1. Four Years Later, Katrina & Rita Victims Can Buy Their Temporary FEMA Trailers for $1, or Obtain Vouchers for Rental or Public Housing, as FEMA Ends Emergency ProgramKate Linthicum, "Hurricane Victims Get Chance to Buy Trailers for as Little as $1," Los Angeles Times, June 4, 2009Los Angeles Times reports: "The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Wednesday [June 3, 2009] that it would allow hurricane victims on the Gulf Coast still living in government-supplied trailers to buy their temporary homes for as little as $1. The government will also provide $50 million to help other trailer residents, whose homes were destroyed by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, move into rental or public housing. The assistance comes just days after the official start of the 2009 hurricane season and one month after FEMA announced that it was ending the temporary housing program it started in the aftermath of Katrina. The more than 3,400 people still living in FEMA trailers in Louisiana and Mississippi had faced eviction. 'We were going to have another homeless crisis on our hands,' said Laura Tuggle of [LSC-funded] Southeast Louisiana Legal Services, a free legal aid program in New Orleans. 'The fear among people was that one day they were going to come back to the trailer they had been living in and it would just be gone. There was so much anxiety. People worried they would have to buys tents.' The sale of the trailers will end the most expensive emergency housing program in FEMA's history. The agency provided more than 143,000 households with temporary housing units, mostly mobile homes and trailers, after the two major hurricanes. FEMA typically provides emergency housing for no longer than 18 months, but officials repeatedly extended the deadline. May 1 was the final deadline to vacate, but many people did not leave. Housing advocates agree that the assistance will help in the short term but are divided over its long-term merits. While Tuggle called it 'a huge step in the right direction,' Reilly Morse, senior attorney with the Mississippi Center for Justice, said he would prefer to see more permanent housing solutions. 'Both of these measures sound like they're just buying time,' Morse said."LEGAL SERVICES ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS*Government Benefits*2. Class Action Settlement, Approved by Court, Should End "Chronic Delays" in Provision of Medicaid and Food Stamps in Suffolk County (NY)Michael Amon, "Suffolk Pledges to Get Medicaid, Food Stamps Out Faster," Newsday, May 12, 2009Newsday states: "For the roughly 60,000 Suffolk residents who apply annually for Medicaid and food stamps - a number expected to grow during the recession - government help may arrive faster this year. Under a court order expected to be signed next month, the Suffolk Department of Social Services - long ranked as one of the slowest in the state to approve public assistance - has pledged to get benefits out more quickly and will have its efforts monitored by advocacy groups. The agreement settles a federal class-action lawsuit brought last August by the Empire Justice Center in Central Islip and the National Center for Law and Economic Justice. The suit accused Suffolk of chronic delays that held up benefits for more than twice as long as legally allowed. Suffolk officials, who denied legal liability, attributed delays to prior staff shortages and an increasing flood of applicants . . . . In 2003, it took 90 days to approve or deny an adult's Medicaid application, twice as long as the law allows, officials said. Last year, it was down to 63, this year to about 50 . . . . In Suffolk, the settlement is expected to help people like Tina, 41, an Islip mother who waited three months for her Medicaid and food stamp benefits last year while she was pregnant. Medicaid for pregnant women and children must be approved or denied in 30 days under federal law . . . . Laura Redman, a staff attorney for the National Center for Law and Economic Justice, said the settlement was similar to others in the past two years with social services agencies in New York City, Erie County, N.Y., Arizona and Colorado."Judge Bianco approved the settlement after a fairness hearing on June 8, 2009.*Housing*3. Foreclosures Harm Minorities, Three Lenders Responsible in 47% of Evictions & Steps Needed to Protect Tenants, Says Report by LSC-Funded Rhode Island Legal ServicesKevin Shalvey, "Report: Foreclosures Lead to Evictions," Providence Business News (RI), June 10, 2009Providence Business News states: "A report released yesterday [June 9, 2009] says that financial institutions who had foreclosed on properties in Rhode Island last year evicted 2,338 tenants, with the highest amount, 1,166 evictions, in Providence. Authored by Steve Fischback, an attorney with [LSC-funded] Rhode Island Legal Services, "Move Out Rhode Island - An Analysis of 2008 Foreclosure Related Evictions" is a collection of data showing where evictions took place and which lenders filed for the evictions. The three lenders with the most evictions made up 47 percent of all evictions. Deutsche Bank evicted 460 tenants; U.S. Bank evicted 382 tenants and Wells Fargo evicted 262 tenants, according to the report. The report notes that there were 3,479 reported foreclosures in Rhode Island in 2008. Rosalina Collazo, who organized the Rhode Island Bank Tenant & Homeowner Association, said in a statement that the report makes clear that there need to be legislative steps taken to protect tenants. 'It has become painfully clear that the banks are not going to operate in good faith,' she said. 'Therefore, we need the General Assembly to step in and protect the citizens of Rhode Island.'"The report also found: "Over two thirds (68% of all foreclosures related to evictions involved properties located in census block groups whose minority population was greater than 20% according to 2000 US Census data. About half (51%) of all foreclosure related evictions involved properties located in census block groups whose minority population was greater than 50%. In 2000, minorities comprised 18.1% of Rhode Island's population."LEGAL SERVICES STRUCTURE*Beltway Bulletin*4. House Appropriations Committee Would Raise Federal LSC Funding to $440 Million, but Lift Only the "Attorneys' Fees Restriction," Despite Obama Recommendation to Also Lift Private Money Restriction and Class Action Restriction; Issue Now Moves to SenateOn June 4, 2009, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), which has jurisdiction over funding for LSC, considered its annual appropriations bill. The bill, which was passed out of the Subcommittee the same day, raised LSC's total funding level to $440 million, up from $390 million in FY 2009, a 12.8% increase.Authored by the Chair of the CJS Subcommittee, Representative Alan Mollohan (WV), the bill also removes the restriction that currently prohibits LSC grantees from using LSC funds to seek attorneys' fee awards -- a limitation that had been included as a rider to the LSC appropriation every year since 1996. The bill does not lift any of the other LSC funding restrictions.The full bill passed the full House Appropriations Committee on June 9, 2009, with no changes to the LSC provisions, and now awaits passage by the full House.The bill's call for increased funding is a greatly welcomed boost, especially because the economic downturn has substantially increased legal need while reducing the availability of other legal services funding. However, the bill does not lift other LSC restrictions, specifically, it does not lift the restriction on non-LSC funds, and it does not lift the restriction on class actions. Pres. Obama's detailed budget had called for removal of these two additional restrictions.In the Senate, the CJS Appropriations Subcommittee has yet to produce an FY 2010 appropriation bill, but is expected to turn to this now. The CJS Subcommittee is free to draft its own bill, and could do so along the lines of the President's budget. Senator Barbara Mikulski (MD) chairs the Senate's CJS Subcommittee.Once both the House and Senate have passed their respective CJS bills, differences between the two versions will likely be addressed and reconciled by a conference committee.*Funding*5. Increased Court Fees in Civil Proceedings are Expected to Fill Gaping Hole in Legal Aid Budgets in Connecticut, Preventing Further Layoffs; Now Await Governor's ApprovalChristian Nolan, "Higher Filing Fees Would Benefit Legal Aid," Connecticut Law Tribune, June 8, 2009Connecticut Law Tribune writes: "Connecticut attorneys won't have to pay a higher occupational tax, but the legislature has approved a measure that would increase many court filing fees by $55 to $75. The annual proceeds - estimated at $7.7 million - would go to the state's legal aid agencies, which are mired in a fiscal crisis. Their main funding source - proceeds from Interest on Lawyers Trust Accounts, or IOLTA - has all but dried up due to low interest rates and the poor housing market. Advocates for the 'big three' legal aid [agencies] - [LSC-funded] Connecticut Legal Services, Greater Hartford Legal Aid and New Haven Legal Assistance Association - lobbied lawmakers for help. Their efforts were rewarded, and the bill that would raise fees and give the revenues to financial aid awaits the signature of Gov. M. Jodi Rell. 'If this gets approved, we would not have any further layoffs,' said CLS Executive Director Steven Eppler-Epstein. 'I just think this an example of how, in a really tough year, the legislature can work creatively and in a bipartisan way to solve problems. It certainly means a lot to us' . . . . So the new money will come from higher filing fees that many lawyers acknowledge will be passed along to clients in the form of higher legal bills. If the bill becomes law, the jury fee in civil actions would rise from $350 to $425; the filing fee for a Superior Court case would increase from $225 to 300; the designation of a case as complex litigation would go from $250 to $325; and an application for a pre-judgment remedy will rise from $100 to $175 . . . . Fees for small claims and housing cases would not change."The fee increases would not affect indigent litigants, as the state already waives fees for those who cannot afford to pay.CIVIL GIDEON6. People Needing Lawyers in High-Stakes Cases are One Step Closer to a Civil Right to Counsel as Bill to Create Pilot Programs Clears California Assembly and Moves to SenateMatthew Pordum, "Right to Counsel Bill Clears the State Assembly," The Daily Journal (CA), June 8, 2009The Daily Journal reports: "The Assembly passed a bill on Friday [June 5, 2009] that would make California the first state in the nation to establish a right to counsel for low-income people in critical human-needs civil cases. The bill, AB 590, introduced by Assemblyman Mike Feuer, D-Los Angeles, passed on a vote of 50-29, and would provide a legal voice for those in the state that can't afford an attorney. It would be funded through an increase in court fees. The program would seek to provide counsel to low-income people in cases where basic human needs, such as shelter, sustenance, safety, health or child custody are at stake. According to National Center for State Courts, more than 4.3 million Californians represent themselves in civil court proceedings, largely because they cannot afford a lawyer. 'I have seen first hand how having a lawyer can make a difference in cases involving critical matters,' said Feuer, who for eight years ran the non-profit legal center Bet Tzedek, which provides free legal representation to low income people, the elderly and the disabled. 'I saw the opportunity to bring this legislation and I feel strongly it will make a difference for the people in this state that right now need help the most.' Specifically the bill would require the Judicial Council to establish one or more pilot programs in selected courts across the state for three-year periods. Funding for the program will be secured through a $10 increase on certain fees for court services, including issuing a writ for enforcement of an order or judgment, issuing an order of sale, and filing and entering an award under the Workers' Compensation Law. Currently the fees for these services range between $15 and $20 . . . . The right to counsel bill was passed on the last day for bills to be passed out of the house of origin. It is now headed to the Senate Judiciary Committee."ANNOUNCEMENTS7. Lawyer at Maryland Legal Aid Bureau Writes Book, "Legal Aid Wealth: Surviving and Thriving on the Salary of a Public Interest Attorney;" Dedicates Proceeds to Loan Repayment Scholarships for Public Interest AttorneysCaryn Tamber, "All the Lifestyle that Legal Aid Wages Can Buy," The Daily Record (MD), June 5, 2009The Daily Record writes: "When Janine A. Scott started at the [LSC-funded] Legal Aid Bureau more than 10 years ago, her salary was $28,000 a year. She soon discovered that she loved the work, but the money was a sticking point. How could she have the kind of life she wanted on such a paltry salary? 'I wanted to stay, and so I became motivated to make the salary work within what my expenses are,' said Scott, 38, who is now the supervising attorney for the domestic law unit at Legal Aid. Scott, who briefly worked as an accountant before going to law school, sat down and made a list of all of her financial goals. There were a lot of them: She wanted to pay down her law school and credit card debt, buy a house and travel once a year . . . . She looked at her going-out spending habits and determined that she should create a 'fun account' and keep it at $250 at all times . . . . Scott said she has achieved her goals by meticulously charting every bit of money that comes in and goes out. She waits for sales on clothing and discount deals on travel, and she would not dream of buying snacks from a vending machine when she could get them in bulk from Target or Wal-Mart for so much less . . . . Scott said that a few years ago, co-workers started asking her how she had managed to afford her comfortable life on a modest salary. That's when she decided to write a book on doing well on a do-gooder's salary. The book, which she self-published and plans to market at conferences and bar events, is called 'Legal Aid Wealth: Surviving and Thriving on the Salary of a Public Interest Attorney.' It came out last month."Scott says: "My goal in writing this book is to encourage law students and lawyers to work in the area of public interest law by showing how I managed my modest salary to achieve financial success. I plan on using a portion of the profits from the book to create student loan repayment scholarships for public interest attorneys."To learn more about Scott and her book, visit her website at www.legalaidwealth.com.-------------------------------------------------------------ABA Manual on Sale -- "Innovative Fundraising Ideas for Legal Services" (2004) - $1The ABA is seeking to reduce excess inventory of this comprehensive fundraising manual. The price for the publication is temporarily reduced to $1, plus shipping and handling. The manual provides information on 30 initiatives for developing funding to support the delivery of civil legal services to the poor. It offers a user-friendly overview of each fundraising strategy, examples of successful implementation, and the names of individuals who can be contacted to further discuss each initiative described. This was produced by the ABA Project to Expand Resources for Legal Services in 2004; the techniques and strategies described remain current, though some of the contact information for local sources may be dated.To purchase this book, go to:http://www.abanet.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=4190012----------------------------------------------------------------The Legal Services E-lert is produced by Emily Savner and edited by Laura Abel and David Udell. Because the E-lert collects stories reported by others, the views presented are not necessarily those of the Brennan Center.The majority of the text presented in the E-lert is drawn verbatim from original news sources. The bolded headlines are produced by the Brennan Center. Whenever possible, we provide a link to the full text of the original article.You can sign up to receive the E-lert and examine archived copies of previous E-lerts at: http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resources/elerts_legalservices/.If you would like to provide the E-lert with information about your work or clippings from your local paper, please contact Emily Savner at [e-mail] or 212-998-6288.You can obtain information about civil legal services for low-income people or about the Brennan Center at: www.brennancenter.org.EFFector Vol. 22, No. 18 June 12, 2009 [e-mail] Publication of the Electronic Frontier FoundationISSN 1062-9424: . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :In our 512th issue:* EFF HAS CHALLENGED GOVERNMENT'S "BACK DOOR WIRETAP,"urging the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hold thatthe government's seizure of defendant Stephen Warshak'semail without a warrant violated the Fourth Amendment andfederal privacy statutes, as well as the JusticeDepartment's own surveillance manual. The governmentaccomplished this "back door wiretap" by illegally orderingWarshak's email provider to prospectively "preserve" copiesof his future emails, a misuse the Stored CommunicationsAct, which is only supposed to be used for obtaining emailsalready in storage with a provider.In an amicus brief filed earlier this week, EFF argues thatthe government's seizure violated federal privacy laws andWarshak's Fourth Amendment expectation of privacy in hisemail. As a result, the illegally seized emails should havebeen suppressed by the district court where Warshak wastried. All told, the government acquired over 27,000 emailsspanning over six months from Warshak's email provider, allwithout probable cause.For the full press release:http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2009/06/11: . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . :EFF Updates* France Declares Three Strikes UnconstitutionalThe Conseil Constitutionnel has declared the most importantparts of HADOPI unconstitutional and invalidated thelegislation's authority to issue termination orders toISPs.http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/three-strikes-dead-in-france* China's Spy in the HomeThe Chinese Ministry of Industry and IT's announcement thatall PCs sold in China must include government-approvedfiltering software is a profoundly worrying development foronline privacy and free speech in that country.http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/chinas-spy-home* Google Book Search Settlement: Foster CompetitionWhat would create an eBook marketplace with an opportunityfor real competition? 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Research: Potential Health Implications from Mobile Communications Systems (COST281).# Nordic Society for Radiation ProtectionAustralia# Australian Centre for RF Bioeffects Research# Australian Communications and Media Authority# Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA)# Australian Radiation Lab: Non-Ionizing Radiation Section## Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)# EMFacts Consultancy (Don Maisch)# EMR Australia# EMR Safety Network# Energy Supply Association of Australia (ESSA)Austria# Diagnose-Funk# Forum Mobilkommunikation# Platform for Mobile Telecom InitiativesBelgium# Belgian BioElectroMagnetic Group (BBEMG)# Center for Research & Information on Electromagnetic Radiation (riirem)Canada# Canadian Electricity Association (CEA)# Canadian Radiation Protection Association (CRPA)# Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CWTA)# RF.com: Wireless Communications and Health (formerly, the Wireless Information Research Centre)# Rule of Law Defenders: Dedicated to Exposing Electromagnetic Torture in Canada# Stop Cell Towers# WEEP: Canadian Initiative To Stop Wireless, Electric and Electromagnetic PollutionChina# Bioelectromagnetics Key Laboratory of Zhejiang ProvinceDenmark# Danish Association of Electrosensitives# Danish Mobile Phone Research Program# Danish RF Research ProgramFinland# HERMO: Health Risk Assessment of Mobile Communications (research program)# Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)# STUK's Dariusz Leszczynski's Blog: "Between a Rock and a Hard Place"France# Association Française Opérateurs Mobiles# CRIIREM (Centre de Recherche et d'Information Indépendantes sur les Rayonnements ElectroMagnétiques)# Fondation Santé et Radiofréquences# France Nature Environnement: EMF# Mobilou.info (Phil Marso)# Next-Up# Robin des Toits# PRIARTeMGermany# Bürgerwelle (Citizens' Band)# Kompetenzinitiative (Competence Initiative for the Protection of Humanity, Environment and Democracy)# Der Mast Muss Weg (The Mast Must Go)# Diagnose-Funk# Elektrosmog Info# Elektrosmognews# Elektrosmog Report# Federal Radiation Protection Office (BfS)# German Mobile Telecommunication Research Programme (DMF)# hese Project# Informationszentrum Mobilfunk (IZMF)# Research Association for Radio Applications (FGF)# Research Center for Bioelectromagnetic Interaction (femu, Aachen University)# Radiation Protection Commission (SSK)# Working Group for the ElectrosensitiveIceland# Valdemar Gisli Valdemarsson (EMF page in Icelandic)Italy# Association for Environmental and Chronic Toxic Injury (AMICA)# Association for the Prevention of and Fight Against Electrosmog# Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment (National Research Council)# Elettra2000# Insititute of Health: EMFs# Italian Association of the Electrically SensitiveJapan# Electronic Industries Association of Japan# Japan Electronic Industry Development AssociationKorea# Korean EMF PagesMalaysia# RF Radiation Website of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia CommissionThe Netherlands# Health Council of the Netherlands# Electromagnetic Fields and Health Research (at the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development --ZonMw)# National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RF page)# Stop UMTSNew Zealand# Ban the Tower# National Radiation LaboratoryNorway# Norwegian Association for the Electro-Hypersensitive# Norwegian Radiation Protection AuthorityPortugal# No Antennas HereSouth Africa# EM WatchSpain# Campaign: Stop the HT LineSweden# National Institute for Working Life ( (closed on July 1, 2007)# Swedish Association for the Electrosensitive (FEB)# Swedish Council for Work Life Research# Swedish Mobile Telecommunications Association# Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (formerly the Swedish Radiation Protection Authority, SSI)# TCO DevelopmentSwitzerland# Diagnose-Funk# Federal Environment Agency "Electrosmog" page# Federal Office of Communications Telecom Antenna Database# Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT'IS)# Gigaherz# Institute for Electromagnetic Fields and Terahertz Electronics: Electromagnetics in Medicine and Biology Group# Swiss Research Foundation on Mobile Communication# Zurich Telecom Antenna DatabaseTurkey# Gazi Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection CenterUnited Kingdom# Electric Forester Investigations Ltd. UK (EMF surveys)# ElectroSensitivity UK# EMF Home and Environment Survey# Health Protection Agency (formerly the National Radiological Protection Board)# hese Project in the UK# Independent Expert Group on Mobile Phones# Mast Action UK: National Campaign for the Sensible Siting of Masts# Mast Sanity# Mast Victims# MCL (formerly Microwave Consultants Ltd.)# Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research Programme (MTHR)# Powerwatch# Radiocommunications Agency Database of Mobile Phone Base Stations# Radiation Research Trust# REVOLT (Rural England Fighting Overhead Line Transmission)# TETRAWatch# Safe Wi-Fi in SchoolsCitizens and Interest Groups# Associated Bioelectromagnetics Technologists# Ban the Tower (New Zealand)# Bürgerwelle (Germany)# Canyon Area Residents for the Environment (on Lookout Mountain, Colorado, antenna farm)# Cellular Tower Coalition# Cloutnow: Coalition for Local Oversight of Utility Technologies# Coalition for the Regulation of Antenna Siting# Communications Workers of America# Electrical Pollution (Dirty Power)# EMR Network# EMR Policy Institute# EM Watch (South Africa)# Institute for Inquiry# International Coalition for an Electromagnetic Safe Planet (IC-ESP)# Mast Action UK: National Campaign for the Sensible Siting of Masts# Mast Sanity (U.K.)# Mast Victims (U.K.)# Mind Control Forum# Diagnose-Funk (Austria, Germany & Switzerland)# Next-Up (France)# No Antennas Here (Portugal)# Power Line Task Force# Powerwatch (U.K.)# PRIARTeM (France)# Radiation Research Trust (U.K.)# Robin des Toits (France)# REVOLT (Rural England Fighting Overhead Line Transmission) (U.K.)# Safe Wi-Fi in Schools# SNAFU (San Francisco Neighborhood Antenna-Free Union)# Stop Cell Towers (Canada)# TETRAWatch (U.K.)# WEEP: Canadian Initiative To Stop Wireless, Electric and Electromagnetic Pollution#Commercial Products# EnviroHolistic Consultancy ("dirty power" products, Australia)# Better Electromagnetic Environment (products for the electrosensitive)# EMR Australia# Exradia# Less EMF# Magnetic Shield Corp.# Microshield Industries# Technology Alternatives Corp.#Consultants# Amuneal Manufacturing Corp.# Charles Keen EMF Services# Electric Forester Investigations Ltd. UK# EMR Australia# Enertech Consultants# Environmental Testing & Technology, Inc. (ET&T)# Ergonomics, Inc.# MCL Technology Ltd. (U.K.)# Safe Living Technologies, Inc.# Sage Associates# Richard Tell Associates, Inc.# VitaTech Engineering, LLCElectromagnetic Weapons# Rule of Law Defenders: Dedicated to Exposing Electromagnetic Torture in CanadaElectrosensitive Associations# Danish Association of Electrosensitives# ElectroSensitivity UK# ElectroSensitivity.org: Troy Knight's Site# Electrosensitivity Support# Association for Environmental and Chronic Toxic Injury (AMICA)# Italian Association of the Electrically Sensitive# Norwegian Association for the Electro-Hypersensitive# Swedish Association for the Electrosensitive (FEB)Meters# Aaronia (Germany)# Aaronia (USA)# Alpha Lab Inc.# EMC Test Design# Enertech Consultants# EnviroMentor# Ergonomics Inc# ETS-Lindgren (formerly Holaday Industries Inc.)# Integrity Design & Research Corp.# Magnetic Sciences# Safe Living Technologies Inc.# Technology Alternatives Corp.# Walker Scientific Inc.#Mobile Phone & Tower Resources# Cell Phone Facts (Joint FCC-FDA Web site; includes link to FCC SAR database)# SAR Values# Swiss Federal Office of Communications Telecom Antenna Database# U.S. Antenna Locations# Zurich Telecom Antenna Database# U.K. Radiocommunications Agency Database of Mobile Phone Base StationsNews Sources (Internet)# EMF Omega News# Next-Up NewsPersonal Sites and Blogs# A Likely Death by Radiation (Mary Tiffee Jasso's site on RF exposure in a forest look-out tower)# Robert Bedard (California EMF activist)# Between a Rock and a Hard Place (STUK's Dariusz Leszczynski's Blog)# EMFDamage.com (One woman's story about CLL and EMFs)# Electric Forester# ElectroSensitivity.org (Troy Knight)# Hallberg Independent Research# International Coalition for an Electromagnetic Safe Planet (Paul Doyon's Blog)# Andrew Marino (Louisiana State University Medical Center)# Motorcyclecancer.com (Randall Dale Chipkar)# John Moulder (Medical College of Wisconsin) has discontinued his FAQs on power-line EMFs and cell phone base stations# Safe Wireless Initiative (George Carlo)# Silent Fields: The Growing Cancer Cluster Story (Australia's Donna Fisher's August 2008 book on "dirty electricity")# Stop.radiation.com (Enrico Grani, brain tumor victim)# Valdemar Gisli Valdemarsson (EMF page in Icelandic)# Wireless Watch (David Morrison's Blog)Professional Societies & Trade Associations# American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA)# American National Standards Institute (ANSI)# American Public Power Association (APPA)# Bakken Library and Museum# Bioelectromagnetics Society (BEMS)# Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association (CTIA)# Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors (CRCPD)# Edison Electric Institute (EEI)# Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)# Electronic Industries Alliance# Health Physics Society# Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)# IEEE Committee on Man and Radiation (COMAR)# National Association of Broadcasters (NAB)# National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)# National Association of State Energy Officials# National Association of Telecom. Officers & Advisors# National Association of Tower Erectors# National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)# National Electromagnetic Field Testing Association (NEFTA)# National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA)# Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA)# Radiological Society of North America# Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA)# Western Energy InstitutePublications/Journals# Bioelectromagnetics# Compliance Engineering# Conformity# EMR and Health# Health Physics# International Journal of Radiation Biology# Microwave Journal# Microwave News# Radiation and Environmental Biophysics# Radiation Protection Dosimetry# Radiation Research# RCR Wireless News (publication suspended, March 2009)# Transmission & Distribution World# Wireless Week#Research Groups# Bioelectromagnetics Key Laboratory of Zhejiang Province (China)# Foundation for Research on Information Technologies in Society (IT'IS-Switzerland)# Institute for Electromagnetic Fields and Terahertz Electronics: Electromagnetics in Medicine and Biology Group# University of Oklahoma Center for the Study of Wireless EM Compatibility# University of Western Australia: Biomagnetics Group#ResourcesBioInitiative Report# A Rationale for a Biologically-Based Public Exposure Standard for Electromagnetic Fields (ELF and RF)Brooks Air Force Base (U.S. Air Force)# Technical Reports (site inactive)Dosimetry# International EMF Dosimetry HandbookEMF Bionet Newsgroup# ArchiveNational Academy of Sciences# EMF Research Activities Completed Under the Energy Policy Act of 1992: Interim Report, 1995# Report on Possible Health Effects of Exposure Residential EMFs (Released 1996)# Evaluation of the U.S. Navy's ELF Submarine Communications System Ecological Monitoring Program (Released 1997)NIEHS EMF RAPID Program# NIEHS: EMF RAPID# Measurements Database# Progress Report December 1995# NIEHS Report to Congress on EMF# NIEHS EMF Working Group Report (Removed from NIEHS Web site)# Research Information# Science Review Symposium: Theoretical Mechanisms and In Vitro Research Findings# Science Review Symposium: Epidemiological ResearchFindings# Science Review Symposium: In Vivo Laboratory FindingsNIOSH# EMF Fact SheetStrayVoltage.org# La Crosse, WI, site on stray voltageElectric Utilities# American Electric Power# Aquila# Arizona Public Service# Baltimore Gas & Electric# Bonneville Power Administration# British Columbia Hydro# Central Maine Power# Cinergy# Consolidated Edison# Conectiv Power# Consumers Energy# Detroit Edison# Dominion Power# Duke Energy# Duquesne Electric Power# Entergy# Exelon Corp. (formerly Commonwealth Edison and PECO Energy)# First Energy Corp.# Green Mountain Power# Hawaiian Electric Industries# Hydro Quebec# Illinois Power# Indianapolis Power & Light# Kansai Electric Power (Japan)# Kansas City Power & Light# LG&E Energy# Long Island Power Authority# Maine Public Service# Minnesota Power# National Grid Co. (U.K.)# New York Power Authority# New York State Electric & Gas# Northeast Utilities# NorthWestern Energy# NSTAR (Boston Edison)# Ontario Hydro Energy# Orange and Rockland Utilities# PacifiCorp# PPL Corp. (Pennsylvania Power & Light)# PSE & G# San Diego Gas & Electric# Scottish Power (U.K.)# Select Energy (formerly Niagara Mohawk)# Southern California Edison# Southern Company# Tampa Electric# Tennessee Valley Authority# TXU Electric & Gas (formery Texas Utilities)# Tokyo Electric Power (Japan)# TransAlta Utilities (Canada)# Union Electric# United Illuminating# Wisconsin Public Service# Xcel Energy (formerly Northern States Power)Wireless Companies# AT&T Wireless# BellSouth# British Telecom# Cellular One# Ericsson# France Telecom# Lucent# Motorola# Nextel# Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.# Nokia# Nortel Networks# Orange (U.K.)# Qwest# Samsung# Siemens# Sony Ericsson# Sprint# Telecom New Zealand# Teledesic# Telstra# T-Mobile (Deutsche Telekom Mobil and others)# Verizon Wireless# Vodafone# T-Mobile USA2009 Carr Center for Human Rights PolicyTraub-Dicker-HKSSummer Fellowship Program~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased toinform you of the successful completion of the spring semester as well as to announcesome exciting news that will undoubtedly help chart a similar course for the summer.This year, the Carr Center sponsored the Traub-Dicker-HKS Fellowships, establishedthrough a generous gift by Margaret Traub '80 and her partner Phyllis Dicker. TheTraub-Dicker-HKS Fellowship is designed to support the summer research of one ortwo Kennedy School students doing original work on policies related to lesbian,gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities. The Carr Center is pleasedto announce the selection of two Traub-Dicker-HKS Summer Fellows--Benjamin Halland Baylee DeCastro--from a highly competitive pool of qualified applicants.Both of these students bring a strong record of academic achievement and a longstandingcommitment to LGBT human rights. Mr. Hall will be researching police reform inLondon's LGBT community, and Ms. DeCastro will be researching LGBT health advocacyin San Francisco. Dr. Timothy Patrick McCarthy, Harvard Kennedy School Lecturerand Carr Center Faculty Affiliate, will advise their research.Below you will find brief biographies for Mr. Hall and Ms. DeCastro, as well astheir research goals for the summer.Best,The Carr Center~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"I am genuinely delighted to welcome Ben Hall and Baylee DeCastro as the CarrCenter's inaugural Traub-Dicker-HKS Summer Research Fellows.These two extraordinarystudents bring a rare combination of talents--intellectual heft, political acumen,and personal passion--to the study of LGBT human rights and public policy. We areall very excited to see the fruits of their important research."-- Dr. Timothy Patrick McCarthy, HarvardKennedy School Lecturer and Carr Center Faculty Affiliate~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Benjamin Hall joined the Metropolitan Police, London in 2001, and graduated as thetop student in his class in the police academy. He spent one year in uniformed responsein South London before selection into the Detective corps where he worked in investigationunits for sexual assault and domestic violence. After two years service, at theage of 23, he was selected for Specialist Operations at New Scotland Yard, wherehe has since been promoted to Detective Sergeant in the Serious Crime Command.Before attending Harvard as a Kennedy Scholar, he was educated at University College,London (BA Hons - French and Spanish), the London School of Economics and PoliticalScience (MSc - Criminal Justice Policy) and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge (MPhil- Criminological Research). Benjamin, as one of this years Traub-Dicker ResearchFellows, will engage both the gay community and law enforcement officials to assessand research how the gay community is policed and provide insightful policy proposalsto address common interests, problems and solutions.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Baylee DeCastro is a second year Master in Public Policy (MPP) student at HarvardKennedy School. As a committed public health advocate, Baylee has worked for overa decade to unlock the health system's potential to restore economic security andpromote the health of low-income and medically under served communities. Her researchfocuses on the relationship between the production of scientific knowledge and itsuse in policy formulation and implementation. As one of this years Traub-DickerResearch Fellows, her research examines the ways in which state-centered advocacyefforts toward LGBT inclusion as subjects and objects of health research influencehealth policy. Before coming to the Kennedy School, Baylee served as Policy Advisorto three large UCSF clinical, policy and research programs, where she forged successfulpartnerships with health care providers and community organizations to promote qualityaffordable health care statewide. Baylee also led a national network of women'shealth professionals as Executive Director of the Association of Academic Women'sHealth Program.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy is honored to offer this fellowshipthrough the gracious gift of Margaret Traub '80 and her partner Phyllis Dicker.Welook forward to working with Benjamin Hall and Baylee DeCastro as the Carr Centerexpands its commitment to LGBT human rights.Please feel free to contact the Carr Center about their fellowships and toreceive updates about their work. The Carr Center plans to publish theirresearch findings during the 2009-2010 academic year.