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WASHINGTON, June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following the U.S. House Judiciary Committee's markup of the Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011 (H.R. 1860), which would create a national framework to prevent state and local governments from imposing multiple and discriminatory taxation on downloaded digital goods and services (e.g. e-books, music, apps, etc.), CTIA-The Wireless Association President and CEO Steve Largent issued the following statement:
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The court also stated that the government does not have a duty to volunteer information if the contractor can reasonably be expected to seek and obtain the facts elsewhere.23 Regarding the decrease in the number of people attending federal training programs, the COFC observed that the government's legislative and regulatory activities were public knowledge, and everyone has a duty to be aware of U.S. statutes at large.24 The Court concluded that everyone, not just the government, was aware of the government's movement toward a smaller government workforce and a more competitive Federal training environment.25 Because Federal Group had easy access to government programs, the court concluded that the OPM did not have superior knowledge of an issue that was novel to the performance of this...
... items; systems and subsystems; and services for upkeep of those systems, such as repair and ma... Air Force had purchased over $35 million in goods and services under the contract, far in excess of ...
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WASHINGTON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National wireless consumer coalition MyWireless.org(R) today lauded the leadership of Chairman Max Baucus (D-MT), Ranking Member Orrin Hatch (R-UT), and Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR), Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and John Thune (R-SD), after the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing to consider the implications of tax reform, and how it relates to state and local tax and fiscal policy. Pro-consumer wireless tax bills S. 543, the 'Wireless Tax Fairness Act,' and S. 971, the 'Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act,' featured prominently in the Senators' discussion of tax reform before the committee. After today's discussion by the committee these overwhelmingly bipartisan bills now await consideration by the full Senate.
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WASHINGTON, May 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National wireless consumer advocacy group MyWireless.org(R) applauded Congress today for the introduction of bipartisan legislation giving consumers a break from potential multiple and discriminatory state and local taxes levied on purchases of digital goods and services. This important pro-consumer legislation, entitled the 'Digital Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011,' was introduced today by Senators Ron Wyden (D-OR) and John Thune (R-SD), and Representatives Lamar Smith (R-TX) and Steve Cohen (D-TN), respectively.
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As any lawyer who's been around the block a few times will tell you, if you ever find yourself in a legal dispute involving money, it's best to be the stakeholder. That's because the legal system makes it easier to hold onto money in your possession than to take money from someone else.
One way to put this theory to work in your daily life is to purchase goods and services using a credit card. The reason for this is a provision of the federal Truth In Lending Act (for purists, it's Section 1666i) that allows a credit card holder to refuse to pay a charge on a credit card account in a circumstance where the cardholder has a dispute with a merchant over goods or services purchased with the card.
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WASHINGTON, July 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Upon introduction of legislation by Reps. Rick Boucher (D-VA) and Lamar Smith (R-TX) to provide a national framework for the taxation of digital goods and services, CTIA-The Wireless Association(R) President and CEO Steve Largent released the following statement:
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The names, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, mailing addresses and other information of University of Missouri students are all considered public information and have been drawing the attention of marketing agencies eager to sell goods and services to the student body.
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, or FERPA, a federal law that protects student confidentiality, does not cover so- called "directory information" unless students specifically block the release of that information.