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AFP eWire April 8, 2013	AFP Announces International Awards for Philanthropy Honorees The honorees included a generous couple in Saskatchewan; an outstanding family foundation supporting causes around the world; a volunteer legend in Vancouver; a fundraising pioneer in Wisconsin, and others.
AFP eWire	Funds Raised Increased at 58 Percent of US and Canadian Charities in 2012 Nearly six in 10 charities surveyed (58 percent) raised more in 2012 than they did in 2011 from contributions, marking the first time since 2006 that significantly more than half showed such positive results. Last year at this time, 53 percent had raised more.
National Defense May 2013 Stew Magnuson	Special Operations Missions to Require New Doctrine Whether it is called "soft power," or the latest buzzword, "the seventh warfighting function," special operations forces are entering a new chapter in their storied history, senior SOF leaders said.
National Defense May 2013 Stew Magnuson	Mali Crisis Offers Lessons for Special Operations Command A strategic shift to the Asia-Pacific, along with a hope for gradual disengagement in the Middle East and South Asia, will usher in a new era for Special Operations Command as it returns to its roots, which is carrying out foreign internal defense missions.
Chemistry World April 5, 2013 Rebecca Trager	Controversial pesticides down but not out The US Environmental Protection Agency is being sued by environmental groups and beekeepers over the use of a class of pesticides called neonicotinoids. The European Food Safety Agency also issued a report highlighting several risks posed to bees.
National Defense May 2013 Carol A. Connolly	Companies Must Vet Business Partners Most people know the United States sanctions trade and other business activities with certain countries to advance its foreign policy and national security goals.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Army to Test Assay Reader Add-On for Smartphones Scientists at the Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center have developed two clip-on attachments for an Android phone that can do just that, and they plan to test the devices within the next couple months.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Device Links iPhone Into Satellite System A United Arab Emirates-based satellite company is pitching a device to the U.S. military that can transform an iPhone 4 into a satellite phone.
National Defense May 2013 Valerie Insinna	Satellite Company Claims It Can Prevent Weather Data Gap Executives at PlanetIQ, a joint venture by several space companies, say they can solve the problem by launching a constellation of 12 low-earth orbit satellites that use a method called GPS radio occultation.
Information Today April 4, 2013 Barbie E. Keiser	Performance Reporting 2.0 Using Socrata's GovStat GovStat is a new performance measurement platform for government where every goal set by a team, agency, or department (short-term, intermediate, and long-term) has metrics against which it is measured.
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