National News -- The Put It In Writing Campaign (PIIW) To Help 600 Families with Estate Planning. The current pandemic has reinforced the idea that estate planning needs immediate attention; as everyone needs to have a strategy for advance planning in their lives. The Reprogramming Institute LLC (TRI) is committed to their pursuit of helping families to put their households in order and has taken it a notch higher with the groundbreaking program of the PUT IT IN WRITING Campaign (PIIW). The goal of the Put It In Writing Campaign is to create new statistics regarding the amount of individuals who want and need to have their wishes legally documented to help clarify comprehensive family matters, especially upon the demise of a relative.

An old adage is a “Short pencil is better than a long memory” emphasizes the need for putting business affairs in writing; and it is also a known fact if one has their affairs in order it helps to avoid lengthy estate litigation and administration cost and untold hours to rectify estate matters.

Death is one of the inevitable events in the world. Despite being an unwanted phenomenon; and often unpredictable, the occurrence is certain and usually leaves people devastated. While some have realized the importance of putting their desires down on paper in black and white to ensure that no conflicts arise after they are gone, millions of others have failed in this respect, ultimately leaving the family in chaos upon their death. The Covid-19 pandemic has further brought to bear the importance of putting the necessary documents in order before transitioning to the great beyond. The PIIW team is looking to make a difference with its recently launched campaign in real time.

The PIIW campaign was created to help participants leverage the expertise of the PUT IT IN WRITING team in creating new generational habits of what it means to offer peace over panic, clarity over chaos and unity over division when it comes to family matters. The goal is to help individuals embrace the subjects of Health Care Proxies, Living Wills, Wills and Trusts; making the conversation relatively comfortable with loved ones.

The campaign will concentrate on three areas which are to help to protect the mental, financial, and emotional wellbeing of family members following the death of a relative. It will also contribute significantly to helping people plant seeds for generational wealth.

The team at Put It In Writing has garnered a reputation in this regard and has over 15 years of experience assisting families with putting their households in order and helping families to carry out the wishes of the wishes of their loved ones.

For more information about the Putting It In Writing Campaign and how to be a part of this movement, visit - www.piiwcampaign.com. The campaign continues across social media, including Facebook and Instagram.

Dennis Defensor joined PESA as Vice President for Global Sales, Marketing and Channel Management. PESA is the Leading Company for Highly Secure and Scalable Video, Audio, USB and KVM Distribution and Extension Technology.

Huntsville, AL — PESA Switching Systems, a global manufacturer of high-performance secure, video, audio, USB and KVM distribution announced today that Dennis Defensor has joined the company to lead global sales, marketing, and channel management.

Based in the Washington DC area, Dennis Defensor brings over 30 years of executive management and technical leadership and procurement regulations expertise in the Federal, State and Local government for IT and Enterprise Solutions. Mr. Defensor previously held senior management positions at Akima/NANA as Group President managing three operating companies, ICOM Simulations as President & CEO), CloudShield/SAIC as Senior Vice President of Global Sales, DLT Solutions as Senior Vice President, Oracle Division, GTSI as Vice President of Marketing Communications & eCommerce, Viacom New Media-Chicago as Senior Vice President, and Falcon Microsystems as Vice President of Systems Integration. In the federal market, he has lead companies which provided IT solutions to DOD, Intel communities and civilian agencies. 

Defensor’s experience and interest in the public and private sectors of the IT market spans cybersecurity, cloud computing, Internet of Things, network architecture, simulations, and digital full-motion video. With a J.D. degree from Catholic University of America, a pioneering law school in Communications Law, Mr. Defensor brings relevant knowledge and real-world experience in the melding of technology and government contract regulations.

“Dennis brings a plethora of industry experience and management success,” said Howard Sutton, Executive Chairman of PESA. “We look forward to leveraging Dennis’s experience as we expand the market footprint of our secure video, audio, USB and KVM distribution solution.”

In his own words, as to what attracted him to PESA, Mr. Defensor said, “In this new digital world where video is ubiquitous, PESA is the world leader as the only highly secure digital ‘eyes and ears’ for government agencies and global commercial enterprises. PESA is currently the only company that can truly protect the end-to-end integrity of video data which is critical for decision-making in command-and-control centers, secure briefing rooms, military command operations centers, government and corporate situation rooms, law enforcement and first-responder centers, security rooms for critical infrastructures, transportation and logistics hubs and mobile command centers.  This technology is destined to become one of the pillars of DOD’s JADC2 strategy.”

More information is available at https://pesa.com/  or contact Dennis Defensor directly via ddefensor @ pesa dot com

Sofia Miguel, of Law Office of Sofia K. Miguel, PLLC, has been selected to the 2021 list as a member of the Nation’s Top One Percent by the National Association of Distinguished Counsel. NADC is an organization dedicated to promoting the highest standards of legal excellence. Its mission is to objectively recognize the attorneys who elevate the standards of the Bar and provide a benchmark for other lawyers to emulate.

Members are thoroughly vetted by a research team, selected by a blue ribbon panel of attorneys with podium status from independently neutral organizations, and approved by a judicial review board as exhibiting virtue in the practice of law. Due to the incredible selectivity of the appointment process, only the top one percent of attorneys in the United States are awarded membership in NADC. This elite class of advocates consists of the finest leaders of the legal profession from across the nation.

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Stakeholders are advised that perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and (additive) organohalogenated flame retardants (OFR) are to be regulated in a wide variety of consumer products in the US state of Nevada.

The state governor signed AB 97 (Chapter 112, 2021 Session) into law on May 27, 2021. This act amends the state’s Revised Statutes in relation to:

• Chapter 459 ‘Hazardous Materials’ – PFAS in firefighting foams – prohibited for testing and firefighting training, except in specific uses
• Chapter 597 ‘Miscellaneous Trade Regulations and Prohibited Acts’ – OFR in business textiles, children’s products, mattresses, residential textiles and upholstered residential furniture – restricted to no more than 1,000 ppm for each OFR

To learn about exemptions to the OFR requirement, read SGS’s original SafeGuard 077/21.

The Act includes the following definitions:

• ‘PFAS’ – family of fluorinated organic chemicals with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom
• ‘Residential textile’ – textile designed for residential use as a covering on windows or walls
• ‘Children’s product’ – product primarily designed or intended to be used by or for a child under 12 years of age

The definition of ‘children’s product’ does not include:

•  A tent or sleeping bag
• Consumer electronic products and components or products complying with Directive 2002/95/EC of the European Union (currently Directive 2011/65/EU, RoHS Recast)
• Devices within the meaning of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C § 321 (h))
• Food, beverage, dietary supplement, pharmaceutical or biological products
• Outdoor sports equipment
• Toys meeting the latest version of ASTM F963 ‘Standard Consumer Safety Specification for Toy Safety’

Stakeholders should be aware the provision relating to PFAS will come into effect on January 1, 2022, and the provision for OFR will become effective on July 1, 2022.

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