Daylight saving time ends on November 3. While people who live in one of the many areas that observe DST will be setting their clocks…
Posts published in October 2013
The Nov./Dec. issue of DAV Magazine features an article on page 23 written by NCRA member Tracy Rae Dunlap, RMR, CRR, about NCRF’s efforts to…
Miracom, producer of the InnoCaption mobile communications app for the deaf and hard of hearing, is seeking approval from the Federal Trade Commission (FCC) to…
On July 1, the Iowa state courts sought to fill 12 court reporter positions across the state. The 12 court reporting positions had been eliminated…
The Oct. 23 TIME included an interview with White House stenographer Peggy Suntum. Suntum, who is considered a private sector employee, transcribes the president’s every…
The New York Times style guide dropped the hyphen from “email” and lowercased and closed-up “website,” according to articles in the AtlanticWire and Mashable.com. These…
Thomas M. Dunlap, a partner in Riley & Dunlap, P.C., in Fulton, Mo., wrote an article extolling the long history and importance of the official…
ARI KAPLAN ANNOUNCED AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER Headlining the 2014 conference will be nationally recognized speaker Ari Kaplan, Esq., owner of Ari Kaplan Advisors. Kaplan provides…
An article in the Oct. 21 Diamondback, a student newspaper run by the University of Maryland, reported that the National Association of the Deaf and…
The Republic/azcentral.com reported Oct. 16 that the Arizona Cardinals and the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority will provide text captioning on video boards to accommodate…
“A legislative court reporter last night made several inappropriate comments as the U.S. House of Representatives was conducting final deliberations that would end the government…
As the government shutdown drags on, federal courts are beginning to feel long-term ripple effects. TheJCR.com looks at some recent stories from various new sources:…
NCRA Board of Director nominations are now open. NCRA is in the process of selecting qualified candidates to serve as officers and directors for 2014…
On Oct. 14, California Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed AB 566, legislation that would have placed conditions on a court when outsourcing jobs, including court reporters.…
No one can predict the future, but one thing is relatively sure — court reporting firms across the country are likely facing a host of…
During the NCRA Convention & Expo, six stenographic reporters attempted to break the standing world record of 360 words per minute. Although no new record…
NCRA’s Convention & Expo in Nashville, Tenn., was a week to remember. There were fantastic moments, many of which are highlighted in the convention coverage…
A little more than a year ago, the NCRA Board of Directors launched an effort to create a five-year strategic plan for the association. The…
Maybe you’re like I was a few years ago: Familiar enough with the National Court Reporters Foundation to know it did good things — isn’t…
There has never been a better time to be a part of NCRA When I accepted the NCRA Board of Directors’ offer to serve as…