In the uproar around the suicides of Ms. Prince, 15, and an 11-year-old boy subjected to harassment in nearby Springfield last year, the Massachusetts legislature stepped up work on an anti-bullying law that is now near passage.
They are prosecuting a multipronged attack that includes heavy reliance on community activism and stepped-up detective work to track down carriers and those at risk, as well as expanded clinical and laboratory services.
This week, the administration issued a report on the stepped-up pace of work, rolled out Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. to brief reporters on its progress, and President Obama went to Columbus, Ohio, on Friday to laud the 10,000th stimulus-financed highway project.
Eight of Tandem's last nine portfolio companies have received positive liquidity or additional funding at stepped-up valuations while working with the incubator.
A show of similar bravado led the New York Stock Exchange to announce that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg would ring the opening bell on Monday, and all the threatened institutions urged their employees to come to work, promising stepped-up but unspecified security measures.
The chairman of a Senate investigative subcommittee called Thursday for stepped-up government oversight of contract work in Afghanistan, saying Pentagon auditors have already challenged nearly $1 billion in charges by military contractors.
The new review adds to the stepped-up scrutiny of the 737 Max as Boeing works with airlines and regulators this week to prepare a software update for the workhorse jetliner.
But Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the CDC, expressed concern last week that Florida's stepped-up mosquito control measures did not appear to be working as well as hoped.
He called instead for stepped-up engagement by the U.S. and other industrialized nations to work with the Chinese government to find ways to slow its output of greenhouse gases.
Because of this, working professionals and consumers alike should take stepped-up measures to protect themselves.
