"Clearly VSP's mission is something other than maximizing profits, " says VSP general counsel Thomas Fessler.
And joining us here in Studio 3A is Pam Fessler, NPR's national desk correspondent.
The department wants to exempt the database from some provisions of the Privacy Act, as NPR's Pam Fessler reports.
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But as NPR's Pam Fessler tells us, the panel declined to adopt the study, saying that more research is needed.
"All around the world individuals feel great shame when they know that others know that they have failed to be adequately modest, " Prof Fessler says.
Pam Fessler provides an overview of the day's events in Washington, and we hear details of the funeral service at the National Cathedral from Melissa Block.
But Fessler and Syrett argue that the growing emphasis on green building techniques and a new generation of architects and designers will push demand for such transparency.
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Fessler offers other examples of VSP's good deeds: VSP offers its eye-care services to its subscribers through 25, 000 private doctors, one-third of whom practice in medically underserved communities.
NPR's Pam Fessler just concluded a series on food insecurity.
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