February 15, Miami Herald published an op-ed by Bobbie Brinegar, Executive Director: Accountability is a key element of leadership. For more than 1,000 days, Congress has failed to meet one of its most basic responsibilities — passing a concurrent budget resolution. It’s time to end rampant congressional dysfunction. We must incentivize responsibility and create and enforce consequences when accountability is lacking.

Friday, OWL announced that it’s support of the Breast Cancer Deadline 2020 by the National Breast Cancer Coalition (NBCC).

Recently, OWL– The Voice of Midlife and Older Women – conducted a survey about women’s knowledge about menopause and the amount and type of information available to them about this major life stage. Our survey identified a glaring information gap about this important health topic with many women, particularly younger women, lacking even basic information.

In his State of the Union address to Congress, President Obama presented a number of proposals for strengthening the economy. OWL supports the President’s efforts in the following key areas.

December 19, 2011 President Obama signed an Executive Order to increase efforts across the government to advance women’s participation in preventing conflict and keeping peace.

While OWL acknowledges the need to address the long-term deficit, we believe cuts to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid would be disastrous to millions of Americans who are already struggling with dwindling retirement savings and rising healthcare costs. At this crucial time, your support matters more than ever. And as 2011 draws to a close, we’re asking for your generous contribution to help us build upon our advocacy efforts in the coming year.

Margie Metzler, OWL National Board member, reflects on her personal experience with unemployment, Social Security and Medicare.

The Seattle/King County chapter of OWL recently published their newsletter for Fall 2011.

Yesterday, President Obama released a proclamation declaring November National Caregivers Month.

On October 18, the Eastern Massachusetts Chapter of OWL-The Voice of Midlife and Older Women hosted Victoria Reggie Kennedy, widow of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

Women in America have not always been encouraged, let alone allowed, to speak in public. Join us for this interactive, moderated discussion where speakers examine lessons learned from the past and assess the current climate in which more and more women are making their way into the public arena.

Yesterday, the Strengthen Social Security Campaign, on which OWL is a member of the Steering Committee, sent a letter to Senators Patty Murray and Jeb Hensarling urging them not to consider any cuts to Social Security, as they decide what to include in a deficit-reduction package. This would include changes to the way cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) would be calculated, which would result in benefit cuts to Social Security, SSI, Veterans and other federal programs.

The White House Office of Public Engagement will be providing state-by-state updates this week on the American Jobs Act.

Medicare Open Enrollment begins early on October 15 this year!

The Office of Public Engagement and the Domestic Policy Council will be holding a conference call on Thursday, October 6 with the Melody Barnes, Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and others, on the American Jobs Act

The National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, a membership organization, exists to protect, preserve, promote, and ensure the financial security, health, and the well being of current and future generations of maturing Americans.

The OWL Observer is an online newsletter published throughout the year with the latest on OWL’s work.

Attacks on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid focus, almost exclusively, on what they cost. They seldom mention what they accomplish, that private substitutes would cost more and that their absence would be devastating.

OWL was invited to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for a celebration of women’s fight against breast cancer.

A new OWL survey of women showed women of all ages need more information about menopause, and that younger women, in particular, often lack even basic information about this major life stage. Nearly 70 percent of younger women (age 30-44)...