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Students in North Carolina will talk live this week with a NASA astronaut currently living and working aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will air live at 10:10 a.m. EDT Friday, Aug. 30, on NASA television and the...

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) today published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on changes to hours of service (HOS) rules to increase safety on America's roadways by updating...

This morning, the Trump Administration issued a regulation to radically expand the criteria for determining who is considered a "public charge" under U.S. immigration law to include those who are receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition...

The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV), representing over 1000 traditional rabbis in matters of public policy, today condemned the planned "Never Again Action Noise Rally" intended to disrupt operations on Monday at a federal contractor that helps...

Today, the American Kitchen Cabinet Alliance (AKCA) commended the preliminary countervailing duty determination issued by the U.S. Department of Commerce as an important step to address subsidized Chinese imports of wooden cabinets and vanities....

Acronis SCS, a cyber protection and edge data security company dedicated to serving the U.S. public sector, announced three new members of its board of directors today: Tom Ridge, Eugene R. Sullivan, and Peter Cleveland. These renowned and...

President Donald J. Trump offered congratulatory remarks to members of the Virginia General Assembly, members of the United States Congress, and representatives of state legislatures nationwide, at Virginia's 2019 Commemoration, American...

Jackson Walker is pleased to announce that the Senate on Tuesday confirmed Sean D. Jordan as a U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas. On January 16, 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Sean to succeed Senior District Judge Richard...

Retirement Clearinghouse (RCH) welcomes the release of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) final Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) for auto portability. "The Department of Labor's final guidance for auto...

The GPA Midstream Association applauds the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works for passing the Americans for Transportation Infrastructure Act of 2019. This bipartisan bill passed by a unanimous vote....

The Temporary Emergency Committee (TEC) of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service will meet Aug. 9, 2019, in open session at Postal Service headquarters, 475 L'Enfant Plaza, SW, Washington, D.C. The public is welcome to observe the meeting...

The Greater Baltimore Committee is extremely disappointed in President Donald Trump's recent demeaning characterization on social media of Baltimore and his unfair attack on Maryland Representative Elijah Cummings, chair of the House Oversight and...

Dtex Systems, the leader in insider threat intelligence and detection, today announced the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has granted Authority to Operate (ATO) to the company's modern user activity monitoring solution. The DoD authorization allows...

USDA Under Secretary Greg Ibach recently made comments before the House Agriculture Subcommittee suggesting it is time to discuss the possible allowance of gene editing methods within organic production. Ibach's words...

The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), the premier public-private partnership dedicated to improving government through education and its collaborative programs and events, today officially announced the release...

During a State House hearing on Thursday, Massachusetts nurses who care for patients in different types of settings and hospitals across the Commonwealth will testify about their experiences with workplace violence and will advocate for legislation...

The African American Mayors Association celebrates that the Supreme Court's decision requiring the Department of Commerce to remove the citizenship question from the 2020 Census will not be challenged by the Trump Administration....

Ur-Energy Inc. ("Ur-Energy") and Energy Fuels Inc. ("Energy Fuels") confirm that they are unaware of any decision by the White House with respect to the U.S. Department of Commerce ("DOC") investigation into the effects of uranium imports on U.S....

Below is a statement from U.S Conference of Mayors President, Rochester Hills (MI) Mayor Bryan Barnett, on the Trump Administration's announcement that the 2020 Census will not include a question on citizenship: "The...

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD") has announced the latest HUD-Held Vacant Loan Sale ("HVLS 2019-2"). On July 24th, 2019, HUD will offer multiple residential mortgage pools consisting of approximately 1,600 notes and loan...

On June 26, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce ("Commerce Department") announced affirmative preliminary determinations that imports of polyester textured yarn from China and India are being unfairly sold below their fair value in the United...

American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes passage by an overwhelming margin of two resolutions from the United Church of Christ (UCC) calling for interreligious dialogue and declaring solidarity with Jews and others who are targets of neo-Nazis and...

Analytics Ventures, an award-winning venture capital studio for early stage artificial intelligence-driven companies, announced today that it is one of six San Diego organizations selected for a visit by U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced that the federal government exceeded its small business federal contracting goal for the sixth consecutive year, awarding 25.05 percent in federal contract dollars to small businesses totaling...

This week, National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency, Henry Childs and Tom Gilman, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary of Administration for the U.S. Department of Commerce brought together local businesses and...

AAR , a leading aviation services provider to commercial airlines and governments worldwide, has been selected as the exclusive distributor for Woodward for the promotion and sale of spare piece parts in support of U.S. Government fleets. As part of...

Figures released and posted today by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board on its web site, https://gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov/, show that table games revenue for May 2019 was $76,559,198, an increase of 2.2% over May of last year when revenue was...

The following statement was issued by Dan Stein, president of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), in response to President Trump's surprise announcement that former acting ICE director and current Fox News contributor Thomas Homan...

NATSO, the national association representing truckstops and travel plazas, along with the Advanced Biofuels Association (ABFA), American Trucking Associations (ATA), National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), the New England Fuel Institute,...

BlackBerry Limited today announced its new BlackBerry Government Mobility Suite, which is a cloud-based endpoint management solution developed specifically for U.S. government agencies, has achieved Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program...

Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Ralph Goodale met today with United States Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan. Minister Goodale and Acting Secretary McAleenan discussed the advancement of joint Canada-U.S....

The U.S. Small Business Administration announces the appointment of two new senior executives. George Koklanaris is serving as the Associate Administrator for the Office of Small Business Development Centers and Stefanie Baker Wehagen as the National...

The following is a statement by AARP Executive Vice President and Chief Advocacy and Engagement Officer Nancy LeaMond on the Securities and Exchange Commission's approval today of "Regulation Best Interest" and its final three-part rule on the...

Blue Lion Capital ("Blue Lion"), a Dallas-based investment firm, which beneficially owns approximately 6.5% of the outstanding shares of common stock of HomeStreet, Inc. ("HomeStreet" or the "Company") , announced that the Washington Department of...

Today, the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission) received the Final Report from the MEDSIS (Modernizing the Energy Delivery System for Increased Sustainability) Stakeholder Working Groups. The working group members...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today announced the filing of a Motion for a Permanent Injunction to end the federal government's practice of interrogating select...

Hoban Law Group is proud to be partnering with Hemp Industries Association (HIA) to launch the first nationwide Hemp Is Legal Campaign. "It is essential to help educate the public about the most sweeping cannabis reform policy that has ever occurred...

Media accreditation is open for an uncrewed flight test of the launch abort system of NASA's Orion spacecraft on Tuesday, July 2. This test, Ascent Abort-2, will demonstrate the abort system can activate, steer the spacecraft, and carry astronauts to...

Negative Population Growth, Inc. President Donald Mann noted he is pleased to see the White House put forth a plan to refashion America's current immigration policies by calling for a "merit-based" immigration system that would better serve America's...

Great Hearts Academies is excited to announce that Amy Zhou, a senior at Scottsdale Preparatory Academy, was recently chosen by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos as a 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholar. Zhou is one of 161 outstanding American high...

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and the Navy's premier science and technology research squadron, Scientific Development Squadron ONE (VXS-1), unveiled the UV-18 "Twin Otter" as the newest addition to the squadron's unique fleet of aircraft...

The U.S. Postal Service reported total revenue of $17.5 billion for the second quarter of fiscal 2019 (January 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019), a decrease of $8 million, or essentially flat, compared to the same quarter last year....

Today, National Small Business Week celebrations commence in the nation's capital with a two-day award ceremony at the U.S. Institute of Peace where more than 75 national award winners from across the country and U.S. territories are gathered to be...

Today, the Trump Administration finalized a health care regulation proposed in early 2018 that will "protect" the "statutory conscience rights" of health care providers. The rule grants federal nondiscrimination protection to health care providers...

GovernmentCIO Media & Research, in partnership with George Washington University, will host the Tech Futures in Government CXO Tech Forum on May 9 in Washington D.C. to bring together top government leaders discussing what's ahead for federal...

WHAT:The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will hold a public briefing to examine the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) enforcement efforts to combat workplace sexual harassment across the federal government, including the frequency of...

EarthQuaker Devices has been named 2019 Small Business Exporter of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). The Akron, Ohio-based company will be officially recognized during National Small Business Week, an annual event honoring the...

Rigaku Analytical Devices, a U.S.-based, leading pioneer of handheld and portable spectroscopic analyzers, is pleased to announce the Rigaku Progeny ResQ 1064 nm handheld Raman analyzer will be used as part of the U.S. FDA inspection pilot program to...

INFORMS, the leading international association for professionals in operations research (O.R.) and analytics, announced today that this year's annual Government & Analytics Summit will be held Monday, May 20 in the Rayburn House Office Building in...

NASA's Mars InSight lander has measured and recorded for the first time ever a likely "marsquake." The faint seismic signal, detected by the lander's Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument, was...