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Today the American Federation of Government Employees announced its endorsement of Andy Levin for the U.S. House of Representatives for Michigan's 9th Congressional District. "At a time when federal workers are facing...

Two-thirds of federal IT executives in a new survey say their agencies are moderately-to-highly prepared to withstand a cyberattack and continue to function. But a number of gaps in cybersecurity resilience remain....

On April 30, 2018, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced preliminary antidumping (AD) determinations that producers and exporters of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin from Brazil, Indonesia, Korea, Pakistan, and Taiwan are selling subject...

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation will convene the 2018 Fiscal Summit: Debt Matters on Thursday, May 10, at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, D.C. As campaigns for the 2018 midterm elections get underway within a rapidly changing policy...

The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the 100th anniversary of the beginning of regular airmail service with a Forever stamp. This stamp celebrates the courage of the pioneering airmail carriers and the foresight of those who fostered the new service...

As part of ongoing efforts to protect youth from the dangers of nicotine and tobacco products, today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued 13 warning letters to manufacturers, distributors, and retailers...

Members of the Society of Chemical Manufacturers & Affiliates (SOCMA) will visit Capitol Hill on June 5-6 for the Specialty Chemical Industry Fly-in, where they will share key insights about the industry and how government policies impact their...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has announced an initial set of work to be accomplished with a portion of the funding provided for disaster recovery in Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law February 9, 2018....

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, and Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, Louisiana, invite media to attend NASA Day in Baton Rouge activities May 3 at the University Laboratory School at Louisiana State University in...

Linda McMahon, Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration today recognized and awarded this year's Small Business Person of the Year at a ceremony and reception at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C....

A pair of new spacecraft that will observe our planet's ever-changing water cycle, ice sheets, and crust is in final preparations for a California launch no earlier than Saturday, May 19. The Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On...

The Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency that oversees Senior Corps, will celebrate the valuable contributions made by older volunteers during the eighth annual Senior Corps Week, taking place April 29 ? May 5...

This book review by Elaine Willman was previously published on the website thiswestisourwest.com and is reprinted here with the permission of the publisher -- BOOK REVIEW/OP-EDBy Elaine Willman, MPA As the current Trump Administration tries to...

National Small Business Week celebrations commence today in the nation's capital at the US Institute of Peace with more than 75 national award winners from across the country and U.S. territories convening to be awarded and recognized for their major...

The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa regarding the House's vote yesterday to include a version of the Denham Amendment, which would usurp state and local workplace rules for truckers, into the reauthorization of the...

Students from Montana and Vermont will talk with astronauts on the International Space Station next week as part of NASA's Year of Education on Station. NASA astronauts Drew Feustel and Scott Tingle will answer questions...

The U.S. Small Business Administration kicks off National Small Business Week 2018 on April 29 in the nation's capital by having SBA Administrator Linda McMahon recognize and award the nation's top small businesses, entrepreneurs, small business...

A construction company, Weil Construction, Inc. from Albuquerque, N.M. and Evans Capacitor Company, a firm responsible for the development of capacitor technology for the defense and aerospace industry, from East Providence, R.I., have been named the...

The Columbus Citizens Foundation congratulates Mike Pompeo on his confirmation today as Secretary of State to President Donald J. Trump. Mr. Pompeo is the first Italian-American to hold this position in United States history. Mr. Pompeo graduated...

AJC, the premier global Jewish advocacy organization, congratulated Mike Pompeo on his swearing-in as Secretary of State today. The letter from AJC (American Jewish Committee) CEO David Harris to Secretary Pompeo follows: Dear Secretary Pompeo: As...

Today the Senate voted to invoke cloture on the nomination of current CIA Director Mike Pompeo to become the new Secretary of State. Pompeo was confirmed to become Secretary of State shortly thereafter. Family Research Council yesterday delivered...

SBA Administrator Linda McMahon will recognize the 2018 National Small Business Week resource partner award winners in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, April 29 to kickoff day one of National Small Business Week celebrations, taking place across the...

During the annual Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Soldier Ride® event at the White House, the president welcomed over 70 wounded, ill, and injured post-9/11 service members and veterans and their caregivers. This segment of the iconic bicycle ride...

The U.S. Small Business Administration and Visa will host the first-ever National Small Business Week Hackathon at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. on April 27-29. App developers, business owners, ideas generators and local...

A Bloomberg Government report, The Mid-Tier Market Report: 2018, finds that companies generating between $25 million and $500 million in federal prime revenue, also known as mid-tiers, are continuing to experience a unique position in the federal...

AARP asked a federal appeals court today to reconsider its surprise decision to reject a previously-approved investment rule that would protect the retirement savings of millions of Americans. Anticipating that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)...

The American Federation of Government Employees today announced its endorsement of Steven Horsford for the U.S. House of Representatives for Nevada's 4th Congressional District. "Throughout his professional and political...

Avante Mezzanine Partners, a woman-owned fund of Los Angeles, Calif. has been named the 2018 Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.  Avante, along with other national winners and finalists for...

NASA will host a media briefing at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, April 30, to discuss the upcoming launch of a mission that will provide unique insights into our planet's changing climate and Earth system processes, and have far-reaching benefits to society,...

After delivering more than 5,800 pounds of science investigations and cargo for NASA, a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station on Wednesday, May 2. NASA Television and the agency's website will provide live...

The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) was selected by the U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Student Art Exhibit Program for a show opening in Washington, D.C, on May 4, 2018. Titled Total Tolerance, the exhibition will showcase works by...

Media accreditation now is open for the launch of Orbital ATK's ninth contracted cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station, currently targeted for no earlier than 5:04 a.m. EDT May 20. The company's...

Doctors on probation for sexually assaulting their patients and for other serious misconduct causing patient harm would be required to disclose this to their patients under SB 1448 (Hill), which passed out of the Senate Business and Professions...

NASA is delaying the Near-Earth Asteroid Scout solar sail deployment test and media event previously scheduled for Thursday, April 26. During the final assembly phase, the NEA Scout team discovered an issue with the deployment boom. The team is...

President Trump's nominee for the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, Kyle Duncan, was confirmed by the Senate today. Duncan's confirmation is another brick in President Trump's lasting judicial legacy. Family Research Council (FRC) scored in favor of...

Jason Greenblatt, President Trump's Special Representative for International Negotiations, addressing the AJC Women's Leadership Board Spring Luncheon today, declared that the Administration "is deeply committed to achieving an Israeli-Palestinian...

Chairman Hoeven, Ranking Member Merkley and members of the Subcommittee. Thank you for the invitation to testify today to discuss the President's Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Budget request and for this Subcommittee's continued, strong support of the FDA....

Administrator Linda McMahon, the head of the U.S. Small Business Administration, will be the keynote speaker to kick off the first leg of the 2018 National Small Business Week events in Washington, D.C. on April 29-30.  Small business entrepreneurs,...

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has ordered an Acworth, Georgia-based trucking company, Daya Trucking, LLC, USDOT No. 3020203, to immediately cease all interstate and intrastate operations...

The New England Anti-Vivisection Society (NEAVS) is calling on the National Institutes of Health not to weaken laws meant to offer minimal protections to animals in labs. Members of the public are asked to go online and tell NIH that animal welfare...

Protecting our nation's youth from the dangers of tobacco products is among the most important responsibilities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ? and it's an obligation I take personally. We recognize that if the FDA is to end the tragic...

National Industries for the Blind (NIB), the nation's largest employment resource for people who are blind, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the SKILCRAFT® U.S. Government Pen during 2018. The ubiquitous pen, released to the federal government in...

The President will welcome a group of wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans at a White House ceremony during Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Soldier Ride®. This segment of the iconic bicycle ride follows a special tradition among...

South Carolina business owners who rebounded after losing their entire inventory after a massive flood, Houston bakery owners who quickly reopened despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey, a Texas mayor who navigated the town's recovery...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today released a one-of-its-kind report offering data on the impact and legal pushback against anti-Muslim bias across the United...

Vice President Mike Pence will swear in Jim Bridenstine as NASA's new administrator at 2:30 p.m. EDT Monday, April 23, at the agency's headquarters in Washington. The ceremony will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website....

U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams, VADM, MD, MPH, will give the keynote address at the March of Dimes Prematurity Prevention Summit to be held May 21-22 in Arlington, Virginia. National thought leaders in maternal and...

Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the first test to identify the emerging pathogen Candida auris (C. auris), which can cause serious infections in hospitalized patients. Specifically, the FDA...

Students from Coral Gables, Florida, and the Texas Gulf Coast will talk with astronauts aboard the International Space Station next week as part of NASA's Year of Education on Station. The 20-minute Earth-to-space calls will air live on NASA...

Yesterday, three high profile aluminum industry leaders co-signed a letter to Commerce Secretary Wilber Ross and United States Trade Ambassador Robert E. Lighthizer. The authors of the letter included Tom Conway, Vice President of United Steel...