News by subject: EXE

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Imfinzi (durvalumab) for the treatment of patients with stage III non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors are not able to be surgically removed (unresectable) and whose cancer has not...

In recent remarks to the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee, FBI Director Christopher Wray opined that Chinese academics or "non-traditional collectors" ? "professors, scientists, students" studying and working in the United States in "basically...

Jim McGreevy, Beer Institute President and CEO, released the following statement on the Department of Commerce's recommendations contained in the Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Aluminum report: "It is disheartening that...

A new Long Island University Hornstein Center for Policy, Polling and Analysis poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly support a greater investment in infrastructure and believe that infrastructure spending stimulates the economy.  However,...

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced a unanimous affirmative determination today that subsidized imports of fine denier polyester staple fiber (fine denier PSF) from China and India are causing injury to U.S. producers. As a result...

Students from six schools in Alamogordo, New Mexico, will speak with a NASA astronaut living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 21. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on...

NASA and industry partners will visit Oklahoma the week of Feb. 20, to highlight the work being done across the state to build and supply aerospace components for the agency's new heavy-lift rocket and crew vehicle, the Space Launch System...

Students in central Minnesota will speak with NASA astronauts living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 1:35 p.m. EST Tuesday, Feb. 20. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television and the...

Seasonal flu has been widespread this year, impacting millions of people across the country. It has been an especially challenging season, with high rates of hospitalization for both influenza and its complications, which include pneumonia and the...

An important stride to ensure the resiliency of the electric grid in the event of a catastrophic attack has now been taken by the U.S. Department of Energy.  President Trump's 2018 budget includes $96 million to establish the Office of Cybersecurity,...

Media are invited to watch researchers conduct mass property testing of an Orion crew module capsule 9:00 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, at the hangar at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The capsule, built at...

TODAY at 2 pm, pastors will speak at a news conference at the State Capitol urging Michigan state legislators to withdraw their demands for an investigation into a church because the pastor is offering a workshop that provides biblical answers to...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today cleared the use of the Trevo clot retrieval device to treat certain stroke patients up to 24 hours after symptom onset, expanding the device's indication to a broader group of patients. This device is...

New medical breakthroughs are altering how diseases are treated in ways that seemed unimaginable just a decade ago. Perhaps one of the most significant developments is the advent of new gene therapies and drugs that boost the immune system's ability...

NASA has awarded a contract to the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder, for mission operations and data processing for the agency's Total and Spectral solar Irradiance Sensor-1 (TSIS-1)....

NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston has selected San Diego Composites (SDC) of San Diego, California, as 2017 Small Business Subcontractor of the Year for its support of NASA's Orion spacecraft and the agency's mission to send humans to the Moon...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Erleada (apalutamide) for the treatment of patients with prostate cancer that has not spread (non-metastatic), but that continues to grow despite treatment with hormone therapy...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today permitted marketing of the first blood test to evaluate mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), commonly referred to as concussion, in adults. The FDA reviewed and authorized for marketing the Banyan Brain...

The Inter-American Foundation's (IAF) board of directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Christopher Sabatini, a lecturer of international relations and policy at Columbia University, and Matthew Swift, co-founder, chairman and CEO of...

Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 16, to move components for the station's robotic system into long-term storage. Live coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5:30 a.m. EST on NASA Television and the...

Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Professor Philippe Marambaud, PhD, was awarded a four-year, $2 million grant from the Department of Defense (DOD) and a four-year, $1.6 million award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for separate...

CORDA Investment Management, LLC anticipates that the newly confirmed Federal Reserve Chairman, Jerome Powell, will follow the current dot plot and raise interest rates three times in 2018. The company expects that this will be a sign of a very good...

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of the Viz.AI Contact application, a type of clinical decision support software designed to analyze computed tomography (CT) results that may notify providers of a potential stroke in...

New scientific opportunities, as well as advances in manufacturing and commerce, give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration new ways to advance our mission to protect and promote public health. Leveraging these opportunities requires us to make...

Students from Highland Village, Texas, will speak with a NASA astronaut living, working and doing research aboard the International Space Station at 1:10 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 14. The 20-minute, Earth-to-space call will air live on NASA Television...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's CDFI Fund announced the Calendar Year 2017 New Markets Tax Credit (NMTC) allocation awards today. The CDFI Fund awarded $3.5 billion to 73 Community Development Entities (CDEs) from around the country....

The President's budget acknowledges the importance of NWS to protecting lives and property- "Advance notice provided by weather forecasts enables the Nation's leaders, decision makers, and media to provide better warnings and advisories to first...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers fully supports the administration's Infrastructure Initiative that was announced today to address the needs of the nation's infrastructure. Underperformance is evident across many sectors of infrastructure.  The...

Loaded with three tons of food, fuel and supplies, a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 3:13 a.m. EST (2:13 p.m. Baikonur time) Tuesday, Feb. 13, to resupply the International Space Station. The previous launch attempt on...

United Steelworkers (USW) International President Leo W. Gerard issued the following statement today on the release of the Trump administration's Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America:   "Our...

Today, American Trucking Associations President and CEO Chris Spear said the following in response to the White House's released infrastructure proposal: "It is heartening that the President is bringing the issue of...

President Trump's proposed budget for Fiscal 2019 falls far short of what is needed to put the nation's finances on a sustainable path, particularly in light of the deficit-financed spending and tax breaks that he and Congress approved in the last...

Today, President Trump released his administration's infrastructure proposal following a meeting at the White House with city leaders. The National League of Cities (NLC) applauds the administration for putting infrastructure at the top of Congress'...

The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the Fiscal Year 2019 agency budget proposal: "It is my privilege today to present President Trump's Fiscal Year 2019 budget request of...

The Senior Care Pharmacy Coalition (SCPC) today praised a new report from the President Trump's Council of Economic Advisors (CEA) that continues the drumbeat of findings that a "lack of transparency" among pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) middlemen is...

In its FY 2019 budget released today, the White House proposed eliminating the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and hundreds of millions of dollars dedicated to America's libraries through the Library Services and Technology Act...

NATSO, the national association representing America's truckstops and travel plazas, said today that the association will actively oppose key aspects of the Trump Administration's new infrastructure proposal. Specifically, NATSO is concerned about...

Bloomberg Law today announced the publication of "Consumer Finance Law and Compliance," which guides executives, compliance officers, and counsel who serve U.S. businesses subject to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's (CFBP) jurisdiction....

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today published in the Federal Register its request for proposals for beneficial use of dredged material pilot projects pursuant to Section 1122 of the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2016, Beneficial Use of...

In response to Congress failing to pass a spending bill to keep the government open for the second time this year, American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. issued the following statement:...

NASA astronaut Serena Auñón-Chancellor, along with Alexander Gerst of ESA (European Space Agency), and Sergey Prokopyev of the Russian space agency Roscosmos, will participate in a news conference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 14, at NASA's Johnson...

NASA centers across the country are opening their doors Monday, Feb. 12, to media and social media for "State of NASA" events, including a speech from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot, and unique opportunities for a behind-the-scenes look...

Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Thursday, Feb. 15, to move components for the station's robotic system into long-term storage. Live coverage of the spacewalk will begin at 5:30 a.m. EST on NASA Television and the...

Today, I'm proud to acknowledge the role the FDA played in the groundbreaking effort to develop a new imaging technology ? the RadioGenix System. This new technology was the result of a broad collaboration across the federal government and industry,...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) today took steps to ensure a stable and secure supply of a critical radioactive imaging product used to detect potentially life-threatening diseases. The FDA approved...

Loaded with three tons of food, fuel and supplies, a Russian Progress cargo spacecraft is scheduled to launch at 3:58 a.m. EST (2:58 p.m. Baikonur time) Sunday, Feb. 11, to resupply the International Space Station. The...

Mill Steel Co., one of the nation's largest distributors of flat-rolled carbon steel, is pleased to award a $1,000 bonus to all 400 of its full-time associates following the tax cut passed by Congress and signed by President Trump....

A Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit was filed in United States District Court  by the publisher of BillyGoBoy.com, a website publication, against the United States Department of Agriculture ( USDA).  ...

American Federation of Government Employees National President J. David Cox Sr. today issued the following statement: "The bipartisan budget deal announced by Senate leadership ensures the government stays open for...

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to revise or drop a draft report that initially urged authorities to...