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Vice President Pence at “Tax Cuts to Put America First” Event in Phoenix
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 02 May 2018 02 May 2018
Phoenix, Arizona - Remarks by Vice President Pence at “Tax Cuts to Put America First” Event:
NIST Seeks Public Input to Help Increase Return on Investment from Federal Research
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- Written by Gail Porter Gail Porter
- Published: 01 May 2018 01 May 2018
Washington, DC - U.S. economic growth and national security depend on the approximately $150 billion invested annually in federal research and development (R&D) funding. To ensure that investment reaps the largest commercial and economic returns possible, the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) are co-leading the Lab-to-Market Cross Agency Priority goal, part of the recently released President’s Management Agenda. To accelerate these efforts, NIST has launched an initiative to improve federal technology transfer.
Unemployment Claims Reach an Unprecedented Low
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- Written by White House White House
- Published: 01 May 2018 01 May 2018
Washington, DC - The U.S. economy set a new record last week. During the week ending April 21, just 209,000 Americans applied to receive unemployment insurance (UI) payments. The last time initial UI claims were this low was the week ending December 6, 1969—less than five months after Neil Armstrong first set foot on the moon.
An easy collar
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- Written by John Grimaldi John Grimaldi
- Published: 01 May 2018 01 May 2018
Springfield, Oregon - Police in Springfield, spotted Brock Williams, a convicted felon wanted on a parole violation, in the parking lot of a local supermarket. They quickly gave chase as Williams sped off on a stolen motorcycle, reports the Association of Mature American Citizens.
Bilal Sayyed Appointed Director of FTC’s Office of Policy Planning
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- Written by YNN YNN
- Published: 30 April 2018 30 April 2018
Washington, DC - Acting Federal Trade Commission Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen announced the appointment of Bilal Sayyed as Director of the agency’s Office of Policy Planning.