Technology News – A Roundup of Significant Articles on ForeignAffairs.co.nz for May 3, 2025
MIL-OSI United Nations: UNECE Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Collection and Sources 2024
Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Categories24-7, English, MIL OSI, United Nations, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Post navigation Archives Information Notice 1 PDF – Information Notice 2 (logistic information) PDF – Timetable PDF – Workshops and Small Group Discussions PDF Report PDF Session 1: Alternative Data Sources and Process Automation […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: UNECE Expert Meeting on Statistical Data Editing 2024
Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe The focus of the meeting will be on cutting edge ideas, approaches, and tools in the area of statistical data editing. In addition to the traditional presentations, the agenda of the meeting anticipates interactive discussions related to particular topics within this field. The target audience of the expert […]
MIL-OSI United Nations: UNECE ModernStats World Workshop 2024
Source: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Abstracts and papers for the different topics of this workshop can be found below. Background: Modern statistical production systems require standardization of the processes, information and architectures that are involved in producing statistics, so that those processes can be automated, and information (including data) can be seamlessly […]
MIL-OSI USA: Committee Leaders Demand Answers After NOAA Complaints Reveal Firings Decisions Came from Outside of NOAA Leadership
Source: US Congressman Gabe Amo (Rhode Island 1st District) (Washington, DC) – Yesterday, Committee on Science, Space, and Technology Ranking Members Lofgren (CA-18), Sykes (OH-13), and Amo (RI-1) sent a letter to NOAA Acting Administrator Grimm demanding answers on who exactly is in charge at NOAA after a document reviewed by the Committee has raised questions on […]
MIL-OSI USA: Justice Department Addresses Religious Discrimination in Lawsuit for Former Teacher Denied Exemption from Vaccine Mandate
Source: US Justice – Antitrust Division Headline: Justice Department Addresses Religious Discrimination in Lawsuit for Former Teacher Denied Exemption from Vaccine Mandate The Justice Department announced that a federal judge has approved a consent decree that settles its lawsuit against the Advanced Science and Technology Education Charter Schools (ASTEC) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The lawsuit […]
MIL-OSI USA: McClellan Announces Advancement of the Celestial Time Standardization Act Out of Committee
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (Virginia 4th District) Washington, D.C. – On National Space Day, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04) announced that her Celestial Time Standardization Act advanced unanimously out of the House Science, Space and Technology Committee earlier this week. McClellan’s bill now proceeds to the House floor to be voted […]
MIL-OSI USA: The Verge: Elizabeth Warren asks Jeff Bezos if he got any favors for his ‘subservience’ to Trump
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Massachusetts – Elizabeth Warren April 30, 2025 Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) wants to know whether Amazon founder Jeff Bezos received any “promises or favors” from President Donald Trump in exchange for his “subservience” after dropping all plans to show customers the cost of tariffs. In a letter sent […]
MIL-OSI Security: Justice Department Addresses Religious Discrimination in Lawsuit for Former Teacher Denied Exemption from Vaccine Mandate
Source: United States Department of Justice The Justice Department today announced that a federal judge has approved a consent decree that settles its lawsuit against the Advanced Science and Technology Education Charter Schools (ASTEC) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The lawsuit alleges ASTEC discriminated against Marcus Rethwill, a former teacher at the school, on the basis […]
MIL-OSI: Abaxx Files Early Warning Report with Respect to Base Carbon
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) TORONTO, May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Abaxx Technologies Inc. (CBOE: ABXX) (OTCQX: ABXXF) (“Abaxx” or the “Company”) announces today that it has filed an early warning report in respect of its holdings in Base Carbon Inc. (“Base”). On May 2, 2025, Abaxx acquired 3,700,000 common shares of Base by way of […]
MIL-OSI: District Court Dismisses Dispute Filed by United Therapeutics Against Liquidia
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Court will not hear cross-claim that challenges the PH-ILD indication in the tentatively approved NDA for YUTREPIA FDA can grant final approval of YUTREPIA after blocking regulatory exclusivity expires on May 23, 2025 MORRISVILLE, N.C., May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Liquidia Corporation (NASDAQ: LQDA), a biopharmaceutical company developing innovative therapies for […]
MIL-OSI USA: Monopoly Busters Chairs Statement on Apple Ruling
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (7th District of Washington) WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Pat Ryan (NY-18), and Angie Craig (MN-02), Chairs of the Monopoly Busters Caucus, released the following statement regarding U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers holding Apple accountable for anticompetitive conduct. […]
MIL-OSI USA: RELEASE: Senator Mullin Meets with Stop Soldier Suicide Leadership, Highlights Veteran Mental Health Support
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator MarkWayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) RELEASE: Senator Mullin Meets with Stop Soldier Suicide Leadership, Highlights Veteran Mental Health Support Washington, D.C. – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), met with members of the Stop Soldier Suicide organization and received a briefing on the Black Box Project. The Black Box Project saves […]
MIL-OSI USA: Warner, Blackburn Introduce Bill to Lower Costs and Improve Access to Care for Rural Medicare Patients
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Commonwealth of Virginia Mark R Warner WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-VA) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Rural Patient Monitoring (RPM) Access Act to ensure Medicare patients in rural and underserved communities have access to remote physiologic monitoring services, which lower costs and […]
MIL-OSI USA: Warner, Cramer Reintroduce Bipartisan Bill to Authorize Remote Online Notarizations Nationwide
US Senate News: Source: United States Senator for Commonwealth of Virginia Mark R Warner WASHINGTON – Despite significant advancements in digital technology, remote notarization has yet to be fully deployed and accepted on an interstate basis. While nearly every state allows for remote electronic notarization, regulations and recognition vary between states. U.S. Sens. Mark R. […]
MIL-OSI USA: AG Labrador Announces Prison Sentences for Three Idaho Men in Child Pornography Cases
Source: US State of Idaho Home Newsroom AG Labrador Announces Prison Sentences for Three Idaho Men in Child Pornography Cases BOISE — Attorney General Raúl Labrador has announced that two men in eastern Idaho and one man in northern Idaho were sentenced on April 28, 2025, for the sexual exploitation of children.Gregg McFarlane, 51, was sentenced […]
MIL-OSI USA: Rep. Baird Announces Launch of 2025 Congressional App Challenge
Source: United States House of Representatives – Congressman Jim Baird (R-IN-04) Congressman Jim Baird (IN-04) announced that the 2025 Congressional App Challenge has officially launched. “I’m proud to announce that the 2025 Congressional App Challenge is now open,” said Congressman Baird. “As a Ph.D. scientist and a member of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, I know […]
MIL-OSI: Microchip Technology Appoints Long-Time TSMC Executive Rick Cassidy to Its Board of Directors
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) CHANDLER, Ariz., May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — (NASDAQ: MCHP) – Microchip Technology Incorporated, a leading provider of smart, connected and secure embedded control solutions, today announced that Rick Cassidy, Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategy Development at Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) and Chairman of TSMC Arizona, will join the […]
MIL-OSI: NXP Announces Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on June 11, 2025
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, May 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) will hold its annual meeting of shareholders on Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 08.45 a.m. CET at the Sheraton Amsterdam Airport Hotel and Conference Center, Schiphol Boulevard 101, 1118 BG Amsterdam, The Netherlands. NXP has filed its definitive […]
MIL-OSI: Subsea7 awarded ‘super-major’ contract offshore Brazil
Source: GlobeNewswire (MIL-OSI) Luxembourg – 2 May 2025 – Subsea 7 S.A. (Oslo Børs: SUBC, ADR: SUBCY) today announced the award of a super-major contract1 by Petrobras, after winning a competitive tender, for the development of the Búzios 11 field located approximately 180 kilometres off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, […]
MIL-OSI USA: The White House Office of Management and Budget Releases the President’s Fiscal Year 2026 Skinny Budget
US Senate News: Source: The White House Washington, D.C.–Today, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) sent President Trump’s topline discretionary Budget request for fiscal year 2026 to the U.S. Congress. The Budget, which reduces non-defense discretionary by $163 billion or 23 percent from the 2025 enacted level, guts a weaponized deep state while providing […]