Imperial Valley News Center
NSF announces new awards for quantum research, technologies
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- Written by IVN
Washington, DC - The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $31 million for fundamental quantum research that will enable the United States to lead a new quantum technology revolution. The awards are announced as NSF joins other federal agencies and private partners at a White House summit on quantum information science today.
Root, root root for the regions
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- Written by Andrew Smith, Director, FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection
Washington, DC - This year eight major league baseball teams are celebrating milestone anniversaries – and so are the FTC’s regional offices. In 1918, the Commission opened the first three of its regional offices. Today, eight regional offices continue to knock it out the park on behalf of America’s consumers. So it’s only fitting that on this momentous day we acknowledge the regional offices’ century of pennant-winning performances.
American Red Cross Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
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- Written by Imperial Valley News
El Centro, California - In conjunction with the El Centro Chamber of Commerce, the American Red Cross of San Diego/Imperial Counties will cut the ribbon on their new service center office location and launch a new fundraising campaign.
Deputy Secretary Sullivan Co-Hosts UNGA Side Event on Human Trafficking With U.K. Secretary of State for International Development Penny Mordaunt and Six Other Governments
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Washington, DC - Deputy Secretary John J. Sullivan today co-hosted a public event on the margins of the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly entitled “Stepping up Action to End Forced Labour, Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking,” proudly joining the governments of Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Canada, Nigeria, and the United Kingdom to affirm the importance of government action to combat human trafficking.
USS Abraham Lincoln Participates in Fleet Synthetic Training - Group Commander
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- Written by Garrett LaBarge
Norfolk, Virginia - The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) continued its pre-deployment work-up cycle with the Fleet Synthetic Training - Group Commander (FST-GC) exercise conducted pier side September 19-21.
Governor Brown Opens Climate Week NYC with Heads of State, UNFCCC Executive Secretary
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New York - On the heels of the Global Climate Action Summit, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today called for accelerated climate action at all levels and sectors of society in remarks at the opening of Climate Week NYC, where he was joined by UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa and heads of state including New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, Peru President Martín Vizcarra and Republic of Haiti President Jovenel Moïse.
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