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Social Security I.G.: Audit Finds the Social Security Administration's Newborn Social Security Number Assignment Is 99.997% Accurate
WOODLAWN, Maryland, Sept. 10 (TNSbrep) -- The Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release:
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Audit Finds the Social Security Administration's Newborn Social Security Number Assignment Is 99.997% Accurate
The Social Security Administration (SSA), Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a new audit examining whether SSA assigned more than one Social Security number (SSN) to the same infant through the Enumeration at Birth (EAB) program.
Of the approximately 13.9 million SSNs the Agency issued through EAB between January 2021 and
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WOODLAWN, Maryland, Sept. 10 (TNSbrep) -- The Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General issued the following news release:
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Audit Finds the Social Security Administration's Newborn Social Security Number Assignment Is 99.997% Accurate
The Social Security Administration (SSA), Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a new audit examining whether SSA assigned more than one Social Security number (SSN) to the same infant through the Enumeration at Birth (EAB) program.
Of the approximately 13.9 million SSNs the Agency issued through EAB between January 2021 andSeptember 2024, SSA correctly assigned only one SSN per infant at a rate of 99.997 percent. SSA OIG identified 420 infants (.003 percent) for whom it appeared SSA assigned more than one SSN and had not cross-referenced the associated records.
Under the EAB program, parents may request an SSN for their newborn on the birth registration worksheet at a hospital, at a birthing center, or with a licensed midwife. Facility staff, or the midwife, enters this information into the state's Electronic Birth Registration system. Each state's Bureau of Vital Statistics receives the birth information, assigns a birth certificate number (BCN), and registers the birth in accordance with state law. The state transmits birth information on a daily or weekly basis to SSA through secure electronic interfaces. All 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico participate in EAB.
SSA depends on each state's Bureau of Vital Statistics to submit accurate and complete EAB birth registration data. SSA does not create or modify state birth information and processes the records as received.
SSA should assign an infant a single, unique SSN. If SSA mistakenly assigns multiple SSNs to the same infant, the individual could later claim and receive federal or state benefits under more than one identity. For example, they might obtain Supplemental Security Income under one SSN and later receive SSI or Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefits under a second. They could also receive other benefits--such as supplemental nutrition assistance or state administered programs like unemployment insurance--using different SSNs.
"While SSA's accuracy at 99.997 is notable, the goal always is to prevent issuing individuals multiple SSNs through EAB," said Michelle L. Anderson, Assistant Inspector General for Audit as First Assistant. "When SSA assigns more than one SSN to the same infant, and does not properly cross-reference the records or designate the additional SSN(s) as retired, this increases the risk of improper payments."
Recommendation
SSA OIG recommended SSA review the 420 infants potentially assigned multiple SSNs, to the extent sufficient information is available, and take appropriate action that may include cross-referencing the records and designating the additional SSNs as retired. SSA agreed to implement the recommendation.
Read the full report here (https://oig.ssa.gov/~assets/audits/full/062501.pdf).
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Original text here: https://oig.ssa.gov/news-releases/2026-09-09-audit-finds-the-social-security-administration%E2%80%99s-newborn-social-security-number-assignment-is-99-997-accurate/
National Archives Museum to Display George Washington's Secret, Annotated Copy of a Draft of the U.S. Constitution
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The National Archives and Records Administration issued the following news release:
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National Archives Museum to display George Washington's Secret, Annotated Copy of a Draft of the U.S. Constitution
The National Archives Museum to celebrate Constitution Day and 250 years of American independence with a never-before-seen exhibit.
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The National Archives Museum will debut a once-in-a-lifetime temporary exhibit-continuing the celebration of 250 years of America's independence and the foundations of our nation.
For the first time ever, the historic Rotunda at the
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The National Archives and Records Administration issued the following news release:
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National Archives Museum to display George Washington's Secret, Annotated Copy of a Draft of the U.S. Constitution
The National Archives Museum to celebrate Constitution Day and 250 years of American independence with a never-before-seen exhibit.
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The National Archives Museum will debut a once-in-a-lifetime temporary exhibit-continuing the celebration of 250 years of America's independence and the foundations of our nation.
For the first time ever, the historic Rotunda at theNational Archives Museum in Washington, DC, will display all seven pages of George Washington's Annotated Copy of a Draft of the U.S. Constitution.
Beginning September 14 through September 27, 2026 in celebration of Constitution Day, visitors will see firsthand a secret printing of a draft of the U.S. Constitution, revised in Washington's original handwriting as he presided over the Constitutional Convention in 1787-two years before being unanimously elected as the first President of the United States.
Archivist of the United States Bradford P. Wilson said this exhibit, on display in the permanent home of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, reminds us of the monumental effort and genius it took to design the plan of government launching America on the path of freedom and prosperity.
"As we celebrate 250 years of America's independence as a nation, I invite all Americans to the National Archives Museum to witness and to celebrate the original written records of what a popular historian called 'the miracle at Philadelphia,'" Wilson said.
Visitors can view George Washington's Annotated Copy of a Draft of the U.S. Constitution during regular museum hours of 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. from September 14 through September 27.
Admission to the National Archives Museum is free. Visitors should anticipate longer than usual wait times, and are welcome to reserve $1 timed-entry tickets to ensure timely entry into the Rotunda.
To get tickets and learn more about all of the exhibitions that share The American Story, explore the National Archives Museum at visit.archives.gov.
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About the National Archives
The National Archives and Records Administration is a federal agency that serves the American people by preserving and making available the records of the United States Government through a nationwide network of archives, records centers, and Presidential Libraries. The National Archives is the custodian of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, on display for all to experience in Washington, DC. Learn more about the holdings of the National Archives at www.archives.gov.
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Original text here: https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/nr26-5
NTSB Issues Investigative Update on B-767 Runway Excursion Accident in Miami
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2026:
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NTSB Issues Investigative Update on B-767 Runway Excursion Accident in Miami
WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board is providing the following update on its investigation into the Sept. 6 runway excursion accident involving 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-33A cargo airplane, at Miami International Airport.
The following information from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) is preliminary and subject to change.
* The NTSB recovered
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The National Transportation Safety Board issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2026:
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NTSB Issues Investigative Update on B-767 Runway Excursion Accident in Miami
WASHINGTON -- The National Transportation Safety Board is providing the following update on its investigation into the Sept. 6 runway excursion accident involving 21 Air Flight 7598, a Boeing 767-33A cargo airplane, at Miami International Airport.
The following information from the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) is preliminary and subject to change.
* The NTSB recoveredthe CVR and FDR from the accident site and transported them to the NTSB's Vehicle Recorder Laboratory in Washington, DC, where they were successfully read out.
* The aircraft was equipped with an Acron Aviation (formerly L3Harris) model FA2100 CVR and an Ontic (formerly Honeywell) model SSFDR FDR.
* The CVR contained more than 2 hours of good quality audio across four channels.
* The FDR contained approximately 54 hours of data and recorded more than 400 parameters.
* The NTSB will convene a CVR group in the near future at NTSB headquarters in Washington, DC, to review the accident flight recording and produce a written transcript.
A summary of select events captured on the CVR during the final few minutes of the recording is provided below. All times are referenced relative to the end of the CVR recording. The times and descriptions are preliminary and subject to change.
Approximate Time to End of CVR Recording (mm:ss) ... Observation
06:02 ... A pilot called for flaps to be set to 1 degree.
04:18 ... The flight crew checked in with Miami tower and were cleared to
land on runway 30.
02:53 ... A pilot called for flaps to be set to 5 degrees.
02:37 ... The flight crew lowered the landing gear.
02:14 ... A pilot called for flaps to be set to 15 degrees.
01:42 ... A pilot called for flaps to be set to 20 degrees, and the other pilot cautioned they were too fast. The other pilot made additional comments regarding the aircraft's excessive speed throughout the remainder of the recording. There was not a consistent verbal response to the comments about speed.
01:23 ... Sounds consistent with autopilot disconnect.
01:12 ... Electronic "one thousand" callout.
01:04 ... Electronic "sink rate sink rate" callout.
00:58 ... Electronic "five hundred" callout.
00:57 ... Electronic "sink rate sink rate" callout.
00:54 ... Electronic "one hundred" callout.
00:50 ... Electronic "minimums" callout.
00:48 ... Electronic "too low terrain" callout. Annunciated four times.
00:41 ... A pilot called for flaps to be set to 30 degrees.
00:40 ... Electronic "forty" callout.
00:39 ... Electronic "too low terrain" callout.
00:36 ... Electronic "ten" callout.
00:31 ... Sounds similar to the aircraft touching down.
00:15 ... A pilot called for a go-around.
00:10 ... Sounds similar to the aircraft departing the paved surface.
00:00 ... The CVR recording ended.
A summary of select events captured on the FDR during the final few minutes of the FDR recording is provided below. All times are referenced relative to the end of the FDR recording. Note that the CVR and FDR times have not been precisely synchronized. The times and descriptions are preliminary and subject to change.
Approximate Time to End of FDR Recording
(mm:ss) ... Observation
00:30 ... The nose and right main gear touched down at a groundspeed of 158 knots.
00:23 ... The brakes were applied at a groundspeed of 146 knots.
00:19 ... The left main gear touched down at a groundspeed of 134
knots.
00:15 ... Brakes were released at a groundspeed of 120 knots and throttles were increased to a value consistent with go-around thrust.
00:11 ... The throttles were reduced to idle power and the brakes were re-applied. The groundspeed was 117 knots. The throttles remained at idle, and brakes remained applied until the end of the recording.
00:07 ... Recorded lateral, longitudinal, and vertical acceleration values
changed markedly; the FDR data indicated a groundspeed of 96 knots.
00:00 ... The FDR recording ended. The final recorded groundspeed was 65 knots. There was no indication in the recorded data that speed brakes or thrust reversers were deployed.
Additional information, including video of media briefings, photos and other factual materials, is available on the accident investigation webpage.
To report an incident/accident or if you are a public safety agency, please call 1-844-373-9922 or 202-314-6290 to speak to a Watch Officer at the NTSB Response Operations Center (ROC) in Washington, DC (24/7).
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Original text here: https://www.ntsb.gov/news/press-releases/Pages/NR20260909.aspx
NASA's Hubble, Webb Find Far-out Solar System Objects 'Remember' Past
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release:
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NASA's Hubble, Webb Find Far-out Solar System Objects 'Remember' Past
The researchers unexpectedly found fewer small trans-Neptunian objects than they expected, and that the colors of these bodies followed the same relationships as their larger family members.
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For the first time, scientists used the joint power of NASA's Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes to study some of the most far-flung bodies in our solar system, Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). Some of these
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CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 10 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release:
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NASA's Hubble, Webb Find Far-out Solar System Objects 'Remember' Past
The researchers unexpectedly found fewer small trans-Neptunian objects than they expected, and that the colors of these bodies followed the same relationships as their larger family members.
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For the first time, scientists used the joint power of NASA's Hubble and James Webb Space Telescopes to study some of the most far-flung bodies in our solar system, Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs). Some of theseare the smallest and faintest ever directly seen. The researchers, including senior astronomer Matthew Holman and visiting scientist Kevin Napier, both at the Center for Astrophysics' Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, unexpectedly found fewer small TNOs than they expected, and that the colors of these bodies followed the same relationships as their larger family members.
These objects are typically small, faint, icy bodies orbiting the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune. Most are more than 100 million times dimmer than objects visible to the unaided eye. In two complementary papers published Tuesday in The Astronomical Journal, teams analyzed the color, composition, and size distribution of 27 newly discovered tiny, dim TNOs.
This class of small bodies offers the best view into an early stage of planet-building, when a disk of dust and pebbles in orbit around the Sun coalesced into city-sized "planetesimals" -- the solid building blocks that clump together to form planets -- but had not yet merged into full-sized worlds. Beyond Neptune, this second stage never happened, leaving behind a frozen population of planetesimals.
In the deepest TNO survey to date, teams led by PhD candidates from the University of Victoria in Canada, under the guidance of the National Research Council of Canada, and Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff examined a patch of sky simultaneously with Hubble, observing the TNOs' visible light, and Webb, observing their infrared light. The team of researchers measured the objects' colors, which are like a fingerprint of the surface composition, as well as their sizes and determined their orbits.
In the coordinated observations, the teams studied two different types of TNOs. The first, dynamically "cold" TNOs, are on their original, relatively circular orbits around the Sun in the plane of the solar system. The second type, dynamically "hot" TNOs, formed between the current locations of Uranus and Neptune but were pushed outward where they are today when the outer gas giants migrated early in the solar system's history. Today they reside in highly elliptical orbits and move in and out of the plane of our solar system.
Prior to these observations, astronomers thought that small TNOs from both hot and cold populations would have undergone many collisions, changing their surfaces compared to larger TNOs. But that's not what the observations showed. Instead, the small bodies look like their larger counterparts. This implies that collisions are not changing the surfaces significantly--perhaps because there are fewer collisions than expected, or because the TNOs somehow retain their primordial, pre-collision compositions. The teams are still trying to unravel this mystery.
"You could imagine a scenario where getting knocked around and fragmented would change the surface composition, and then you would see a different surface color for tiny TNOs compared to their larger siblings. So it's really fascinating to see that the smallest objects are somehow 'remembering' and preserving the history of how they were made," said Northern Arizona University PhD candidate Anastasia Morgan, who led the study of color and composition.
"These dynamically 'hot' TNOs retain a signature of where they were born, even though they've been orbitally scrambled since then," said co-author David Trilling of Northern Arizona University.
Both the "hot" and "cold" populations seem to keep the same colors as when they were formed, with little change since the birth of the solar system.
The Webb data also allowed researchers to measure the number of objects of each size. They found that the overall size distributions for both populations were surprisingly similar.
"It's very interesting that the process of planetesimal formation ends up producing the same distribution of sizes for both cold and hot populations, despite forming in different regions of the early solar system. The process seems to be insensitive to disk conditions, producing similar planetesimal sizes whether the disk is hot or cold, and dense or fluffy," said University of Victoria PhD candidate Marielle Eduardo, who led the study on size distribution.
Researchers also found fewer of these very small bodies than they expected based on some planet formation models. Webb discovered 27 new, remarkably dim TNOs, one so faint it is equivalent to standing on Earth and seeing a small swarm of fireflies on the Moon. The smallest one they observed has a diameter of about 3 miles (5 kilometers), which is about five times smaller than what is possible to detect with the most sensitive ground-based telescopes.
This project would not have been possible without Hubble and Webb working together to detect and characterize these TNOs. With Hubble's sensitivity in visible light and Webb's in infrared, the space telescopes provide more insights than either can on its own.
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About the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian
The Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian is a collaboration between Harvard and the Smithsonian designed to ask, and ultimately answer, humanity's greatest unresolved questions about the nature of the universe. The CfA is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with research facilities across the U.S. and around the world.
The Hubble Space Telescope has been operating for over three decades and continues to make ground-breaking discoveries that shape our fundamental understanding of the universe. Hubble is a project of international cooperation between NASA and ESA (European Space Agency). NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, manages the telescope and mission operations. Lockheed Martin Space, based in Denver, also supports mission operations at Goddard. The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, conducts Hubble science operations for NASA.
The James Webb Space Telescope is the world's premier space science observatory. Webb is solving mysteries in our solar system, looking beyond to distant worlds around other stars, and probing the mysterious structures and origins of our universe and our place in it. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and CSA (Canadian Space Agency).
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Original text here: https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/news/nasas-hubble-webb-find-far-out-solar-system-objects-remember-past
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory: How 2 U.S., European Satellites Are Studying Hurricanes During El Nino
PASADENA, California, Sept. 10 -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
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How 2 US, European Satellites Are Studying Hurricanes During El Nino
The spacecraft, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich and Sentinel-6B, are collecting data that will help scientists forecast these storms.
Last November, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and benefit commercial industries, including shipping. The satellite now is flying 30 seconds behind its predecessor, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich. Both satellites
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PASADENA, California, Sept. 10 -- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory issued the following news:
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How 2 US, European Satellites Are Studying Hurricanes During El Nino
The spacecraft, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich and Sentinel-6B, are collecting data that will help scientists forecast these storms.
Last November, NASA and its European partners launched the Sentinel-6B satellite to improve hurricane forecasts, help protect infrastructure, and benefit commercial industries, including shipping. The satellite now is flying 30 seconds behind its predecessor, Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich. Both satellitesare providing precise sea level height measurements during what oceanographers expect to be a historic El Nino, a naturally occurring oceanic phenomenon in which warmer-than-usual Pacific waters shift global weather patterns.
The two satellites make up the Copernicus Sentinel-6/Jason-CS (Continuity of Service) mission, the latest in a series of ocean-observing radar altimetry missions that have been monitoring Earth's changing seas continuously since the early 1990s.
The data each satellite is collecting will not only allow scientists to better understand this year's El Nino but will also help them create more accurate hurricane predictions.
"This El Nino was a late-bloomer," said Josh Willis, Sentinel-6B's project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. "It didn't kick off until the middle of the year and is just now reaching a strength similar to what we've seen in the satellite record during significant El Ninos in 1997 and 2015. We expect it to be big, and it's already having big impacts."
El Ninos generally scramble weather patterns tied to rainfall and storms, including hurricanes. They also redistribute heat in the ocean, which affects sea level. Normally, Earth's warmest ocean waters sit along the equator in the western Pacific. During El Nino, weakened winds, which usually blow westward along the equator, result in heat spreading east toward South America. The change in ocean heat shifts hurricane activity from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.
Predicting hurricane strength
On July 15, Sentinel-6B began delivering low-latency data to scientists that could be used for weather predictions. That data will take some time to work its way into the research models on which meteorologists and climate scientists rely, but when it does, those improved models could save lives.
Data from Sentinel-6 satellite missions feeds into hurricane tracking algorithms used by federal and state agencies. Those predictions can activate disaster response efforts, mobilizing resources ranging from sandbag placement to National Guard activation. They also can lead to evacuation orders that require quick but well-informed decisions about logistics at a local level. More severe events may require engaging larger organizations, such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
A tropical storm can take a week or more to become a hurricane and make its way to a coastline, but a hurricane can rapidly intensify in the 48 hours prior to landfall, leaving planners little time to prepare.
"Hurricanes have been known to speed up quickly at the last moment, so the window in which to decide what to do is short," said Deirdre Byrne, an oceanographer and altimetry expert with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "The goal is to forecast how much and how rapidly intensification will happen so that officials can make the right calls."
Byrne oversees one of the country's most crucial hurricane forecasting algorithms, NOAA's Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite, which has been operating since 2012.
Each Sentinel-6 satellite measures ocean height, as well as the size of waves and marine wind speed, using a radar altimeter, which bounces thousands of radar pulses a second off the crests and troughs of waves. Ocean height varies from place to place and provides insight into the ocean's heat content, since warm water expands. That, in turn, helps forecast how fast hurricanes will grow.
The satellites each carry a second instrument, called the Global Navigation Satellite System - Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO), which measures atmospheric properties, such as humidity, pressure, and temperature.
Among the measurements Sentinel-6 is gathering, Byrne is most anticipating the ocean height data, which she plans to begin incorporating into the current Satellite Ocean Heat Content Suite algorithm by the end of the year.
"In terms of data quality, the Sentinel-6 missions are unparalleled," Byrne said.
Together, the missions are also extending a precise dataset deep into its fourth decade. This record of sea level observations traces back to the TOPEX/Poseidon mission, which launched in 1992, and continues through to the present day with Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich. Sentinel-6B will take over for its predecessor as the reference satellite for global sea level measurements later this year.
"The key is consistency, measuring the same way, every time," said Severine Fournier, Sentinel-6B deputy project scientist, JPL. "That's what lets us predict hurricanes, and, in turn, protect coastal communities and infrastructure."
More about Sentinel-6B
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich, named after a former director of NASA's Earth Science Division, is one of two satellites that compose the Copernicus Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission.
Sentinel-6/Jason-CS, a part of the European Union's Earth observation program called Copernicus, was jointly developed by ESA (European Space Agency), EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites), NASA, and NOAA, with funding support from the European Commission and technical support on performance from the French space agency CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales). Spacecraft monitoring and control, as well as the processing of all the altimeter science data, is carried out by EUMETSAT on behalf of the European Union's Copernicus Programme, with the support of all partner agencies.
NASA JPL, a division of Caltech in Pasadena, contributed three science instruments for each Sentinel-6 satellite: the Advanced Microwave Radiometer, the GNSS-RO, and the Laser Retroreflector Array. NASA also contributed launch services, ground systems supporting operation of the agency's science instruments, the science data processors for two of these instruments, and support for the United States members of the international Ocean Surface Topography Science Team.
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Original text here: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/how-2-us-european-satellites-are-studying-hurricanes-during-el-nino/
IDB Announces Winners of the 2026 Young Economist Award
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release:
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IDB Announces Winners of the 2026 Young Economist Award
WASHINGTON - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has recognized three young economists from Latin America and the Caribbean with the 2026 IDB Young Economist Award for the excellence of their in doctoral research work.
Paula Donaldson, an Argentine economist with a PhD from the University of California, San Diego, won first prize for her paper which argues that traditional estimates of the impact of certain public policies may be
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Inter-American Development Bank issued the following news release:
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IDB Announces Winners of the 2026 Young Economist Award
WASHINGTON - The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has recognized three young economists from Latin America and the Caribbean with the 2026 IDB Young Economist Award for the excellence of their in doctoral research work.
Paula Donaldson, an Argentine economist with a PhD from the University of California, San Diego, won first prize for her paper which argues that traditional estimates of the impact of certain public policies may beoverstated because they do not always separate the direct effects of a policy from the reactions it generates throughout the rest of the economy. It also proposes a new method for isolating these indirect effects.
Sebastian Espinoza-Rojas, a Chilean doctoral candidate at University College London, won second prize for analyzing how difficulties related to commuting influence employers' market power and how the effect varies depending on workers' skill levels.
Juan Martin Pal, an Argentine economist with a PhD from the Toulouse School of Economics, received third prize for studying the design of higher education policies aimed at improving the recruitment of public officials.
"The high quality of the studies submitted in this edition reflects the talent, rigor, and commitment of a new generation of economists studying the challenges and opportunities facing Latin America and the Caribbean," said Laura Alfaro Maykall, Chief Economist and Economic Counselor at the IDB. "We congratulate the winners for the originality, methodological rigor, and relevance of their research, which provides valuable evidence for designing better policies and promoting the region's development."
The awards will be presented during the 3rd IDB Research Conference, to be held on September 14 and 15 at IDB headquarters in Washington. The conference will focus on demographic transition and its consequences for economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The event will bring together researchers from academia and public policy institutions to present cutting-edge research on how demographic change is reshaping growth and well-being in the region.
The 2026 IDB Young Economist Award invited applications from PhD graduates in economics from the institution's 48 member countries. A selection committee composed of IDB economists and researchers evaluated a total of 40 research papers.
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About the IDB
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is devoted to improving lives across Latin America and the Caribbean. Founded in 1959, the IDB works with the region's public sector to design and enable impactful, innovative solutions for sustainable and inclusive development. Leveraging financing, technical expertise and knowledge, it promotes growth and well-being in 26 countries. Visit our website https://www.iadb.org/en.
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Original text here: https://www.iadb.org/en/news/idb-announces-winners-2026-young-economist-award
FHLBanks Announce New 2-Year Global on September 9, 2026
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Federal Home Loan Banks Office of Finance issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2026:
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FHLBanks Announce New 2-Year Global on September 9, 2026
Today, the FHLBank System is announcing a new 2-year Global.
Lead managers for this issue will be Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and a distribution group will complete the syndication team.
At this time, the new issue is expected to be priced tomorrow, September 10, 2026. The CUSIP of this issue will be 3130BC4W0. Interest payments will be made semi-annually
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The Federal Home Loan Banks Office of Finance issued the following news release on Sept. 9, 2026:
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FHLBanks Announce New 2-Year Global on September 9, 2026
Today, the FHLBank System is announcing a new 2-year Global.
Lead managers for this issue will be Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, and a distribution group will complete the syndication team.
At this time, the new issue is expected to be priced tomorrow, September 10, 2026. The CUSIP of this issue will be 3130BC4W0. Interest payments will be made semi-annuallyon March 1 and September 1, beginning on March 1, 2027 (short first coupon), and the bond will mature on September 1, 2028.
This announcement is neither an offer to sell, nor a solicitation of offers to buy, these securities.
Created by Congress in 1932, the FHLBanks have served as a vital source of liquidity to their members throughout the economic cycles, supporting housing finance and community development across the United States. Please contact Tom Heinle at (703) 467-3646 or theinle@fhlb-of.com for additional information.
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Original text here: https://www.fhlb-of.com/news/fhlbanks-announce-new-2-year-global-on-september-9-2026/
