ROME, New York, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory issued the following news: The Air Force Research Laboratory's Information Directorate is spearheading an international alliance of principal investigators across government, academia and industry to accelerate quantum enabling technologies. Innovare Advancement Center, a partnership between the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate, New York State, Oneida County, New York, the City of Rome, New York, the Griffi  more

UPTON, New York, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory issued the following news release: The search is on to discover new states of matter, and possibly new ways of encoding, manipulating, and transporting information. One goal is to harness materials' quantum properties for communications that go beyond what's possible with conventional electronics. Topological insulators--materials that act mostly as insulators but carry electric current across their surf  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 9: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $19 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the coronavirus p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration issued the following news release on Sept. 10: Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding $22.8 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants to capitalize and administer Revolving Loan Funds (RLFs) that will provide critical gap financing to small businesses and entrepreneurs adversely affected by the coronaviru  more

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, John H. Durham, issued the following news release on Sept. 10: John H. Durham, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announced that LARELL DAVID, 30, of New York, New York, pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Kari A. Dooley in Bridgeport to one count of access device fraud stemming from a scheme through which he defrauded Lowe's home improvement stores in several states of more t  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau issued the following news release on Sept. 8: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Bureau), in partnership with the New York Attorney General (NYAG), today filed suit against a network of five different companies based outside of Buffalo, New York, two of their owners, and two of their managers, for their participation in a debt-collection operation using illegal methods to collect debts. The company defendants are: JPL Recove  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the following slip opinion (Court No. 19-00127): JEM D INTERNATIONAL (MICHIGAN) INC. USA, JEM D MARKETING (VIRGINIA) INC., RED SUN FARMS HOLDINGS USA LLC, AND RED SUN FARMS VIRGINIA LLC, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES, Defendant, and THE FLORIDA TOMATO EXCHANGE, Defendant-Intervenor. Before: Jennifer Choe-Groves, Judge OPINION AND ORDER [Granting Defendant's motion to dismiss.] Valerie Ellis and Kimberly Reynolds, Curtis, Mal  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency issued the following news: On a blustery winter day last December, a car carrying radioactive material approached one of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's major transportation hubs. As the car got closer, an alarm flashed and sounded on a large monitor in the police operations center, identifying on a digital map the exact location of the vehicle and the specific radioactive isotope r  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: After completing all cleanup work, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has deleted the Hormigas Groundwater Plume Superfund Site from the National Priorities List, which is the federal Superfund National Priorities List of the most contaminated hazardous waste sites. The site was originally added to the Superfund list because solvents were found in a public drinking water supply well, which i  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following remarks on Sept. 10 by Executive Vice President Daleep Singh at the National Association of Securities Professionals' 15th annual legislative symposium: * * * I must say, it's a bittersweet feeling to speak before you today. I'm honored to have the privilege of addressing this gathering, and I want to express my deep gratitude to you, Ron Parker, and the entire NASP membership for engaging with the New York Fed in   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service issued the following news release on Sept. 11: Margaret Everson, Counselor to the Secretary, exercising the delegated authority of the National Park Service Director, today announced the award of a $30.8 million construction contract to repair the historic Ellis Island seawall at the Statue of Liberty National Monument. The National Park Service awarded the contract to Weeks Marine, Inc of New York City for the   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on Sept. 9: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today announced the first wave of additional counterparties that it has selected to support the Commercial Paper Funding Facility (CPFF) and the Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (SMCCF). By widening the eligibility criteria for counterparties to these 13(3) facilities, the New York Fed is furthering its commitment to support diversity, inclusion  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 10 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York issued the following news release on Sept. 9: The Federal Reserve Bank of New York today released its latest print comic book, "A Story of Interest (and Supervision!)." The new comic book is available to teachers, students and households, and includes an "Economic Activity Book" created for middle school-age children, students, parents and educators to use in remote learning environments, inside the classroom, or at a museum. The Econo  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- President Trump issued the following proclamation on Patriot Day: In 2001, our Nation, united under God, made an unbreakable promise never to forget the nearly 3,000 innocent Americans who were senselessly killed on September 11. On this sacred day -- Patriot Day -- we solemnly honor that commitment. As the bells toll, we call by name those who perished in the terrorist attacks in New York, New York; Arlington, Virginia; and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. In cities and towns  more

NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security Administration issued the following news release: The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is in the process of installing new acrylic barriers at security checkpoints throughout LaGuardia Airport as part of the agency's ongoing efforts to implement initiatives to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The protective barriers are being installed in areas where TSA officers typically interact with pas  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release on Sept. 11: The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) today posted revisions to regulations that implemented the paid sick leave and expanded family and medical leave provisions of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The revisions made by the new rule clarify workers' rights and employers' responsibilities under the FFCRA's paid leave provisions, in light of the U.S. Distr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following enforcement news release on Sept. 11: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced that, pursuant an order entered on Monday, August 24, 2020 by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, the court-appointed receiver has completed a final distribution to victims in a $1.3 billion Ponzi scheme case brought by the CFTC in 2009. [See CFTC Press Release No. 5621-09] Specifically, th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The White House issued the following news release: NOMINATIONS SENT TO THE SENATE: Benjamin Joel Beaton, of Kentucky, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, vice Justin Reed Walker, elevated. Hector Gonzalez, of New York, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, vice Brian M. Cogan, retired. Zachary T. Haines, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation f  more