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The Department of Commerce, along with the Departments of State, the Treasury, and Homeland Security, are issuing a business advisory to highlight risks and considerations for businesses with supply chain exposure to entities engaged in forced labor and other human rights abuses in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region in the People?s Republic of China (PRC).
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On July 1, Secretary Ross traveled to Erie, Pennsylvania & Youngstown, Ohio to participate in events for the U.S. Mexico Canada agreement implementation, marking the beginning of a historic new chapter for North American trade with benefits for PA, OH & American workers, manufacturers, and businesses.
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Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced that the Department?s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $4.9 million grant to the Muskogee City-County Port Authority of Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to protect businesses from future floods. The EDA grant, to be located in a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone, will be matched with $1.65 million in local funds.
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The National Telecommunications and Information Administration?s National Broadband Availability Map (NBAM) reached a 20 state milestone with the addition of Wyoming and Washington State.?The NBAM is a geographic information system platform which allows for the visualization and analysis of federal, state, and commercially available data sets.
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Cue the ice cubes: NOAA forecasters are predicting the current heat wave will continue to engulf parts of the Desert Southwest, the entire Southeast to the East Coast, and the Central and Southern Plains over the next seven days ? and likely longer. As of this morning (July 10), about 70 million people are under an excessive heat watch or warning, or heat advisory ? and that number is expected to increase each day through July 17.
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With unwavering perseverance, Percy Julian fought against segregation and other challenges to become a leading innovator in synthetic chemistry. His numerous inventions range from the fire retardant Aerofoam to treatments for glaucoma and rheumatoid arthritis. He was granted over 130 patents during his lifetime and was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1990. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Julian?s graduation, as valedictorian, from DePauw University. While that honor was the first of many intellectual and scientific accolades, Julian is equally celebrated as an innovator who broke down barriers for future scientists from underrepresented groups.
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Step into the factory of the future. Alicia, an operations manager, sits at her workstation viewing a digitally enhanced video feed of the facility using cameras installed in strategic locations. Wearing safety gear, a maintenance engineer named Bob checks his tablet for the next machine to fix. Equipped with a headset and controllers, Dave, a software engineer at HQ, serves as a virtual tour guide for Carrie, the company?s lead executive. Wearing an augmented reality (AR) headset, Carrie surveys her machines as she walks through the facility. With Dave?s guidance, she sees digital information, such as a machine?s status, appearing in her view.
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This is a must-attend event for women entrepreneurs who wish to boldly grow their business into new markets! In anticipation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), this dynamic forum provides a truly unique opportunity to gain the tools, skills and networks to build an export strategy and develop business connections.
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