U.S. Food and Drug Administration Virtual Press Conference: First COVID-19 Vaccine - 12/12/2020

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Virtual Press Conference: First COVID-19 Vaccine - 12/12/2020 | site |



(Information contained in U.S. Food and Drug Administration [FDA] release: December 12, 2020)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration Virtual Press Conference: First COVID-19 Vaccine - 12/12/2020

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U.S. Department of Education Unveils Federal Student Aid Partner Connect Portal at Annual Training Conference | site |



(Information contained in U.S. Department of Education press release: December 1, 2020)

Washington - - Today, during its virtual 2020 training conference for financial aid professionals, the U.S. Department of Education's (Department) office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) unveiled its latest update to U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos' Next Gen FSA initiative: the FSA Partner Connect portal. The site, announced by FSA Chief Operating Officer Mark A. Brown, will consolidate the tools that institutions and other partners use onto a single digital platform. "A few short years ago, we set out to transform Federal Student Aid to function like a world-class financial institution and to better serve our customers," said Secretary DeVos. "We have made tremendous progress on that goal, and student aid borrowers have more resour...

U.S. Reinforces Commitment to Secure, Stable, Democratic, and Self-Reliant Afghanistan at 2020 Conference | site |



(Information contained in U.S. Department of State Office of the Spokesperson press release fact sheet: November 24, 2020)


The United States participated in the 2020 Afghanistan Conference on November 23-24, the sixth quadrennial gathering to coordinate international development support for Afghanistan. The conference was hosted virtually by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, the Government of Finland, and the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan. At the conference, the United States emphasized its commitment to a secure, stable, democratic, and self-reliant Afghanistan that is at peace with itself and its neighbors, and underscored the following:

• The United States has announced the availability of up to approximately $600 million in civilian assistance for Afghanistan for calendar year

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National Institutes of Health Question and Answer conference on COVID-19 Vaccine Research | site |



An Update on COVID-19 Vaccines featuring Drs. Francis Collins and Anthony Fauci


(October 29, 2020) - - On October 29, 2020 National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials discussed COVID-19 Vaccine Research. The video conference is available at https://youtu.be/rDT1WrzHWH8 or press HERE



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U.S. Department of Education’s COVID-19 Conference Call with Higher Education Stakeholders | site |




(March 31, 2020) - - Today, the U.S. Department of Education published the following information:

WASHINGTON – U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, along with several senior Department officials, held a conference call today with higher education leaders to provide an update on the Trump Administration’s whole-of-government response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) national emergency. The Secretary began the call by welcoming the participants, including state higher education executive officers, college and university presidents, accreditors, and leaders of national higher education organizations, and thanking them for their continued work on behalf of students. The Secretary then briefed the group on the Department’s quick action to provide regulatory flexibility so that colleges and universities could move classes online to limit...

Readout of the U.S. Department of Education's COVID-19 Conference Call with K-12 Stakeholders | site |




(March 20, 2020) - - Today (March 20, 2020), the U.S. Department of Education published the following information:

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education and other federal partners held a conference call today with K-12 education leaders representing all 50 states and two territories to discuss the Administration's whole-of-government response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Those who attended the call included representatives from the National Association of State Boards of Education, National Governors Association, Council of Chief State School Officers, and elected officials, among many others. During the discussion, subject matter experts answered questions about the process for approval of statewide testing waivers, meal delivery for students during school closures, lengths of school closures due to the outbreak, r...

Finance Regulators announce that the 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference is Postponed| site |



Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (March 5, 2020) - - Today, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System published the following information: After careful consideration of the growing public health concerns associated with the coronavirus (COVID-19), the organizing sponsors of the 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference (NICRC), scheduled March 9-12 in Denver, Colorado, have made the decision to postpone the conference. The Federal Reserve, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation jointly made this decision out of an abundance of caution to help safeguard the health and well-being of the more than 1,300 registered conference participants. ...

Federal Banking Agencies host the 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference| site |



Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency


(February 21, 2020) - - Today (February 21, 2020), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System published the following information: The 2020 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference takes place in Denver from March 9 to 12. The conference is hosted by the three federal banking agencies, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Federal Reserve Banks of San Francisco, Kansas City, and Chicago. This biennial conference offers participants from around the country the opportunity to learn about the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) and to discuss best practices and emer...

Speech: Remarks by CMS Administrator Seema Verma at the National Association of Healthcare Underwriters (NAHU) Capitol Conference 2020 | site |




(February 24, 2020) - - Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published the following information:

Remarks by CMS Administrator Seema Verma at the National Association of Healthcare Underwriters (NAHU) Capitol Conference 2020


(As prepared for delivery – February 24, 2020)

Thank you for having me. Going back to my time in Indiana designing health care plans, I have always valued the knowledge and expertise that agents and brokers bring to the table, because they have front line experience. In this town, policy experts are a dime a dozen, but you all understand the healthcare system in a more concrete way. You see the impact of policy and know how it affects real people. Many of these people are our Medicare and exchange beneficiaries,...

World Health Organization Director-General's speech at the Munch Security Conference| site |



(February 15, 2020) - - Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the following information:

Munich Security Conference

WHO Director-General's speech at the Munch Security Conference

15 February 2020

Excellencies, distinguished guests, dear colleagues and friends, Thank you for the opportunity to address you today. And especially my appreciation to my friend Ambassador Ischinger. Yesterday I was in Kinshasa, in the Democratic of the Congo, meeting with the President and other senior ministers to review progress against the Ebola outbreak and work together on a plan to strengthen DRC’s health system so that it never sees another outbreak like this again. I’d like to thank the President for his leadership, and for his vision of a healthier and safer DRC. We are finally starting...

Remarks of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai at the Hawaii International Conference on Science Systems| site |




(January 13, 2020) - - Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released the following:

REMARKS OF FCC CHAIRMAN AJIT PAI
AT THE HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SCIENCE SYSTEMS

MAUI, HAWAII

JANUARY 10, 2020

Thank you, President Lassner, for that introduction. And more importantly, thank you for inviting me. It’s clichéd for speakers to say they are “happy to be here,” but when you’re at a conference like this, you really, really mean it. How happy am I? Three days ago, the FCC’s headquarters closed early for a snowstorm. Today, I’m here in Hawaii celebrating my birthday with all of you. Hawaii is famously known as the 50th state. But, for me personally, Hawaii is the 49th state. Let me explain. Ever since I bec...

U.S. Education Secretary DeVos Shares Vision for a Better, Stronger Federal Student Aid at Annual Training Conference | site |



Unveils groundbreaking new NextGen customer service tools, discusses need for new structure and governance to meet growing demands


(December 3, 2019) - - Today, the U.S. Department of Education published the following information: RENO, Nevada—Today, during a major speech at the annual Federal Student Aid (FSA) Conference, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos unveiled a vision for a stronger, student-centered FSA. She detailed both what FSA can and is doing now, including continued enhancements to customer service through the transformative myStudentAid app, and what requires the action of others, including improving how FSA is structured and governed. "From submitting the FAFSA® to submitting payments; from seeing what a loan will cost over time to participating in exit counseling—we are updating everything...

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Announces Conference on Macroeconomic and Structural Trends and Dynamics Affecting the Capital Markets | site |


Event Will Be Held on Dec. 4 in Washington, DC


(November 20, 2019) - - Today, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published the following information: Washington D.C., Nov. 20, 2019 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that it will host a conference on Dec. 4 entitled “The State of Our Securities Markets.” The conference will bring together current and former government officials and experts from different areas of the private sector to explore and discuss the ever-changing economic, risk and market environment and what those changes mean for the structure and function of the securities markets. Areas of focus at the conference will include global macroeconomic trends—and their impacts on our capital markets; changes to the global equity and credit marke...

Census Bureau Researchers Present Findings at the 2018 Population Association of America Conference

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(April 27, 2018) - - Researchers from the U.S. Census Bureau will join other demographers, sociologists, economists and professionals from across the country and from different disciplines at the Population Association of America (PAA) annual conference from April 26-28, 2018, in Denver, Colo. PAA offers a forum for Census Bureau researchers to present their research for professional discussion and share their findings with the public.

This year, Census Bureau researchers will present findings on a variety of topics including:

• Race and Ethnicity Results From the 2016 ACS Content Test
• A Sensitivity Analysis of the Net Undercount for Young Hispanic Children in the 2010 Census
• Race and Ethnicity Question Proposals for the 2020 Census: An Update from the U.S. Census Bureau
• Collecting

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen to Speak at RSA Conference

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Washington, DC - - (April 12, 2018) - - Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen will speak at the 2018 RSA Conference on Tuesday, April 17 at 1:05PM EDT/10:05AM PDT. Secretary Nielsen will lay out the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity priorities and policies in addition to addressing the cyber threats affecting the United States today. Following her remarks, Secretary Nielsen will also participate in a fireside chat on cybersecurity issues.