Month: August 2023

08 Aug

Statement from President Joe Biden on Firefighters and Pilot Killed Fighting Wildfires

Politics

Jill and I send our deepest condolences to the families of the helicopter pilot, and the brave California firefighters, who tragically lost their lives Sunday. Every day, firefighters run toward danger, while everyone else runs the other way, because being a firefighter is not what they do — it’s who they are.  This tragedy is yet another example, of their incredible bravery. As wildfires have intensified in recent years, more and more firefighters have put themselves in harm’s way to defend our families and communities from out-of-control fires. That’s why my administration has invested historic funding to address the underlying…

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08 Aug

Remarks by Vice President Harris Highlighting Investments in Infrastructure and Announcing a Major Initiative for Workers

Politics

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12:38 P.M. EDT THE VICE PRESIDENT:  Can I hear it for Orville?  (Applause.)  Thank you, Orville and for — for building — helping to build Philly and our country. So, good afternoon, everyone.  It’s good to be back and to see all the friends.  Good afternoon.  And — AUDIENCE:  Good afternoon! THE VICE PRESIDENT:  And it is always great to be in the House of Labor.  Thank you, all.  (Applause.) And thank you, all, for the work that’s happening here.  It is extraordinary work.  And there are so many leaders here who are making the announcements we are…

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08 Aug

A Proclamation on Establishment of the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni-Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument

Politics

     Since time immemorial, many Tribes of the Southwest have lived and prayed among the canyons and plateaus of a landscape unlike any other in the world.  The region is described in numerous languages.  Many of the Indigenous names for the area reflect the deep interconnection between the land and its Tribal Nations.  For example, the Havasupai call it baaj nwaavjo, or “where Indigenous peoples roam.”  To the Hopi, it is i’tah kukveni, or “our ancestral footprints.”  In English, we call the canyon that lies at the center of this region “the Grand Canyon.”      In addition to…

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08 Aug

Entara Further Expands Offerings With Launch of Vulnerability Management as a Service

Tech

Industry-leading incident response and managed services firm launches VMaaS to ensure client environments stay up to date in their protections against new and old vulnerabilities alike. Raum Sandoval, CISO CHICAGO, August 8, 2023 (Newswire.com) - Entara, a security-first eXtended Service Provider (XSP), announced the launch of a new cybersecurity offering, Vulnerability Management as a Service (VMaaS). VMaaS allows Entara's clients increased hardening against evolving cyber threats through consistent identification and remediation of vulnerabilities and risks. By working with an experienced provider, clients will not only continuously improve their security posture but alleviate strain on their internal IT team and meet…

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08 Aug

Biden-Harris Administration Announces Second Year of SMART Grants Funding Innovations in Transportation Data and Technology Systems

Travel

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced today that it is accepting applications for the second year of its Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) Grants Program. The SMART Grants Program was made possible by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, signed by President Biden on November 15, 2021. As part of the President’s Investing in America agenda, the program will fund up to $500 million in grants over five years to conduct demonstration projects focused on advanced smart community technologies and systems that improve transportation efficiency and safety. “New technologies like connected vehicles, smart traffic signals, and more have…

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08 Aug

AMAX Announces Solutions With NVIDIA RTX 5000, 4500, and 4000 Ada Generation GPUs for Pro-Visualization and Rendering Workloads

Tech

FREMONT, Calif., August 8, 2023 (Newswire.com) - AMAX, a leading provider of advanced computing solutions, announces the addition of the highly anticipated NVIDIA RTX 5000 Ada Generation, RTX 4500 Ada Generation and RTX 4000 Ada Generation GPUs built on the NVIDIA Ada Lovelace architecture to AMAX's pro-visualization and rendering solutions. The announcement comes in conjunction with NVIDIA's unveiling of the new Ada Generation GPUs at SIGGRAPH 2023. The new NVIDIA RTX Ada Generation professional GPUs deliver up to 2x the CUDA and RT Core performance in a single-precision floating throughput compared to the previous generation. By integrating the new RTX…

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08 Aug

President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. Amends New Mexico Disaster Declaration

Politics

Today, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. made additional disaster assistance available to the State of New Mexico by authorizing an increase in the level of Federal funding for Public Assistance projects undertaken in the New Mexico as a result of wildfires, straight-line winds, flooding, mudflows, and debris flows during the period of April 5 to July 23, 2022.  Under the President’s order today, Federal funds for Public Assistance, including direct Federal assistance, has been increased to 100 percent of the total eligible costs for projects undertaken in response to the Cerro Pelado Fire in Los Alamos and Sandoval Counties. FOR…

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08 Aug

PrivateAuto Streamlines Peer-to-Peer Car Sales With New ‘DealNow’ Feature

Lifestyle

DealNow is Ideal for When You Have a Buyer or Seller Already Lined Up and Want a Secure, Fast, and Convenient Way to Close the Deal DealNow Screenshots Screenshots of the DealNow Invite and Sending Money Instantly ALPINE, Utah, August 8, 2023 (Newswire.com) - PrivateAuto, the transactional marketplace for private-party auto sales, announced today the launch of its new DealNow feature for fast-track vehicle transactions.   DealNow allows buyers and sellers who have found each other through other means to utilize PrivateAuto's suite of transactional tools to securely and seamlessly complete the sale. Sellers can bypass the listing process and invite…

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08 Aug

U.S. Department of Transportation Approves $501 Million Loan for I-25 Express Lane Expansion in Colorado

Travel

New 52 Miles of Express Toll lanes will Ease Congestion between Denver and Fort Collins WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that its Build America Bureau has provided a $501 million low-interest loan to the Colorado Transportation Investment Office (CTIO) on behalf of the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) to improve a 61-mile corridor of I-25, including adding 52 miles of express toll lanes between Denver and Fort Collins, Colorado. By providing Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loans and other financing, the Bureau helps communities expedite infrastructure projects and reduce project costs.   The…

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08 Aug

CogniSure Rolls Out ‘Loss Insights’ for Hylant, Expands Presence in Insurance Broker Market

Tech

CogniSure-Hylant Logo CHICAGO, August 8, 2023 (Newswire.com) - CogniSure, a Delaware corporation, has announced that it has rolled out its loss run data extraction and analytics platform, Loss Insights, for Hylant. Loss Insights will help Hylant convert complex, unstructured loss run documents received for their clients into a standardized data structure that can be readily ingested into its risk management systems. Loss Insights will also generate Loss 360 reports as well as provide an analytical dashboard that will enable Hylant's clients to make highly informed risk decisions. The product rollout was completed in just four weeks, which was made possible due to…

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