WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R43625) on June 24, 2021, entitled "SBA Office of Advocacy: Overview, History, and Current Issues" by Robert Jay Dilger, American national government senior specialist: * * * Summary The Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) is an "independent" office within the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) that advances "the views and concerns of small businesses before Congress, the White House, federal agencies,  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The Center for Strategic and International Studies issued the following report on June 22, 2021, entitled "Achieving an Additive Manufacturing Breakthrough". The report was written by Andrew Philip Hunter, senior fellow in the international security program and director of the defense-industrial initiatives group. * * * The Issue Additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising technology that many AM practitioners believe is on the precipice of a breakthrough. This breakthr more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The Office of Personnel Management issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Kiran Arjandas Ahuja was officially sworn in as the 13th Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management (OPM). Director Ahuja took the oath this morning after the Senate voted to confirm her on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. After more than two decades in public service and executive nonprofit work, she was nominated by President Joe Biden for her current role. Director Ahuja is more PR

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, June 22 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis issued the following news release: The seventh installment of our virtual event series focuses on how racism in the criminal justice system impacts the economy. The criminal justice system has frequently failed to live up to its name, with damaging social and economic consequences. Keynote speakers will examine the origins and contemporary context of the U.S. criminal legal system, followed by thought leaders and practit more PR

TROY, New York, June 26 (TNSPer) -- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute issued the following news on June 25, 2021: More than two decades ago, Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson became the first African American woman to lead a top-ranked research university when she was named the 18th President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Today, President Jackson announced to the Rensselaer community that she intends to step down from her historic post in 2022. "It has been the privilege and honor of my profession more PR

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Alan Lowenthal, D-California, issued the following news release on June 22, 2021: Congressman Alan Lowenthal (CA-47) and Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01), today, joined by 20 House colleagues, introduced legislation to protect imperiled seabirds from international fishing threats while increasing ongoing seabird conservation efforts in the United States and abroad. The Albatross and Petrel Conservation Act would implement the Agreement on the Conservation of Al more PR

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 22 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on June 21, 2021: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) today stood outside University Hospital in Newark with frontline heath care workers and families of those who died from COVID-19 to demand Congress pass bipartisan, bicameral legislation he co-authored to create an independent, 9/11-style commission to investigate the nation's pandemic response and develop a series of recommendations to improv more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: In an effort to protect voting rights, end partisan gerrymandering, and stop voter suppression tactics, U.S. Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) today voted to advance H.R. 1, the For the People Act, which would protect Americans' freedom to vote; expand voter registration and make Election Day a federal holiday; require two weeks of early voting; improve campaign finance and digital ad transparency; strengthen ethic more PR