WASHINGTON, March 19 (TNSPer) -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: Peter J. Beshar was sworn in as the General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force during a Pentagon ceremony March 18, following his confirmation to the role by the U.S. Senate, March 10. Prior to his confirmation, Beshar served as the executive vice president and general counsel of the global professional services firm Marsh McLennan. Among his career highlights, Beshar was appointed by President Barack Obama  more PR

HOUSTON, Texas, March 14 (TNSPer) -- Greenberg Traurig, a law firm, issued the following news release: Roland Garcia, a Litigation Practice shareholder in the Houston office of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, has been asked to serve on the regional selection panel for the White House Fellows program. As a regional panelist for the 2022-2023 application season, Garcia will be tasked with identifying and evaluating talent for the White House Fellowship who will advance to the National Fi more PR

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, March 16 (TNSPer) -- Harvard Law School issued the following news: Sharon Block, a labor policy expert who most recently served as acting administrator of the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the Biden administration, has been appointed professor of practice at Harvard Law School, effective July 1. Block, who currently serves as the executive director of Harvard Law School's Labor and Worklife Program, first joined HLS in 2017, where, with P more PR

WASHINGTON, March 17 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47050) on March 14, 2022, entitled "The Nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court". The report was written by by section research manager David Gunter and legislative attorneys Peter G. Berris, Kate R. Bowers, Valerie C. Brannon, Michael A. Foster, Eric N. Holmes, Joanna R. Lampe and Sean M. Stiff: * * * SUMMARY On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden announced his nom more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, March 15 (TNSfund) -- California State University issued the following news release: Cal State LA has received a $1 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation that will help the university establish the first in-person bachelor's degree completion program for incarcerated women in California. The university is partnering with Chaffey College to offer the new prison education program, an expansion of Cal State LA's Prison B.A. Graduation Initiative, which starte more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- President Biden issued the following remarks on March 17, 2022, at the presentation of the shamrocks: * * * PRESIDENT BIDEN: Well, Happy Saint Patrick's Day, everyone. It's great to see you all here. And last year, because of the pandemic, the Taoiseach and I had to hold our meeting virtually. How you doing, pal? We got all the Irish here today. (Laughter.) And this is the first year we've had to make some last-minute adjustments as well. Sadly, the Taoiseach and Ms. more PR

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-California, issued the following news release: Congressman Jay Obernolte's (R-Hesperia) Japanese American WWII History Network Act (H.R. 6434) passed the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday with broad bipartisan support after gaining rapid momentum in the House Natural Resources Committee. The bill will create a Japanese American World War II History Network administered by the National Park Service to interconnect sites across the country relat more PR

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: In a House Oversight Committee hearing today, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) discussed the recent bomb threats against Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and outlined how these threats are only the latest chapter in America's long history of white supremacist violence against the Black community. A transcript of her opening remarks at the hearing is avail more PR

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following statement on March 14, 2022: * * * Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined 48 other Senate Republicans in condemning a deal the Biden administration is reportedly finalizing with Iran to lift sanctions in exchange for reentering President Barack Obama's failed deal with Tehran. The White House has moved forward with an agreement that would reportedly lessen restrictions on Iran's nuclear program and weaken sanctions. T more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following statement by Kristine Simmons, vice president for government affairs at Partnership for Public Service, involving a hybrid hearing on March 3, 2022, entitled "Examining the Senate Confirmation Process and Federal Vacancies": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss the impacts of federal vacancies and the importance of improving the Senate confirmation p more PR

ORONO, Maine, March 19 (TNSconf) -- The University of Maine issued the following news release: "The Importance of American Leadership in a Dangerous World" will be the focus of the 2022 Cohen Lecture featuring Gen. James Mattis, former Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen and Medal of Honor recipient Lance Cpl. Kyle Carpenter at the University of Maine on April 4. The 11 a.m. in-person event in the Collins Center for the Arts, moderated by Felicia Knight, president of the Knight Canney Group, more PR

MISSOULA, Montana, March 19 (TNSconf) -- The University of Montana issued the following news release: The 2022 Mansfield Lecture at the University of Montana will feature two of the country's leading voices on democracy, Condoleezza Rice and Michael McFaul, on Monday, April 18. The two will present "Fostering Freedom at Home and Abroad: A Conversation with Condoleezza Rice and Michael McFaul" live via Zoom at 11:30 a.m. MDT. Their conversation will focus on the hard work of creating and sustai more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The U.S. Agency for International Development issued the following transcript of an interview of Administrator Samantha Power with CBS Mornings on March 15, 2022: * * * GAYLE KING: We are joined now by Samantha Power. She's Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development. She also served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Barack Obama. Good morning to you Madam Ambassador, it's really good to see you again. ADMINISTRATOR POWER:  more PR

NASHVILLE, Tennessee, March 18 -- Vanderbilt University Medical Center issued the following news: By Paul Govern Earlier this month the All of Us Research Program released an initial large batch of genomic data on its cloud-based research platform, the Researcher Workbench, including whole genome sequences of 98,600 research participants and genotype data from 165,200 participants. "Thanks to its many research participants from all 50 states, All of Us has reached a significant program milest more PR

WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment issued a 45-page report to President Biden in February 2022. (Continued from Part 1 of 3) * * * Section 4: Full List of Recommended Executive Actions Recommendation Text as Submitted to the President on October 23, 2021 Table of Contents Federal Employees: Making the Federal Government a Model Employer...17 * Implement a Suite of Strategies to Empower Workers to Organize in the Federal Sector and Remov more ST