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Reuters | January 23, 2020

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said on Thursday the U.S. government cannot sustain federal deficits growing at current levels and will have to slow the rate of spending. As he acknowledged the administration of Republican President Donald Trump was considering additional tax cuts to stimulate the economy, Mnuchin blamed government spending - and Democrats in Congress - for the federal deficit. In an interview with CNBC, Mnuchin said increased military and non-military spending was the cause o...

VMD | August 18, 2020

VMD Corp today announced that it was awarded a five-year contract with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on its Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Support Services contract. The work, on which VMD is a subcontractor to Deloitte, involves ensuring the security of information and information systems used by DOL. "Our cybersecurity practice is growing rapidly, largely on the basis of the results we've been able to deliver for customers," VMD Chief Executive Officer Deepti Malhot...

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Government of Rio de Janeiro | March 09, 2022

Rio de Janeiro will gain a stock Exchange for the purchase and sale of carbon credits and sustainable assets related to energy, climate and forest. Governor Cláudio Castro signed, on Tuesday (August 03), in New York, a protocol of intentions with Nasdaq and Global Environmental Asset Platform (GEAP), in order to take the first steps towards the implementation of a trading platform. The agreement guarantees Rio the leadership in the green economy. This partnership will provi...

Biometrics Research Group | February 19, 2020

The U.S. government must improve its internal AI expertise and capacity to properly leverage the transformative power of biometrics and other technologies, according to a report from experts at Stanford and New York University. The report is meant to guide future government decisions, but along the way reveals some details about the development of a major biometric program. The use of face biometrics instead of iris recognition for border checks by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was de...