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Gaithersburg, Maryland - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has announced the winners of the Reference Data Challenge, the agency’s first-ever app development competition. The contest was intended to spur the development of new ways to use NIST Standard Reference Data (SRD) with mobile devices. SRD are scientific and technical databases that cover a broad range of substances and properties from many different scientific disciplines.
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Hampton Roads, Virginia - Friday, November 20, 3:30 PM ET: First Lady Michelle Obama will join the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) for FNV Live!, an event featuring live musical performances and celebrity appearances – including Jordin Sparks, Gabrielle Union, Ashanti, Estelle, Jessica Alba and more – as well as stunts and challenges led by some of the nation’s top social media creators from Whistle Sports Network.
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Washington, DC - Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final order settling charges that the $8 billion merger between Endo International plc and Par Pharmaceuticals, Inc. would likely be anticompetitive.
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Washington, DC - Law enforcement, education, technology, crowd-sourcing. The FTC fights the battle against illegal telemarketing on every possible front - and here’s the latest development. After considering public comments, the FTC just amended the Telemarketing Sales Rule (TSR) to protect consumers by prying four tools out of the hands of fraudsters.
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West Lafayette, Indiana - Spensa Technologies Inc., a startup in Purdue Research Park, closed on $2.5 million in Series A funding to expand its workforce and further conduct research on its precision agriculture technologies.
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Washington, DC - Today, U.S. Chief Technology Officer Megan Smith, Cabinet Secretary and Chair of the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force Broderick Johnson, and Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez, will travel to Baltimore, Maryland to announce new steps to advance the President’s TechHire initiative and expand opportunities for young Americans to get trained and placed into well-paying tech jobs. Baltimore is launching its TechHire initiative to expand pathways into tech jobs to those who have historically been left out of Baltimore’s economy and those who are underrepresented in tech fields.
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