Imperial Valley News Center
2015 U.S.-European Union Information Society Dialogue
Washington, DC - Today, the United States and the European Union held the thirteenth U.S.–EU Information Society Dialogue in Brussels, Belgium, to discuss issues related to information and communication technology (ICT) and the digital economy.
Digitized Foreign Relations Volume on the Assassination of President Abraham Lincoln Released
Washington, DC - The Appendix to Diplomatic Correspondence of 1865 is a unique volume in the Foreign Relations series. Unlike the rest of the series, this volume was not produced to tell the story of U.S. foreign policy. Instead, it embodied the grief and shattered hopes expressed by foreign governments, civic groups, opinion leaders, religious organizations, professional societies, and ordinary laborers, both at home and abroad, upon learning of President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination on the evening of April 14, 1865.
California Launches Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine
Sacramento, California - Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today announced the creation of the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine to better understand disease through advanced computing and spur public-private collaboration throughout the state.
Terrorist Designation of Ali Ouni Harzi
Washington, DC - The Department of State has designated Ali Ouni Harzi as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order (E.O.) 13224, which targets terrorists and those providing support to terrorists or acts of terrorism. The consequences of this designation include a prohibition against U.S. persons engaging in transactions with Ali Ouni Harzi and the freezing of all property and interests of Ali Ouni Harzi that are in the United States, or enter the United States or the possession or control of U.S. persons.
Fix the Food System
Washington, DC - Young people and their innovative ideas have the power to change the food system. The Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (BCFN) Young Earth Solutions! (YES!) program was established in 2012 to encourage young people specifically, students under the age of 35 to develop innovative solutions to problems within the global food system.
Mitch Daniels keynote speaker at Global Food Security Symposium
Washington, DC - Purdue University President Mitch Daniels will be a featured speaker at the annual Global Food Security Symposium in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.
