Imperial Valley News Center
Signing Ceremony of Inter-Institutional Agreement with Supreme Court of Baja California
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El Centro, California - Thursday, May 26, the Imperial County Department of Child Support Services (DCSS) will host a historic ceremony to commemorate the signing of an Inter-Institutional Agreement between DCSS and the Supreme Court of Baja California (Poder Judicial del Estado de Baja California) in El Centro.
Congressman Juan Vargas Statement on the DOJ’s Review of the Calexico Police Department
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Washington, DC - Congressman Juan Vargas (CA-51) released the following statement today after reviewing the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) comprehensive review of the Calexico Police Department:
Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles Rivkin Travels to Jerusalem and Ramallah
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Washington, DC - Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs Charles H. Rivkin will travel May 21-24 to Jerusalem and Ramallah, where he will lead the U.S.-Palestinian Economic Dialogue and the U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group.
New Study Examines Progress toward SunShot Initiative Goals, Identifies Emerging Solar Energy R&D Opportunities for 2020 and Beyond
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Washington, DC - Today, the Energy Department released the On the Path to SunShot reports, a series of eight research papers examining the state of the U.S. solar energy industry and the progress made to date toward the SunShot Initiative’s goal to make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms of electricity by 2020. The solar industry is currently about 70 percent of the way towards achieving the Initiative’s 2020 goals, but as solar has become more affordable, helping the industry grow by an astonishing 23-fold since the beginning of the Obama Administration, new challenges and opportunities have emerged.
FTC Adds Defendants, Charges in Ongoing Tech Support Scam Case
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Washington, DC - The Federal Trade Commission has added three new defendants to an ongoing case against a tech support scam. The scheme allegedly bilked consumers out of tens of millions of dollars by pretending to represent Microsoft, Apple, and other major tech companies.
Cognition omission: FTC says LearningRx claims not supported by sound science
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Washington, DC - What’s on consumers’ minds is what’s between their ears. A proposed settlement with LearningRx, a Colorado-based franchisor with more than 80 “brain training” centers across the country, and CEO Ken Gibson is the latest in a growing line of FTC cases challenging false and deceptive claims about improved cognition.
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