Imperial Valley News Center
Governor Brown Issues Proclamation Declaring Day of Remembrance of the Yountville Shooting
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Sacramento, California - Ahead of the Celebration of Life service today honoring the three Pathway Home employees killed in Yountville earlier this month, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued a proclamation declaring March 19, 2018 as a “Day of Remembrance of the Yountville Shooting” and ordered that flags be flown at half-staff over the State Capitol.
Operators of DOTAuthority.com Motor Carrier Registration Service Settle FTC Charges That They Misled Small Businesses Using Fake Government Affiliation
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Washington, DC - The operators of a registration service for motor carriers have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they impersonated, or falsely claimed affiliation with, the U.S. Department of Transportation and other government agencies to get small trucking businesses to pay them for federal and state motor carrier registrations.
Concern over the Situation in Afrin, Syria
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Washington, DC - The United States is deeply concerned over reports from Afrin City over the last 48 hours. It appears the majority of the population of the city, which is predominantly Kurdish, evacuated under threat of attack from Turkish military forces and Turkish backed opposition forces. This adds to the already concerning humanitarian situation in the area, with United Nations agencies reporting a displaced population in or from Afrin district in the hundreds of thousands, who now require immediate shelter and other assistance to meet basic needs. We are also concerned over reports of looting inside the city of Afrin. We have repeatedly expressed our serious concern to Turkish officials regarding the situation in Afrin.
What Is Fog Computing?
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Washington, DC - NIST is releasing Special Publication 500-325, Fog Computing Conceptual Model, which presents the conceptual models of fog and mist computing and how they relate to cloud-based computing models for the Internet of Things (IoT). Until recently, much of the data from IoT devices has been managed and stored through cloud computing, a centralized network of computers and servers connected together over the Internet. But access to data through the cloud can be slow at times, because the data needs to be transported to the cloud for processing, analysis and storage.
FTC Acting Chairman Maureen K. Ohlhausen to Participate in International Competition Network Conference
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New Delhi, India - The Acting Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, Maureen K. Ohlhausen will participate in the 17th annual International Competition Network (ICN) conference in New Delhi, India, March 21-23, 2018, along with Assistant Attorney General Makan Delrahim of the Justice Department’s Antitrust Division.
Congressman Juan Vargas Leads Bipartisan Effort to Fund the U.S. - Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program
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Washington, DC - Congressman Juan Vargas is leading a bipartisan effort to request funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) U.S. – Mexico Border Water Infrastructure Program and the EPA's Office of International and Tribal Affairs, which supports vital programs such as the Border 2020 environmental program. These programs are integral to making improvements on both sides of the border to protect public health and improve wastewater infrastructure.
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