Missouri Selected For Swift Prepared Foods New $200 Million Facility
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COLUMBIA, Mo., April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Swift Prepared Foods, a leading global food company, announced today that Columbia, Missouri, has been selected for its new Italian meats and charcuterie production facility. For the past several months, the company has been working to identify the best location for the $200 million greenfield facility that was announced last August. Multiple locations were evaluated, but Columbia, Missouri, rose to the top thanks to its strategic location, business-friendly environment, and the ability to access raw material and leverage synergies with existing strategic assets.
Carlisle Construction Materials Announces Plans to Build New Manufacturing Facility in Missouri
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SIKESTON, Mo., April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The economic resurgence continues in Missouri with new investments from companies across several industries. Carlisle Construction Materials LLC (CCM) is the latest company to announce plans to expand with a new facility in the state. The manufacturer announced today that it is investing $62 million and creating 100 new jobs at a new 455,000 square foot production and manufacturing facility in Sikeston, Missouri. We re excited that Carlisle Construction Materials is continuing to grow its operations in our state, Governor Mike Parson said. This project and the resulting new jobs will help boost employment and economic development in the region both now and in the future – a major win for Sikeston and all of Southeast Missouri.
San Antonio City Council names panel to oversee workforce development program, but concerns remain
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A key part of the oversight system that will take charge of San Antonio’s four-year, $154 million workforce development plan has been settled mostly.
By a 10-1 vote Thursday, the City Council named a nine-member panel to guide the Ready to Work program approved by voters in November and advise Mayor Ron Nirenberg and council members on vital matters when it comes to helping some 40,000 residents enroll in job training and college degree programs.
The panel will weigh in on what skills are in demand from employers, how the city should determine the number of slots for training certificates and college degrees and how to support participants outside the classroom. City Council will have the final say.
Lockheed Martin, Google in DARPA Team for Automatic Identification of Falsified Media Our Bureau 2297
DARPA on Monday announced four research teams selected for the Semantic Forensics (
SemaFor) program to develop technologies capable of automating the detection of falsified media assets.
Four teams of researchers will focus on developing three specific types of algorithms: semantic detection, attribution, and characterization algorithms. These will help analysts understand the “what,” “who,” “why,” and “how” behind the manipulations as they filter and prioritize media for review, a U.S. Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) release said.
The teams will be led by Kitware, Inc., Purdue University, SRI International, and the University of California, Berkeley. The semantic detection algorithms will seek to determine whether a media asset has been generated or manipulated. Attribution algorithms will aim to automate the analysis of whether media comes
Revolving door: Top Biden aides cashed in advising major corporations Print this article
Several of President Biden’s top aides spent their years outside of government advising the world’s most powerful companies, raking in six-figure consulting fees from firms with large federal portfolios.
Biden has leaned on veterans of the Obama and Clinton administrations to staff his White House. Many of these longtime Democratic policy operatives have passed through Washington s so-called revolving door, cashing in via work with private-sector companies before returning to control the highest levers of government.
And despite interludes consulting for major defense industry, Silicon Valley, or federal contracting companies, these so-called “reverse revolvers” don’t ever appear on official lobbying registries. Such firms now have old friends in high places.