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Words Without Borders Receives 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Grant New York, New York, February 4, 2021—The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) has just announced that it will distribute more than $25 million in support of 1,073 arts and cultural organizations nationwide. Words Without Borders is honored to be named one of the NEA’s 2021 grantees. WWB will receive an Art Works award to fund the publication of its monthly magazine, its education programs through WWB Campus, and its ...

OffBeat Magazine Ella Project Receives $25k Grant The Ella Project has been approved for $25,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support their pro bono legal services and our Music Business Intensive workshop series. This project will provide pro bono legal services to at least 200 moderate-income Louisiana artists in the matters of copyright, trademark, licensing, contract creation, and for-profit and nonprofit incorporation, and other legal matters. This grant additionally supports their se...

Biden names his acting Cabinet POLITICO 1/21/2021 By Megan Cassella © Provided by POLITICO President Joe Biden prepares to walk the abbreviated parade route in front of the White House after his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021. President Joe Biden and his team have begun to name acting Cabinet secretaries and agency heads to lead his administration until the Senate confirms his slate of nominees. The long list underscores how Congress has so far confirmed only one of Biden’...

By Kate Sullivan and Jeff Zeleny, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a slate of acting agency heads after taking office without a single one of his Cabinet nominees in place and...

Nearly two dozen career civil servants have been named by the Biden administration to temporarily lead the nations federal agencies in the next phase of the transition of government.

Biden names acting agency heads as his Cabinet nominees remain unconfirmed President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a slate of acting agency heads after taking office without a single one of his Cabinet nominees in place and confirmed by the US Senate. “These individuals, nearly all of whom are career civil servants, will temporarily lead federal agencies while Cabinet nominees continue moving through the confirmation process,” White House officials said in a statement. The Biden team had...

White House correspondent Peter Doocy reports on the President Joe Bidens speech and agenda on day one of the new administration. President Biden unveiled a list of officials on Wednesday who will serve as the interim heads of government agencies in the early days of his administration. The officials will run their respective agencies until Biden’s slate of nominees can be vetted and approved in the Senate. Some officials, such as Retired Gen. Lloyd Austin, Biden’s choice to serve as secre...

The move allows Biden to install members of his own team rather than rely on any of former President Donald Trumps political appointees left within the federal government after Jan. 20.

Nearly two dozen career civil servants have been named by the Biden administration to temporarily lead the nation's federal agencies in the next phase of the transition of government.