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PHARMA, MANUFACTURERS BLAST ADMINISTRATION OVER VACCINE PATENT WAIVERS: The Biden administration on Wednesday reversed course and said it supports waiving patent and other intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines in a bid to ramp up production of the shots around the globe a victory for progressives who had pressured the administration and potentially a major blow for the pharmaceutical industry, which had lobbied heavily against the waiver.
USPS Turns to AI at the Edge to Boost Package Processing vm/iStock.com
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An edge artificial intelligence platform recently implemented by the U.S. Postal Service is helping federal insiders trace the many millions of packages it processes each week in a matter of hours instead of multiple days.
Open-source software from Nvidia is also delivering AI models to make more use of data collected in systems at 195 Postal Service sites across the nation, the company confirmed Thursday.
“The federal government has been for the last several years talking about the importance of artificial intelligence as a strategic imperative to our nation, and as an important funding priority. It s been talked about in the White House, on Capitol Hill, in the Pentagon. It s been funded by billions of dollars and it s full of proof of concepts and pilots,” Nvidia’s Vice President of Federal Anthony Robbins told
Tax Foundation Ranks Missouri 10th Best State for New Firms; 4th for New Manufacturing
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WASHINGTON, May 5, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Tax Foundation, in collaboration with KPMG LLP, today released a new report called Location Matters. This comprehensive study ranks state corporate tax costs across multiple industries nationwide. We are thrilled that Missouri is 10
th in the nation for firms looking to establish a new presence within a state, Subash Alias, CEO of Missouri Partnership, said. And our ranking as 4
th in the nation for new labor-intensive manufacturing facilities confirms that Made in Missouri is a solid decision for growing companies looking for their next location.
The Misplaced Fear of a Military Technology Gap afcea.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from afcea.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
AFL-CIO official, to serve as the first-ever Made In America director at the
Office of Management and Budget. According to the White House press announcement, Drake will shape and implement federal procurement and financial management policy to help carry out the President s vision of a future made in America by all of America s workers including minority entrepreneurs and small businesses in every region in our country. The
Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board is spending a lot of its money on operations and maintenance for recordkeeping, but officials say that it won t always be that way. Out of the $343.1 million that was spent as of the end of March, 82% or $281.7 million was spent on supporting recordkeeping, maintenance and transition to a new contract, said