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Urgent, strategic action needed in light of limited vaccine and mounting threat of new variants
New York, USA – 12 May, 2021 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- As the world battles new COVID-19 variants and supply and rollout of vaccines remains critically low in Africa, new research from the Partnership for Evidence-Based Response to COVID-19 (PERC) indicates that burdens experienced by people in African Union Member States remain grave: 81% of survey respondents reported challenges in accessing food, 77% reported experiencing income loss and 42% reported missing medical visits since the start of the pandemic. The report calls for targeted public health measures for high-risk populations, increased surveillance in light of new variants, and scaled-up vaccine supply from the global community to control the pandemic in Africa.
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MCLEAN, Va., May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Novetta, an advanced analytics company, announced today that it was awarded an agreement under the SOSSEC Consortium s Other Transactional Authority (OTA) Cyberspace Operations Broad Responsive Agreement (COBRA) vehicle for the Cloud Account Management Optimization (CAMO) effort with the U.S. Army s Enterprise Cloud Management Agency (ECMA).
Novetta wins U.S. Army CAMO award
Based on a request for a solution to reinvent their cloud management processes, the Army selected Novetta s strategic, innovative sourcing solution for an enterprise consumption model of commercial cloud offerings. The solution will allow the Army to consolidate existing cloud spend and standardize how the Army buys cloud. The effort will eliminate inaccurate estimates, inefficient provisioning, and excess spending as the Army moves quickly toward an estimated $1 billion in cloud expenditures by 2025.
Piatt County appears to be leading the charge in ensuring Illinois stays on the top three list of most corrupt states in the nation.
A recent Federal Court filing by Michael Holmes, former County Emergency Management Agency Director of Piatt County lays out some very disturbing claims that should concern every taxpayer in Piatt County, and hopefully get the attention of Federal Law Enforcement agencies. This suit is an action for damages caused by Defendants’ interference with and retaliation for Plaintiff exercising his rights in violation of 42 U.S.C. §1983; the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (hereinafter “FMLA” or the “Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.; the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act (5 ILCS 430/15-5 et seq.); Section 15(b) of the Illinois Whistleblower Act (“IWA”), 740 ILCS 174/15(b); and Illinois common law.
West Palm Beach man charged with throwing smoking device near Mar-a-Lago
Palm Beach Daily News
A West Palm Beach man was charged Sunday after police said he threw a smoking device in the road adjacent to former president Donald Trump s Mar-a-Lago Club.
Paul Brantly Rawls Jr., 39, was charged with disorderly conduct, making, possessing, throwing or discharging a destructive device and criminal mischief.
According to the police report, Palm Beach Police, Secret Service agents stationed at Mar-a-Lago and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office Bomb Squad responded to calls about a “suspicious smoking device” on South Ocean Boulevard at approximately 3 p.m.