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AT&T and the Veterans Affairs Department have in partnership turned the initial lights on for a 5G and related multiple-access edge computing network at one of the VA’s largest health care hubs.
While there is more to come, the Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle now has a distributed antenna system compatible with the needed spectrum and other components needed to enable 5G capabilities.
The Puget Sound system’s new mental health and research building is one of those components that now has 5G coverage. AT&T and the VA eye further deployments of multiple-access edge computing and 5G spectrum later this year at faster speeds and better latency throughout the complex.
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A number of senior officials joining the Biden administration have been working in consulting firms with opaque client lists, which ethics experts warn may undercut President Joe Biden s efforts to ensure Americans have faith in the independence of its leaders.
The church and graveyard are both on the National Register of Historic Places with the cornerstone of the church being placed in 1861 just as the Civil War broke out.
Jackmon has partnered with the Pennsylvania Hallowed Grounds Project, which is committed to raising awareness of the burial sites and legacies of American colored troops and other early black Pennsylvanians.
Through the Hallowed Grounds project, Mt. Zion was brought into contact Jason Herrmann, an anthropological archaeologist at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. Specializing in the relationship between people and their environment in historical settings, Herrmann is mostly located in places like Turkey and the Middle East, but recently spent three days using geographic information science tools to explore Mt. Zion.
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Employees are hopeful they will have better relationships with political appointees than existed under Trump.
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As Biden officials quickly find their way into agencies across government, many rank-and-file career federal employees are breathing a sigh of relief.
While a significant contingent of the federal workforce supported President Trump, those on the frontlines have expressed an exhaustion from the often adversarial relationship they had with officials from the former administration. Largely leaving aside policy issues, employees who spoke to
Government Executive expressed a sense of optimism the Biden administration will create a friendlier work environment and allow them to carry out their duties with less interference.