Public Policy & Government News

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Federal government employees are facing unprecedented career uncertainty, making informed financial decisions more critical than ever. To help navigate these challenges, CFP Board is offering a no-cost virtual event, Managing Your Finances in Uncertain Times: Resources for Federal Government Employees, on Thursday, March 27, 2025, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. ET. The Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary will introduce the virtual event. Former CF...

EDMONTON, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Health care worker Raj Uppal has been elected President of CUPE Alberta. The forty- one-year-old mother of two was selected on Friday as the new leader of the 40,000-member strong organization, defeating incumbent Rory Gill. Uppal appears to be the first woman of colour to lead a major union in Alberta. Uppal has been the President of CUPE 41 for six years, representing 1,400 members at Grey Nuns and Edmonton General Hospitals. During her time as Local Presid...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--School support staff across Nova Scotia have voted to accept their tentative agreements, averting potential province-wide job action. The eight CUPE locals coordinated negotiations of their different collective agreements, and their unity and solidarity throughout almost a year of bargaining secured important gains for workers in this sector. “Our approach to bargaining was ‘all of us or none of us’,” said Nelson Scott, Chair of the Nova Scotia School Boar...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Center for Exhibition Industry Research (CEIR) announced today that the U.S. business-to-business (B2B) exhibition industry continues to rebound, recording strong improvement in the fourth quarter of 2024. Tempered performance for completed events – especially in exhibition attendance – set back the Q3 2024 Index value to 89.3 after strong performance in the first two quarters of the year.1 In Q4, the stronger performance of exhibitor participation and Real Revenues...

BOSTON & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SMILE Health enters its fourth year with expanded support, including a new Startup Data Hub for startups improving health through oral health....

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Announcing Executive leadership addition...

SANTA CLARA, Calif. & MUNICH, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cerabyte, the pioneer of ceramic-based data storage solutions, today announced a strategic initiative aimed at accelerating the development of its ground-breaking ceramic data storage technology. Designed to meet the growing demand for immutable, sustainable long-term data storage, the initiative includes investment from In-Q-Tel (IQT), the not-for-profit strategic investor for the U.S. national security community and America’s allies. Com...

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oklo Inc. (NYSE: OKLO) (“Oklo”), an advanced nuclear technology company, is engaging with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in a Pre-Application Readiness Assessment for its combined license application (COLA) for Oklo’s Aurora Powerhouse at the Idaho National Laboratory. The readiness assessment allows NRC staff to review and familiarize themselves with Oklo’s licensing materials ahead of the full application review so that both sides can prepar...

CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westwater Resources, Inc. (NYSE American: WWR), an energy technology and battery-grade natural graphite company (“Westwater” or the “Company”), supports U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order enacting immediate measures to increase U.S. critical mineral production. The U.S. currently relies on imports of at least 15 critical minerals, including graphite which is currently supplied almost entirely by companies located in China. The new executive order e...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Teledyne FLIR Defense, part of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated (NYSE:TDY), has won a contract valued at $7.8 million with Middle East Task Company (METCO) to provide its next-generation LVSS (Lightweight Vehicle Surveillance System) to a high-profile military entity in Saudi Arabia. The agreement also includes mission support equipment and training. Quantities were not disclosed. The FLIR Defense LVSS™ delivers some of the most advanced, integrated mobi...