The Commerce Department and eBay have signed an agreement to collaborate on growing trade and investment programs in the U.S. The partnership is intended to raise awareness of the role small and
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IBM Corp. has reached an economic development agreement with the state government of New York in a move that aims to maintain technology jobs in the region, The Journal News reported Sunday.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants to use big data analytics to identify cause-and-effect relationships in complex economic, medical and environmental systems. DARPA’s Big Mechanism program will have three phases and
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The White House has issued a draft framework on cybersecurity for the critical infrastructure sector, a set of guidelines President Barack Obama believes can help safeguard national security and the economy, Fedscoop
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The World Trade Organization has reached a multilateral trade agreement that could produce nearly $1 trillion in economic output worldwide, Politico reported Sunday. Jason Huffman and Doug Palmer write the trade facilitation
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A study from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology indicates the government tends to rely on fixed measures instead of best practices when it comes to addressing cyber threats,
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Henry Paulson, former U.S. Treasury secretary, told a recent forum that Chinese leaders are working on reform measures to sustain economic growth and improve its political structure, Bloomberg reported Thursday. China’s proposed
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Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., has called on the Government Accountability Office to examine the fiscal impact of the recently concluded partial government shutdown. Warner asked GAO Comptroller General Gene Dodaro in an
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General Services Administration head Dan Tangherlini has voiced his opposition over a planned House Appropriations Committee bill to slash $2.5 billion from the requested fiscal year 2014 budget. Tangherlini wrote in a Wednesday blog post that the
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Jason Furman, deputy director of the National Economic Council, will be appointed to serve as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, the New York Times reports. Annie Lowrey writes
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