WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 9, 2023: Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09), the new Ranking Member of the Aviation Subcommittee, today questioned expert witnesses at the first subcommittee hearing on "FAA Reauthorization: Securing the Future of General Aviation." During his questioning of the witnesses, Congressman Cohen noted that nearly half of the students currently participating in the Aircraft Owners of America's (AOPA) High   more

TOKYO, Japan, March 10 -- FedEx issued the following news release: FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and one of the world's largest express transportation companies, recently gave more than 2,600 students from 37 elementary schools in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward the opportunity to experience simulated job positions through its Student City program with Junior Achievement (JA) Japan. During the program, each of the students assumed various positions including courier, sa  more

MEMPHIS, Tennessee, March 10 -- FedEx issued the following news release: FedEx has announced plans to open its first Advanced Capability Community (ACC) in Hyderabad, India in 2023. The opening is part of a broader multi-year initiative to strengthen the recruitment and development of the company's diverse workforce all around the world and build a more efficient and agile organization to enhance how we deliver for our customers. FedEx plans to set up ACCs in different parts of the world in th  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Surveillance issued the following testimony by Derek Maltz, ex-special agent in charge of the Special Operations Division at the Drug Enforcement Administration, involving a hearing on March 1, 2023, entitled "The Fentanyl Crisis in America: Inaction is No Longer an Option": * * * I would like to thank you for this opportunity to speak today about America's devastating and escalating fentanyl poisoning crisis. I am gr  more

WASHINGTON, March 7 (TNSper) -- The Investment Company Institute issued the following news release: The Investment Company Institute (ICI), the leading global association representing regulated investment funds, has named Kristin Solheim as a Government Affairs Officer to work on financial services policy issues, helping to lead outreach to Democrats on Capitol Hill and the Administration. Solheim joins ICI after a decade in government relations at Citigroup. "We are thrilled to have Kristin j  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 (TNSrep) -- The R Street Institute issued a policy study (No. 278) entitled "Can We Predict the Jobs and Skills Needed for the AI Era?" The policy study was written by Adam Thierer. Here are excerpts: * * * Table of Contents Executive Summary ... 1 Introduction: The Endless Automation Panic ... 2 We Often Lack a Vocabulary to Describe Future Jobs ... 2 Why Isn't Everyone Already Unemployed? ... 4 Mistaken Recent Predictions about AI and Automation ... 6 Learning by  more

SANTA ANA, California, March 7 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for Central District of California issued the following news release on March 6, 2023: A downtown Los Angeles man was sentenced today to 292 months in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining nearly $5.5 million in COVID-related jobless benefits by using the identities of California state prison inmates and other third parties, trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine, and seeking to fraudulently obtain more than $356,400 in tax  more