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- Biden thanks Japanese prime minister for his commitment to their 'monumental alliance'
- War in Ukraine
- Biden imposes new sanctions on Iran after drone and missile attack on Israel
- Statement from President Joe Biden on the New Government of the State of Israel
- Five Republican-led states sue over Biden’s new Title IX transgender protections
- Biden outlines what he hopes to do differently in 2022, including soliciting more outside advice
That’s why, today, Vice President Harris is announcing two landmark final rules that fulfill the President’s commitment to safety in care, improving access to long-term care and the quality of caregiving jobs. Ensuring that all Americans, including older Americans and people with disabilities, have access to care – including home-based care – that is safe, reliable, and of high quality is an important part of the President’s agenda and a part of the President’s broader commitment to care. The “Ensuring Access to Medicaid Services” final rule, finalized today, will help improve access to home care services as well as improve the quality caregiving jobs through its new provisions for home care. Specifically, the rule will ensure adequate compensation for home care workers by requiring that at least 80 percent of Medicaid payments for home care services go to workers’ wages. This policy would also allow states to take into account the unique experiences that small home care providers and providers in rural areas face while ensuring their employees receive their fair share of Medicaid payments and continued training as well as the delivery of quality care. Higher wages will likely reduce turnover, leading to higher quality of care for older adults and people with disabilities across the nation, as studies have shown.
Biden thanks Japanese prime minister for his commitment to their 'monumental alliance'
"It's one thing if it's a minor incursion and we end up having to fight about what to do and not do," Biden told reporters at an East Room news conference. "But if they actually do what they're capable of doing with the forces amassed on the border, it is going to be a disaster for Russia if they further invade Ukraine." President Biden marked his first year in office with an address and news conference from the White House. The White House said the change aligns its policies with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. The agency last week relaxed its recommendation that those who test positive for COVID-19 isolate for five days.
War in Ukraine
Now, the agency says people can return to work or regular activities if their symptoms are mild and improving and it’s been a day since they’ve had a fever. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said at today's press briefing that "a time and place have not yet been determined," when asked where and when President Trump would meet with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said President Trump "is in a great mood," noting they've had "not just a successful couple of days" but "a successful year." Fusion CyberFusion Cyber commits to train 30 paid security operations center apprentices as part of a goal of training over 1,000 total students for cyber careers in 2024 and 10,000 by 2028. EntergyEntergy committed to hiring more than 100 interns annually to enhance its workforce pipeline for entry-level talent.
Biden imposes new sanctions on Iran after drone and missile attack on Israel
Rebuilding America’s CommunitiesToday’s announcement is part of the President’s commitment to revitalize communities that for too long have been overlooked by federal investment. This investment is symbolic of how innovation, national security, and economic competitiveness can bring back communities that were once powerhouses. Syracuse was a manufacturing hub during World War II, when General Electric began building engines, vacuum tubes, and radar systems for the military.
The White House testing protocol was instituted shortly after the pandemic began in 2020 when former President Donald Trump was in the White House. It was further strengthened by Biden’s administration when he took office amid the pandemic in January 2021. "This has been part of an ongoing campaign that’s been going for over a year and just because some of the individuals that may regularly leak to the press weren’t involved in the conversation, doesn’t mean that the appropriate parties that lead those agencies were not in the room and not part of that discussion," Sanders said. Earlier this month, an administration official told CNN McMaster could leave the White House by the end of March.
After powering the country to victory in World War II, families in Syracuse were left behind by decades of failed trickle-down policies. Factory closures led to jobs flowing overseas, increased rates of poverty, and a decline in income. Department of LaborTo support the President’s priority to serve veterans and their families, The Department of Labor (DOL) is leading an initiative to prepare veterans, separating service members, and military spouses for entry or advancement in good-paying and high-demand cyber occupations.
Union Pacific RailroadUnion Pacific Railroad commits to enhancing its cyber workforce by providing experiential, hands-on learning through rotational programs, which are offered to all Information Assurance employees, to strengthen their skillsets. The railroad is also building a pipeline of future talent, actively recruiting 200 college students for its year-round and summer internships nationwide. Bringing AI Talent into GovernmentThe AI and Tech Talent Task Force has made substantial progress on hiring through the AI Talent Surge. Since President Biden signed the E.O., federal agencies have hired over 150 AI and AI-enabling professionals and, along with the tech talent programs, are on track to hire hundreds by Summer 2024. Individuals hired thus far are already working on critical AI missions, such as informing efforts to use AI for permitting, advising on AI investments across the federal government, and writing policy for the use of AI in government. After 22,000 jobs disappeared from the Syracuse region under the prior Administration, President Biden has added 25,000 jobs in Syracuse and over 1 million jobs statewide in New York.
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While Biden touted his progress on the coronavirus as a victory for the administration, a number of key legislative priorities, including the Build Back Better plan and voting rights changes, remain blocked in the Senate. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a news briefing on Monday as U.S. ally Israel appears to be increasingly concerned that the International Criminal Court may issue arrest warrants against the country’s leaders. During his news conference marking one year in office, Biden suggested a "minor incursion" by Russia would elicit a lesser response than a full-scale invasion of the country. Biden highlighted his administration's accomplishments as well as the challenges that lie ahead as many priorities in his agenda remain stalled, including the Build Back Better Act and voting rights legislation. President Biden came to office with a different agenda – to leave no community behind and build the economy from the middle out and bottom up.
States will also be required to be more transparent in how much they pay for home care services and how they set those rates, increasing the accountability for home care providers. Finally, states will have to create a home care rate-setting advisory group made up of beneficiaries, home care workers and other key stakeholders to advise and consult on provider payment rates and direct compensation for direct care workers. Last July, ONCD published President Biden’s National Cyber Workforce and Education Strategy addressing the short- and long-term needs to fill the hundreds of thousands of cyber job vacancies across our nation, a national security imperative as the Biden-Harris Administration is making generational investments to prepare our country to lead in the digital economy.
"Russia will be held accountable if it invades," Biden said — but added consequences would depend on whether Russia committed a "minor incursion" or a more severe advance. Biden said that the holdup on Build Back Better was slowing America's progress not only on social spending, but also on addressing inflation and ongoing supply chain snarls that have resulted in costly backups and product shortages across the country. The International Court of Justice, a separate body, is investigating whether Israel has committed acts of genocide in the ongoing war in Gaza, with any ruling expected to take years.
EatonEaton will invest more than $500,000 over the next three years to facilitate ongoing education and training at RIT’s ESL Global Cybersecurity Institute.
National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) program will invest $20 million in additional teams across three tracks this summer – including the new Explorations track – to expand practical STEM and cyber learning opportunities and grow U.S. jobs,. In addition, NSF announced a new funding opportunity to jumpstart a region’s innovation ecosystem with up to $160M of NSF funding over 10 years. CiscoCisco Networking Academy and Wichita State University Tech are piloting an innovative educational curriculum designed to cultivate essentials cybersecurity skills within the manufacturing sector. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre held a news briefing on Tuesday after President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the latest fighting between Israel and Hamas. And the president's signature $2 trillion Build Back Better package — which would expand spending in the nation's safety programs, including addressing prescription drug costs, childcare and paid family leave — has faced opposition from both Republicans and members of his own party.
The Biden-Harris Administration also continues to invest in expanding the pipeline of nursing workers and other care workers, who are so essential to our economy, including through funding from the U.S. OPM is currently reviewing Federal agency skill qualification requirements, including the 2210 IT Specialist Qualification and Classification Standard, and will use this pilot to expand the use of competency-based hiring more broadly across the Federal Government in FY 2025. Blue Valley TechnologiesBlue Valley is committed to using skills-based hiring when recruiting new talent and to providing paid cyber job training for all employees. For Biden, Wednesday's presser was a chance to try to focus on some highlights of his time in office, like the massive COVID-19 aid package and the infrastructure bill — even as major legislative priorities like voting rights, improvements to the social safety net and climate incentives have stalled.
Micron’s new investment is expected to create tens of thousands of jobs across suppliers and supporting industries – on top of the approximately 20,000 manufacturing and construction jobs it will directly employ – fostering a more resilient semiconductor supply chain in the U.S. Funding unleashes $125 billion in private investment from Micron to build leading-edge memory semiconductor and create more than 20,000 direct jobs. To make sure nursing homes have the time they need to hire necessary staff, the requirements of this rule will be introduced in phases, with longer timeframes for rural communities.
"There are some who call you the enemy of the people. That's wrong and that's dangerous," Biden said to a crowd of more than 2,000 members of the press. "Reporters have lost their freedom. Journalism is clearly not a crime. Not here, not there, not anywhere in the world." The Hur report described the 81-year-old Democrat’s memory as “hazy,” “fuzzy,” “faulty,” “poor” and having “significant limitations.” It noted that Biden could not recall defining milestones in his own life such as when his son Beau died or when he served as vice president. On Tuesday, a large part of Gaza City’s Rimal neighborhood was reduced to rubble after warplanes bombarded it for hours the night before. The war began after Hamas militants stormed into Israel on Saturday, bringing gunbattles to its streets for the first time in decades. Hamas and other militant groups in Gaza hold more than 150 soldiers and civilians hostage, according to Israel.
White House press secretary Sarah Sanders says she "can't predict the future" when it comes to the fate of Trump's national security adviser H.R. Over seven million seniors and people with disabilities, alongside their families, rely on home and community-based services to provide for long-term care needs in their own homes and communities. This critical care is provided by a dedicated home care workforce, made up disproportionately by women of color, that often struggles to make ends meet due to low wages and few benefits. At the same time, home care is still very inaccessible for many Medicaid enrollees, with more than threequarters of home care providers not accepting new clients, leaving hundreds of thousands of older Americans and Americans with disabilities on waiting lists or struggling to afford the care they need. Additionally, the Federal Government is making a similar commitment to federal contractors who work shoulder-to-shoulder supporting federal employees every day, beginning with an announcement from the Department of Energy on their effort to pivot towards skills-based hiring in IT and cyber contracts. The event focused on creating pathways for more Americans to enter the growing field of cybersecurity through practices like skill-based hiring and earn-and-learn opportunities such as apprenticeships.
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