Sols 4341-4342: A Bumpy Road NASA’s Curiosity rover is currently driving across a region of Mount Sharp called Gediz Vallis. This valley was carved by an ancient stream, and the rover team is hoping to find evidence of past water activity in the area. On Sols 4341 and 4342 (June 20 and 21, 2023), Curiosity … Read more
Sinister Solar System NASA’s Discovery of a Potential Threat to Earth NASA has recently made a groundbreaking discovery that has sent shockwaves through the scientific community. Astronomers have identified a sinister solar system located just 100 light-years from Earth. This system, designated as TRAPPIST-1e, harbors seven Earth-sized planets, three of which are within the habitable … Read more
Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement action with U & I Financial Corp. and UniBank On August 25, 2023, the Federal Reserve Board announced that it had issued an enforcement action against U & I Financial Corp. (U & I) and its subsidiary, UniBank (collectively, the “Company”). The action was taken in response to the Company’s … Read more
FEDS Paper: Quasi Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Inference of Large Approximate Dynamic Factor Models via the EM Algorithm Abstract This paper presents a new estimation and inference method for large approximate dynamic factor models (ADFMs) using the Expectation-Maximization (EM) algorithm. The proposed method, called quasi maximum likelihood (QML) estimation, is based on a reformulation of … Read more
Jacqueline Maguire Named Executive Assistant Director of the Science and Technology Branch Washington, D.C. – The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) today announced the appointment of Jacqueline Maguire as the Executive Assistant Director (EAD) of the Science and Technology Branch (STB). Ms. Maguire has served as the Acting EAD since September 2022. In her new … Read more
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On-Camera Press Briefing Rapidly Rising on Defense.gov The “On-Camera Press Briefing” is a rapidly rising section on the official website of the United States Department of Defense (Defense.gov). This section features video recordings of press briefings given by senior defense officials, including the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and … Read more
AUKUS Partners Complete Successful Tests of Autonomous and Networked Systems in Maritime Experimentation The United States, United Kingdom, and Australia (AUKUS) recently conducted a series of successful tests of autonomous and networked systems in a maritime experimentation exercise. These tests are part of the AUKUS partnership’s ongoing efforts to develop and deploy new technologies that … Read more
Defense Official Statement on AUKUS Pillar 2 and Exercise Maritime Big Play Media Statement Office of the Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs August 24, 2023 WASHINGTON, D.C.– A senior Defense official provided the following readout of the August 24 meeting between U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, United Kingdom … Read more