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“The concept of digital IDs is relatively straightforward”: so says a piece in Nextgov/FCW, covering fresh legislative efforts to win the government a larger role in developing digital identity ecosystems. Congressman Bill Foster, D-Ill., wants the Improving Digital Identity Act included in the House AI Task Force’s list of recommended policy proposals. The proposed legislation calls for the use of “consent-based digital identity solutions” to enable Americans to prove their identity online.
A bevy of political, business and labor leaders gathered Wednesday on the far East Side in Aurora to officially jump start a major economic development project.
The officials praised the work of state and local government leaders with business officials to bring about the new Cyrus One, a two-building facility on one side of the entrance to Interstate 88 at Bilter Road, just west of Eola Road.
I’ve just completed a coast-to-coast road trip visiting entrepreneurs in cities large and small, from California to Washington, D.C. The purpose of this trip was to hear first-hand what issues are top of mind for entrepreneurs. In this election year, America should pay attention to these issues, as young businesses create virtually all net job growth.
As a growing number of states embrace the use of mobile driver’s licenses, lawmakers are once again looking to move legislation that would give the government more of a role in the development of digital identity ecosystems.
Washington, DC – Yesterday, Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) took to the House Floor in support of UAW workers in Belvidere, Illinois who are awaiting action by Stellantis to reopen the Belvidere Assembly Plant and move forward on investments agreed upon in the contract negotiated between the UAW and Stellantis in late 2023.
Since 2014, the University of St. Francis’s (USF) Business Incubator has supported economic growth in the Will County region by fostering new business development. In 2023, the USF College of Business & Health Administration successfully launched a Small Business Accelerator with a $500,000 U.S. Small Business Administration FY23 Congressional Community Project Grant supported by U.S. Congressman Bill Foster (D-Ill.) to contribute a next level of regional business support.
Washington, DC – Today, the bipartisan National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program Reauthorization Act, introduced by Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) and Congressman Max Miller (R-OH), passed out of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
The indigenous Meskwaki, referred by early French explorers as The Fox, believed the first humans were sculpted by the creator out of the same red clay forming the banks of the river now bearing their name. From Waukesha, Wisconsin, downstream 202 meandering miles to Ottawa, Illinois, volunteers gather annually providing stewardship and appreciation for the river that continues to provide.
The site was home to the world’s first kiloton-scale underground neutrino observatory.
Each year, the American Physical Society recognizes significant landmarks in physics history through its historic sites initiative. In a ceremony on Aug. 27, the Society designated the Morton Salt Mine in Painesville, Ohio as the latest historic site in recognition of its importance as the home of the Irvine-Michigan-Brookhaven detector, the world’s first kiloton-scale underground neutrino observatory.
At a ceremony on Monday, Kane County officials formally accepted a federal grant of nearly $1 million to help build a regional forensics laboratory.
The goals of the Kane County Forensic Laboratory are to rapidly generate leads for criminal investigations, streamline the process of obtaining information for pending court cases and determine cause of death in a timely manner for grieving families, according to a presentation given at the ceremony.