However, discussions are ongoing on how assist the CCC through other sources of funding, he added.
Atalig noted that he did transfer $3 million from CCC to help with the CNMIâs Covid-19 response and mitigation plans early last year.
âI did promise to get those funds back to them,â he added.
The $3 million that will be returned to the commission should be sufficient for its operations, considering that the Imperial Pacific International casino is not in operation, the Finance chief said.
All CCC employees will be paid, he added.Â
âWeâll make sure that employees of the CCC are getting their payroll, but we also need to focus on what their priorities are knowing that there is no casino operating at the moment .â
What focus areas are key to America’s future space capabilities? By: Tate Nurkin
(imaginima/Getty Images) It has been an active start to 2021 for the Department of Defense’s space activities as the Pentagon seeks to build agility, capability and resilience in this increasingly important domain. Increased concentration on space is welcome. However, Pentagon decisions about future priorities, activities and investments should continue to sharpen its focus on the technologies and capabilities required to exploit new architectures and approaches in space. Moreover, as it identifies these critical technologies particularly laser communications but others as well it should prioritize building a robust and resilient domestic American industry to support U.S. activity in a domain that is critical to the future of U.S. military capabilities and national and economic security.
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Conceptual solution from FLIR Systems for the DARPA Personalized Protective Biosystems programme. (Photo: FLIR Systems)
DARPA is working with industry on unburdening the warfighter by developing advanced and ultra-lightweight personal protective equipment. Its Personalized Protective Biosystems programme pre-dates COVID-19, but it arguably assumes even greater importance for defence procurement in the context of the pandemic.
The DARPA Personalized Protective Biosystems (PBB) programme pre-dates the pandemic but it focuses on developing new fabrics to reduce the weight of PPE against .
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Musician’s Pension Opts for ARPA Over MPRA
Trustees are wagering that relief under the most recent COVID-19 stimulus bill will provide a better option than a reduction in benefits.
The American Federation of Musicians and Employers’ Pension Fund (AFM-EPF) is betting that the pension relief provisions in the recently passed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) will provide a better outcome for its participants than a benefits reduction under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA).
The fund, which has approximately 50,000 members and is in “critical and declining” status, had originally applied to the US Treasury Department to reduce earned benefits under the MPRA in January 2020. However, the fund’s application was rejected by the Treasury, which said the mortality rate assumptions and the new entrant assumptions under the proposal were “not reasonable under the standards in the regulations.”