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WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that TechWomen – an international exchange that uses technology as a means to empower women and girls worldwide – is now accepting applications from American women in the technology sector to serve as professional and cultural mentors.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' (ECA) SportsUnited division announced a baseball sports exchange that will bring six female softball and six male baseball coaches from the Philippines to the United States February 28 - March 8, 2012.

MARSHALL, Mo. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Missouri Alliance for the Development of Entrepreneurship announced the launch of its third MADE In Missouri State Entrepreneurship Competition. The competition encourages new and aspiring businesses through a competitive, educational and technical assistance business development process with winners receiving grants to help grow their business.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- iFOS), LLC announced today the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service Agency has awarded a multi-year contract to provide application development, maintenance and support for the agency national financial systems.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) is pleased to announce the 2012 Alumni Engagement Innovation Fund (AEIF), which aims to harness the leadership capacity of exchange program alumni worldwide.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The United States and Mexico today signed an agreement concerning the development of oil and gas reservoirs that cross the international maritime boundary between the two countries in the Gulf of Mexico.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today that Major League Baseball All-Star and 2012...

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Officials from the United States and more than twenty countries will convene in Tunis, Tunisia on February 9-10 for the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, we mark the ninth annual International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C). It is estimated that 100 to 140 million women around the world have undergone this brutal procedure and three million girls are at risk every year. We must continue to act to end this affront to women’s equality and the rights and dignity of women and girls.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Johnnie Carson will lead an Energy Trade Mission to Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, and Ghana February 6-17, 2012. The delegation of U.S. government and private-sector executives will meet host country senior government officials to discuss challenges for U.S. private-sector investment in energy infrastructure projects.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The Gingrich Foundation has recognized the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association as its February 2012 Charity of the Month. The Mount Vernon Ladies' Association cares for one of our country's most important historic sites - the home and estate of our first president, George Washington.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Following is the text of a joint statement by United States Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Singapore Minister for Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam, signed on February 1, 2012, in Washington, D.C.:

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State will host a symposium focusing on how social media and other internet-enabled data streams are used to create real-time awareness in different contexts at the Tech@State: Real-Time Awareness conference on February 3 - 4, 2012.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State, in close collaboration with the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, will hold a three day conference, Rio+2.0: Bridging Connection Technologies and Sustainable Development, at Stanford, February 2-4, 2012.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State selected John O'Loughlin Kennedy, an Irish alumnus of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' (ECA) Fulbright Student Program, as February's State Alumni Member of the Month.

MANORVILLE, N.Y. /eNewsChannels/ -- Officer James Greco, a 17-year veteran of the Nassau County Department of Corrections, has been denied his retirement status by the Sheriff of Nassau County. Officer Greco was charged with Workers Compensation fraud which resulted in his wrongful termination, as per a ruling by the arbitrator hearing his case. Despite winning two judicial decrees in his favor against the Nassau County Sheriff's Department, Officer Greco continues to be denied his full retirement status.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- As the 2012 G8 Chair, the U.S. has assumed the lead for the three nonproliferation groups that report to the G8: the Nonproliferation Directors Group (NPDG); the Global Partnership Against the Spread of Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction (GP), and the Nuclear Safety and Security Group (NSSG).

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On Wednesday, January 18, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met with Hall-of-Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the NBA's All-Time Leading Scorer and a New York Times' best-selling author, to discuss his new role as a global Cultural Ambassador. During the meeting, Secretary Clinton reiterated the United States' strong commitment to engaging young people worldwide and to using people-to-people diplomacy as a means to create opportunities for greater understanding.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs welcomes 63 secondary school teachers from 15 countries to the United States for the International Leaders in Education Program (ILEP) that began on January 9, 2012.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- On January 18, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton presented the Secretary of State's 2011 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) to Sahlman Seafoods, Incorporated, in Nicaragua; Procter & Gamble in Nigeria; and Procter & Gamble in Pakistan.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- In an important symbol of America's commitment to an enduring friendship with the people of Liberia, as well as the importance of our bilateral relationship with the Liberian Government, the United States dedicated its new embassy in Monrovia today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State will present the thirteenth annual Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) on January 18, 2012, during a ceremony in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the Harry S. Truman building, Washington, DC. The ceremony will start at 11:00 a.m. and will be followed by a reception in the Thomas Jefferson Room.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- Today, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton imposed sanctions on three companies under the Iran Sanctions Act, as amended by the Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act (CISADA), for conducting business with Iran’s energy sector.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced today the second international sports exchange with the Democratic Republic of the Congo that includes 20 boys and girls basketball players and coaches.

WASHINGTON, D.C. /eNewsChannels/ -- The U.S. Department of State selected Consolata Ndayishimye, an alumna of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs' (ECA) International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), as State Alumni Member of the Month.