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INFORMS Applauds House Passage of Bipartisan STEM Bill Elevating Data Science, Modeling and Real-World Math in Classrooms
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BALTIMORE, MD, March 25, 2025 – In a strong show of bipartisan unity, the U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously passed the Mathematical and Statistical Modeling Education Act (H.R. 730), marking an important leap forward in how STEM is taught in America’s classrooms. This forward-looking legislation reimagines math education by embedding real-world problem-solving, data science and computational thinking into the K-12 learning experience.

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In 2025, you can’t have an effective democracy without data literacy
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You are swimming in an ocean of data and don’t even realize it. All around you are invisible amounts of data that would be staggering to try to comprehend. Thousands of smartphones and smart devices are talking to, sending and downloading vast amounts of data, video, audio, words, numbers, images, you name it. Everything from the latest movie on Netflix to someone’s radiology results from a cancer screening.

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Amazon to end Alexa voice privacy option as new AI features roll out
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Amazon is making a major change to how its Alexa devices handle user voice data. Starting Friday, the company will disable the privacy feature that previously allowed users to block their voice recordings from being sent to the cloud. This move supports the rollout of its new AI-powered Alexa Plus, which requires all voice requests to be processed through Amazon’s cloud servers.

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Want to reduce the cost of healthcare? Start with our billing practices.

Want to reduce the cost of healthcare? Start with our billing practices.

The Hill, March 11, 2025

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the new secretary of Health and Human Services, is the nation’s de facto healthcare czar. He will have influence over numerous highly visible agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration, among others. Given that healthcare is something that touches everyone’s life, his footprint of influence will be expansive. 

Trump Tariffs Throw US-Canada Food Supply Chain Into Chaos

Trump Tariffs Throw US-Canada Food Supply Chain Into Chaos

Bloomberg, March 7, 2025

Donald Trump’s trade war is causing chaos for farmers and food producers on both sides of the US-Canada border, as businesses grapple with how to disentangle supply chains that have been interconnected for decades.

14 Moves to Master Demand Surges

14 Moves to Master Demand Surges

Inbound Logistics, March 6, 2025

Spikes in demand can boost revenue and turbocharge growth. Yet meeting these surges, especially when they’re unexpected, poses risks and challenges. If companies can’t keep up, they risk alienating customers. On the flip side, investing heavily to meet a short-lived demand jump can strain a company’s bottom line and leave it with excess inventory.

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