Category: Chief
Chief, Schools
Robert Redfield of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) testified on Friday that this fall, the United States must reopen schools that were shut down to stem the coronavirus spread because failing to do so would be detrimental and even deadly for the development and health of students K thru 12. During…
Chief, POLICE
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Val Demings has already been vice president. In 1972, the future Florida congresswoman was a young Black girl struggling to make friends at a predominantly white Jacksonville high school. She and her best friend, Vera Hartley, created the Charisma Club. Hartley was president and Demings was her second-in-command. “We created an…
Chief, federal
Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney has stepped down as Chief Judge of the Central District of California because he complimented a black court official for being “street-smart.” Carney will remain a judge, but will yield his senior post as leader of the country’s largest federal court jurisdiction. The Los Angeles…
Chief, Guterres
The world needs an overarching level of multilateral governance that can sideline problematic “national interests” U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Thursday, as he lamented existing U.N. instruments such as the Security Council have teeth but “show little or no appetite to bite.” As the world body on Friday commemorates the 75th anniversary of the…
Chief, POLICE
Washington, DC, Police Chief Peter Newsham is preparing for an unprecedented Saturday night of protests. Chief Newsham’s primary concern is “to ensure that we don’t have people who are going to be inclined to be involved in bad behavior,” which is, in his words, “more of our focus than the actual numbers.” And while he expects…
Chief, NASA's, TechCrunch
Doug Loverro, NASA’s associate administrator for Human Exploration and Operations, has abruptly and unexpectedly resigned from his post, just days before a historic launch. Commercial Crew Demo-2 will take astronauts to the ISS aboard an American spacecraft for the first time since the Space Shuttle was retired, and Loverro was deeply involved. The reasons for…
Chief, Scientific
The government’s chief scientific advisor admitted that vaccines for new viruses are “long shots” and that “only some end up being successful”. Speaking during the Downing Street coronavirus press briefing on Sunday, Sir Patrick Vallance said: “All new vaccines that come into development are long shots. Only some end up being successful.” “Coronavirus will be…
Chief, medical
The Chief Medical Officer for Scotland has been obliged to resign after flouting the lockdown rules she promulgated for a break at her second home. Dr Catherine Calderwood had been photographed at her countryside retreat in Earlsferry, Fife, more than an hour’s drive from her main home and place of work in the Scottish capital of…
Chief, Crypto, Spencer
Phil Spencer said Xbox isn’t interested in virtual reality – at least not right now. He also revealed when Xbox would consider making a VR play. He made the comments on a Gamertag Radio podcast. Xbox head Phil Spencer has once again confirmed that Xbox currently has no interest in exploring virtual reality as it exists…
