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Stluka: 'GusNIP projects have worked to increase access to healthy foods'
Participants in a particular federal nutrition program consume more healthy fruits and vegetables than does the average American adult, according to a study of the program's effectiveness.
Labor
Thomas: 'The consequences for shortchanging employees can be costly'
A Philadelphia-based federal court ordered a home care agency and its owner to pay more than $7 million in back wages and liquidated damages to 1,230 current and former employees.
Commerce
Tai: Rapid Response Labor Mechanism ensures ‘workers at the Draxton facility can freely exercise their rights’
The United States is seeking a review of Mexico under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement’s Rapid Response Labor Mechanism because of suspected denial of workers’ rights at the Draxton facility in Irapuato, Guanajuato.
Homeland
Mayorkas: 'Improving the customer experience is one of the Department's top priorities'
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reduced the amount of time the public has to spend accessing DHS services by 20 million hours annually.
U.S., Japan, South Korea defense chiefs meet 'to strengthen regional peace, stability'
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III, Japanese Minister of Defense Hamada Yasukazu and Republic of Korea (ROK) Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-Sup met in Singapore on June 3 to discuss the growing nuclear and missile threats emanating from North Korea (DPRK).
Muresianu: 'The current tax treatment of R&D expenses is irrational, complicated and counterproductive'
Alex Muresianu, a policy analyst at the Tax Foundation, said the recent debt ceiling deal did not address significant fixes to the tax code, leaving outstanding issues such as research and development amortization unresolved.
Big Tech
Buck: Manufacturers can ‘provide the accelerated infrastructure enterprises’ through Grace Hopper Superchips
A new accelerated central processing unit for complex artificial intelligence and high-performance computing presented by NVIDIA, a company that invented the graphics processing unit, may be available later this year.
Agriculture
Peters: 'research addresses the current and potential capacity of New England to source its own food'
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service collaborated on a study to determine how New England states could increase their regional self-reliance in food production to 30% by 2030.
News
Agencies propose interagency guidance on reconsiderations of value for residential real estate valuations
News Release: Five federal regulatory agencies today requested public comment on proposed guidance addressing reconsiderations of value (ROV) for residential real estate transactions. The proposed guidance advises on policies that financial institutions may implement to allow consumers to provide financial institutions ...
Nelson: ‘Sanctions imposed today shine a light on Russia’s ongoing covert efforts to destabilize democratic nations’
Seven individuals in a malign influence group tied to Russian intelligence have been sanctioned by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).
News
Federal Reserve System discusses Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB on June 7
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Labor
Parker: OSHA 'top priority is to ensure workers are safe and can exercise their rights'
A website for certain visa certification announced by Occupational Safety and Health Administration is intended to ensure the safety of vulnerable workers, an OSHA official said in a news release.
News
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB discussed on June 7 by Federal Reserve System
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Interior
Klein: 'The completion of our environmental review is an important step forward' for Gulf of Mexico project
The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced the completion of the environmental review for offshore wind leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.
China
Krishnamoorthi on report of China’s recent intelligence collecting: 'We need to take the threats posed by the CCP seriously'
U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.) took to Twitter to share his concerns about a report released by Recorded Future, a threat intelligence company, that analyzed recent Chinese open-source intelligence (OSINT) collecting.
News
Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB discussed on June 7 by Federal Reserve System
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
News
Federal Reserve System discusses Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company on June 7
The US Federal Reserve System published a one page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
News
Federal Reserve System discusses Agency Information Collection Activities: Announcement of Board Approval Under Delegated Authority and Submission to OMB on June 7
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on June 7, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Healthcare
Rainer: 'OCR continues to receive complaints about health care providers disclosing their patients’ protected health information'
A New Jersey-based health care provider has reached a $30,000 settlement with the Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Health and Human for disclosing patient information while responding to a negative review online.
Interior
Former New Mexico State dean: President Biden's 30x30 initiative 'has become more about politics than science'
The Biden administration’s 30x30 conservation initiative seeks to expand the extent of land that is held by the federal government.
Big Tech
Givens: Best reproductive health data protection 'is to not collect that data in the first place'
The Center for Democracy and Technology recently released its recommendations to protect reproductive health data and privacy.
Big Tech
Samuel Levine of the FTC says Amazon "violated COPPA and sacrificed privacy for profits"
Samuel Levine, director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission claims that Amazon has violated COPPA by illegally keeping recordings of children and misleading their parents on the matter.
Gallagher: 'Everyone' must be vigilant, work together to counter cyber attacks
Protecting the United States from cyber threats must be a team effort, the chairman of a U.S. House subcommittee on digital innovation said in a statement after a Chinese-sponsored attack was revealed
Austin: When U.S., Japan and South Korea work together, 'we are all safer'
U.S Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III met with defense ministers from Japan and South Korea to address escalating nuclear and missile risks from North Korea in a tripartite summit in Singapore earlier this month.
China
CEO Adam Andrzejewski: Radical transparency is revolutionizing U.S. public policy and is the information machine for democracy
Adam Andrzejewski, the founder and CEO of OpentheBooks.com insists that holding organizations and firms accountable by the standard of transparency is empowering to citizens and strengthens democracy. He points especially at the lack of transparency in financial dealings between the U.S, China, and Russia.