News from August 2023

By Federal Newswire | Aug 21, 2023
Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian is the author of “Beijing Rules: How China Weaponized its Economy to Confront the World”

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 21, 2023
In the lead-up to implementing stringent new digital privacy safeguards for their constituents earlier this spring, Oregon legislators contemplated a significant enforcement strategy — affording citizens the authority to legally challenge companies for breaches of privacy.

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 21, 2023
Experian Consumer Services, a division of Experian offering consumers access to their credit information, will settle charges by paying $650,000, as mandated by the Federal Trade Commission, for allegedly sending unsolicited emails without providing recipients the option to opt out, as required by the CAN-SPAM Act.

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 20, 2023
In resolving Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations, the Colombian conglomerate Grupo Aval Acciones y Valores S.A., also known as Grupo Aval S.A., and its bank subsidiary, Corporación Financiera Colombiana S.A. (Corficolombiana), agreed to pay $40 million.

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 20, 2023
IBM and the U.S. Tennis Association unveiled new digital fan features for USOpen.org and the U.S. Open app, including AI-generated spoken commentary powered by IBM's watsonx AI and data platform.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 20, 2023
There was one notice published by the Federal Reserve System in week ending Aug. 5, according to the Federal Register.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 19, 2023
The issue of veterans returning to homelessness is discussed in the Ending Veteran Homelessness podcast.

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 19, 2023
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced novel financial aid to financially distressed Farm Loan Programs borrowers.

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 19, 2023
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges against Crowe U.K. LLP, its CEO and senior auditor for their role in an inadequate audit of music streaming company Akazoo Limited.

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 19, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated Lebanon-based Green Without Borders and its leader, Zuhair Subhi Nahla, for providing support and cover for Hizballah’s operations in southern Lebanon under the guise of environmental activism.

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 19, 2023
Rep. Neal Dunn, R-Fla., a member of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), along with Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, R-American Samoa, held discussions with officials and leaders in the Solomon Islands.

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 19, 2023
Viaduct, a startup based in Menlo Park, Calif., is aiding vehicle and parts manufacturers by developing models for time-series inference to extract failure insights from connected car sensor data.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a three page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Federal Newswire | Aug 19, 2023
The US Federal Reserve System published a two page notice on Aug. 18, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

By Samantha Anderson | Aug 18, 2023
President Joe Biden recently designated a new Arizona national monument in the Grand Canyon, granting 1 million acres of land to Tribal nations, furthering his pledge on climate resilience and conservation.

By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 18, 2023
The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently sanctioned three Sinaloa Cartel operators, who are known as violent criminals, with the blocking and reporting of all their properties in the United States.