Mark Olson has assumed the role of National Security Policy Director for Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN-4). Olson has no other professional experience on the...
At a Nov. 10 hearing, Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA) pressed the nominee for USDA's top trade post, Gregory Ibach, for a yes or no on funding Food for Peace,...
The Healthy Start program's statutory authorization extended only through fiscal 2025, and appropriations laws have kept the program funded, most recently...
Federal emergency communications grants run through five departments, and many preparedness grants list interoperable communications equipment as an...
None of the 13 memorials in progress under the Commemorative Works Act is under construction, according to a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report.
Senate Democrats pressed Federal Communications Commission (FCC) nominee Danielle Thumann Severs on her ties to Chairman Brendan Carr at a Nov. 10 Senate Commerce Committee nomination hearing. She did not say whether Carr's threats to broadcasters were appropriate. The four nominees were all named by President Trump's administration, and the FCC pick drew the sharpest questions. The committee has not yet announced a vote. The committee heard Danielle Thumann Severs, nominee for FCC Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission, alongside Leslie Becera, nominee for Assistant Secretary of…
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing on Nov. 10 for 10 State Department nominees. The committee, chaired by Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), heard...
The Senate Armed Services Committee will consider whether Hung Cao should become secretary of the Navy, a nomination that also requires a congressional...
Foreign holdings of U.S. agricultural land have grown an average of more than 2.4 million acres a year since 2017, according to a new Congressional Research...
Congress has authorized 48 works under the Commemorative Works Act (CWA) since 1986, and 25 are complete, according to a new Congressional Research Service...
Two nominees for senior civilian Navy positions will appear before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Nov. 19, and both have ties to Navy shipbuilding....
Banks and money transmitters sending cross-border payments will retain the existing $3,000 recordkeeping threshold after the Treasury Department withdrew a...
Exporters and companies that deal with affiliates of firms on the Commerce Department's restricted lists will not yet face a broader set of export controls...
Medicare home health agencies face new payment rates and reporting requirements for 2027, changing how they are paid and what they must report, under a...
Medicare prescription drug plans, manufacturers whose drugs are selected for price negotiations and Medicare beneficiaries face new requirements as the...
Owners of new polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plants will no longer have to meet a federal limit on total wastewater pollutants, as the EPA eliminates a standard...
Commercial space launch and reentry operators could meet safety requirements for uncontrolled atmospheric returns by showing their vehicles would break...
The Labor Department ended affirmative action requirements for Registered Apprenticeship program sponsors, the organizations that operate apprenticeship...
Hospitals and surgery centers paid by Medicare for outpatient care will receive revised 2027 payment rates, and patients receiving certain botulinum toxin...
CurePSP Inc. filed a New client Registration signed Sept. 4 that lists two in-house lobbyists on health, environmental, and medical research issues. The...
Central Heights Unified School District 288 (Richmond, Kan.) hired AdvocacyBuild LLC, which signed a new client registration on Sept. 29. The registration...
Pleasanton (Kan.) Unified School District 344 hired AdvocacyBuild LLC to lobby on education (EDU), according to a new client registration signed Sept. 29....
Penn Hill Group registered the National Association for the Transformation of Adult Education as a new lobbying client on August 10. The National...
