Politics

Presidential Medal of Freedom Has No Formal Selection Process

The process of choosing Presidential Medal of Freedom awards over the decades was reviewed in a CRS report updated on September 11. The medal, often...

Social Welfare

Foster Adopt Connect Hires Penman Group to Lobby on Family Affairs

Foster Adopt Connect Inc., a Missouri- and Kansas-based foster care nonprofit, entered the federal lobbying arena for the first time this month. The...

Defense

Marconi Technologies Registers to Lobby on Defense

Marconi Technologies registered with Capital Park Partners LLC to lobby on defense matters, adding a Washington presence months after the Canadian defense...

Congress

Trump Budget Seeks 32 Percent Cut to National Park Service

A Congressional Research Service report updated on September 9 examines the Trump administration's proposed $2.206 billion discretionary budget for the...

Government Operations

Federal Contracts to Disabled Veteran Businesses Surpass Goal

Service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses (SDVOSBs) have surpassed the government-wide prime contract procurement goal for the third consecutive year,...

Environment

U.S. Satellite Capabilities for Tracking Wildfires

NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites, which have provided critical wildfire observation data for years, are expected to cease operations by late 2026 or early...

Follow the Money

Top 10 List: Lobbying Disclosures Week Ending 9/11

1. Graniti Vicentia LLC, represented by Vote America First LLC, disclosed $150,000 in second quarter 2026 lobbying activity. 2. &x20;. Nutramax Laboratories...

Government Operations

Patent Office Faces December Deadline In Reform Debate

Congress granted the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) a short-term extension of its fee-setting power through December, but the real fight is just...

Government Operations

Chubb Lobbies on Federal Insurance Office

Chubb INA Holdings Inc. disclosed lobbying on issues related to the Federal Insurance Office (FIO) in the second quarter of 2026. The insurer has also...

Public Lands

Bear River District Lobbies For Water Infrastructure Funding

Bear River Water Conservancy District (Utah) has engaged Bishop Consulting Group LLC to lobby on water infrastructure appropriations. The district's...

Defense

RazorX2 LLC Registers for Defense Lobbying

RazorX2 LLC registered as a new lobbying client with Ervin Graves Strategy Group LLC. The company provides software development and IT solutions for...

Government Operations

Committee Examines Disaster Tech as Weather Agencies Face Cuts

Artificial intelligence technologies are being applied to disaster risk reduction. A House Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing titled...

Macroeconomics

PAYGO Scorecards: Billions Excluded to Avoid Cuts

The Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (PAYGO) was designed as a budget enforcement mechanism to ensure that new laws affecting mandatory spending or...

Law and Order

Federal Recognition of Native American Tribes Slows

Federal recognition of Indian tribes has slowed dramatically in recent years. A new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report titled "Federal Recognition...

Public Lands

Army Corps Environmental Infrastructure Assistance

Environmental infrastructure assistance authorities, first authorized in 1992 under the Water Resources Development Act, support projects at publicly owned...

Congress

Subcommittee Will Examine Economy Act Fund Deployment

The House Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government will examine how federal agencies deploy appropriated funds under the Economy Act, a...

Government Operations

Senate Judiciary Committee Will Examine FBI Oversight

The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold an oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation on September 15, with FBI Director Kash Patel scheduled...