1+ hour, 11+ min ago   (307+ words) Legis1 GAO Examines Technologies for Verifying Food Import Origins The federal government has released a science and technology assessment examining the technologies and methods used to track and verify the geographic origin of food and other imported goods. The report addresses…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (261+ words) The Military Personnel Records division of the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) is a component of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) located in St. Louis, Missouri. The NPRC holds most existing U.S. military personnel, health, and medical records of…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (660+ words) Legis1 CRS Report Highlights Divide Over Unemployment Insurance Reform A new Congressional Research Service report highlights competing approaches to unemployment insurance policy in the 119th Congress. Republicans have focused on fraud prevention and recovery, while Democrats have proposed broader modernization of the…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (422+ words) A surge of congressional financial disclosure legislation in the 119th Congress signals a tipping point. Members are moving beyond the disclosure-based approach that has governed federal ethics for decades toward actual prohibitions on financial activities. The legislative momentum reflects a shift…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (402+ words) The measures affect communities across the West and beyond, balancing conservation, recreation, water infrastructure and federal land management. Several bills address long-standing public lands issues, while others focus on local water projects, historic site designations and Alaska Native settlement matters....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (157+ words) Power outages are becoming more frequent and longer-lasting across the United States, with extreme weather events driving the crisis. When the lights go out, hospitals lose backup systems, emergency services struggle to respond, and communities face cascading failures in water,…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago   (535+ words) Legis1 America's Strategic Oil Reserve In Crisis The Strategic Petroleum Reserve, created to reduce the impact of oil market disruptions, sits at the center of a fundamental debate about U.S. energy security, and questions persist about how large the reserve should be…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (296+ words) The GAO's findings arrive at a moment of intense public scrutiny of federal spending. The report describes GTAS as "essential for federal financial management and transparency of trillions of taxpayer dollars," and frames this review as the first in a…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (376+ words) This marks a new entrant into federal lobbying rather than an expansion of existing efforts. The organization is not reporting any lobbying expenditures in this initial registration, which is consistent with early-stage advocacy efforts that may be establishing relationships and…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (218+ words) The filing lists no dollar amount for lobbying expenditures, consistent with an initial registration under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. Three lobbyists from Venn Strategies LLC are assigned to the account: All three operate within Venn Strategies' Critical Infrastructure practice. No…...