WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior issued the following news release: DENVER Acting Deputy Secretary of the Interior Laura Daniel-Davis visited Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge today where a new $6.5 million in funding from President Biden's Investing in America agenda will support wildland fire management in Colorado. The investment will help reduce risk from wildfires, support improved wildland firefighter training, expand efforts to rehabilitate burned   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued the following remarks on Oct. 24, 2024, by Commissioner Summer K. Mersinger at the S&P Global Commodity Insights Nodal Trader Conference: * * * It is truly an honor to address all of you this morning. I am more than two years into my role as a commissioner at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and I still feel humbled by the opportunity to stand on a stage with a microphone to address accomplished professionals like   more

LAS VEGAS, Nevada, Oct. 26 -- The White House issued the following remarks on Oct. 23, 2024, by First Lady Jill Biden at the 2024 HLTH Conference: * * * As Prepared for Delivery Good morning. It was an ordinary Saturday in an extraordinary life. I was in my office in the East Wing doing what community college teachers do on weekends--especially on a weekend so late in the semester: I was grading papers. It was late April last year. Earlier that morning, I'd read in The New York Times that   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration issued the following audit report (No. 2024-200-050) on Sept. 23, 2024, entitled "The Direct File Pilot Deployed Successfully; However, Security and Testing Improvements Are Needed." Here are excerpts: * * * HIGHLIGHTS Why TIGTA Did This Audit The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 required the IRS to establish a task force to design and report to Congress on an IRS-run free, direct electronic filing tax ret  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Marketing Service issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) announced it has partnered with the Nevada Department of Agriculture (NDA) to award $1.2 million for six projects through the Resilient Food Systems Infrastructure Program (RFSI) to build resilience across the middle of the supply chain and strengthen local and regional food systems. "Proje  more