WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has released the following public communication dated Jan. 24, 2025, from the Personalized Medicine Coalition: * * * To: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Department of Health and Human Services Attn: CMS-4208-P P.O. Box 8013 Baltimore, MD 21244-8013 Re: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Contract Year 2026 Policy and Technical Changes to the Medicare Advantage Program, M  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairwoman Bice Pens Op-Ed on Modernizing Congress Today, Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Modernization and Innovation Chairwoman Stephanie Bice (OK-05) shared an op-ed on the work the Subcommittee has done to modernize Congress and what more can be done to bring Congress into the 21st century. Read the full op-ed below or in the Was  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has released the following public communication dated Feb. 3, 2025, from Kentucky Resources Council, Frankfort, and Siera Club, Oakland, California: * * * To: Jeaneanne Gettle Regional Administrator US EPA, Region 4 RE: Air Quality Designations; KY; Redesignation of the Kentucky Portion of the Louisville, KY-IN 2015 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment Area to Attainment; Docket ID EPA-R04-OAR-2022-0789; Proposal at 90 Fed. Reg. 294 (Jan  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration has released the following public communication dated Jan. 13, 2025, from the International Dairy Foods Association. Here are excerpts: * * * To: Dockets Management Staff (HFA-305) Food and Drug Administration 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061 Rockville, MD 20852 RE: FDA-2014-D-0055-0562: Draft Guidance: Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Target Mean and Upper Bound Concentrations for Sodium in   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the following recall alert: * * * FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Frozen Ready-To-Eat Meat and Poultry Pasties Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergen WASHINGTON, Feb. 12, 2025 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for frozen, fully cooked ready-to-eat (RTE) meat and poultry pasties due to misbranding and an un  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: * * * Van Orden, Davis Introduce Lead Effort to Permanently Establish Agricultural Opportunities for Veterans WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) and Congressman Don Davis (D-NC) introduced the Ag Vets Act, which codifies an existing Ag Vets program to direct the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to award competitive grants to prepare veterans for agricultural employment oppo  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 12 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin issued the following news release: Timothy M. O'Shea, United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin, announced that Bradly Rosenthal, 42, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty and was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge William M. Conley to nine years in federal prison for possessing methamphetamine intended for distribution and possessing two loaded firearms as a felon.   more